Laila Dogoyaro
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Recently widowed, Hajia Laila Dogoyaro comes from the conservative northern bloc where the likes of the now late Hajiya Gambo Sawaba had laid the foundation for women's right activism in contemporary Nigerian politics. Dogoyaro made a name as the foremost activist to the women liberation struggle. She moved round the country, projecting the case Nigeria women with passion. This culminated in her election as president of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), the umbrella body of all women associations involved in women liberation.