Saudatu Usman Bungudu (born 15 January 1942 in

Bungudu Bungudu (or Bungundu) is a Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Bungudu at. It has an area of 2,293 km and a population of 257,917 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also ...

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) was appointed Nigeria's Women Affairs and Social Development minister in July 2007. She was relieved of her post on 29 October 2008 in a cabinet reshuffle. She graduated from

Uthman dan Fodiyo University Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), also known as UDUSOK, is a public university, public research university located in the city of Sokoto (city), Sokoto, in north-western Nigeria. It is one of the initial twelve universities founded in ...

before first becoming commissioner of Women and Children Affairs in

Zamfara State Zamfara (; ; Adlam script, Adlam: ) is a States of Nigeria, state in northwestern Nigeria. The capital of Zamfara state is Gusau and its current List of Governors of Zamfara State, governor is Dauda Lawal. Until 1996, the area was part of Soko ...

and later federal minister. During her tenure as a minister of Nigeria's Women Affairs and social Development ministry, she decried the judgement passed by an upper area court in Lafia,

Nassarawa state Nasarawa is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the east by the states of Taraba and Plateau, to the north by Kaduna State, to the south by the states of Benue and Kogi, and to the west by the Federal Capital Territo ...

in the case of the rape of a nine-month-old baby.

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