President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abuja-based lawyer and activist, Maryam Uwais, as his special adviser for Social Protection Plan, Premium Times reports.

According to a presidency source on the
condition of anonymity, Uwais, wife of
Muhammadu Uwais, a former Chief Justice of
Nigeria, was appointed weeks ago.
She has been immediately deployed to the
office of Vice President Yemi Osibajo, where
she is coordinating the administration’s
social protection schemes, including a
N60billion micro-credit scheme for artisans
and market women.
President Buhari Appoints El-Rufai’s Ex-
Classmate Maryam Uwais as Special Adviser
on social protection plan
Until her appointment, Mrs Uwais was
Principal Partner, Wali-Uwais & Co., an
Abuja-based law firm.
Between 1988 and 1989, she was at the
Nigerian Law Reform Commission, before
moving on to the Central Bank of Nigeria
where she remained till 1998.
Maryam Uwais is a legal practitioner and
human rights activist with over 20 years
cognate law practice experience including
the Kano State Ministry of Justice and
Nigerian Law Reform Commission.
She was appointed a member of the National
Job Creation Committee and served on the
Acting President of Nigeria’s Presidential
Advisory Council.
She founded the Isa Wali Empowerment
Initiative in December 2009, which targets
the conditions of women and children in
education, healthcare and empowerment.
Uwais has also worked as a consultant to the
Open Society Initiative for West Africa,
UNICEF, the World Bank, and the British
Department for International Development
(DfID).