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Priscilla Kuye

Posted by Webby on 3/6/2003 10:58:05 AM


Priscilla Kuye

Dr Aisha Mahmud is presently a commissioner in Bauchi State. She has been commissioner over. She hold a Ph.D in Agriculture and has been a top civil servant in the state. She remains one of the leading light of Bauchi women.The 61 years old legal practitioner, Priscilla Kuye is the first female President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA). Kuye has made enormous contribution to the legal profession at the various stages she served .She was also the Vice-President of the Nigerian/American Chamber of Commerce.She has made valuable contributions to the National Council of Women's Societies where she is a member.

She became the first Catholic Woman to become President of the Archediocesan Laity Council of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos.n 1977, She became the first Regional Vice-President of International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) for Africa in Nigeria between 1979 and 1981.On the International scene where she is a member of the International Bar Association, in 1993, she was elected Vice-President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association.She is the Head of Chambers of Priscilla O. Kuye and Company her own legal practice she established in 1970. She is General Secretary of Nigeria-America chamber of commerce.