Background
Aisha was born on 17 February 1971 in Adamawa State, Northeastern Nigeria. Her father was a civil engineer while her mother is a descendant of the Ankali family, renowned farmers and textile giants.
Aisha was born on 17 February 1971 in Adamawa State, Northeastern Nigeria. Her father was a civil engineer while her mother is a descendant of the Ankali family, renowned farmers and textile giants.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration from Ahmadu Bello University(Ahmadu Bello University), and a master"s degree in International Affairs and Strategic Studies from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. She is currently undertaking a Counselling Course on Company-Dependency in the United Kingdom. She obtained a Diploma in Beauty Therapy from the Carlton Institute of Beauty Therapy, Windsor, United Kingdom and specialized in Permanent Make-up, Mesotherapy and Miocro-dermabrasion.
She holds a post-graduate diploma in cosmetology and beauty from Academy Esthetique Beauty Institute of France.
She is a member of the United Kingdom Vocational Training and Charitable Trust and the International Health and Beauty Council.
She is a Cosmetologist and Beauty therapist. Her grandfather, Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu was Nigeria"s first Minister of Defence. On December 2, 1989, Aisha married Muhammadu Buhari, who had five children from a previous Marriage to Safinatu Yusuf.
Prior to acquiring her higher degrees, Mistress
Buhari had earlier pursued a career in Beauty and fashion. She is a Resource Person to the National Basic Technical (NBTE) on Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology and has participated in the curriculum development of Small Medium Enterprises for NBTE. On July 2014, She advised Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to resign from office as President of Nigeria, following a suicide bombing and an alleged assassination attempt on her Buhari.
She is one of the Nigerians who criticized child marriage and homosexuality. She has, on several occasions, emphasised the need for young girls to get Primary and Secondary school education before getting married, saying that she believes no girl should get married before the age of 17.
In May 2015, on the sidelines of the Global Women Conference held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she stressed the need for Nigerian laws that will protect the women from forced early marriages, sex trafficking and other issues Nigerian girls and women contend with.
She raised concerns on Child sexual abuse in Nigeria, sex trafficking and the need for Legislation against early marriage. On June 12, 2015 Aisha Buhari met with some mothers of the abducted Chibok Girls, a meeting she had wanted to hold for a long time. Public image Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has been described by many Nigerians as a classy woman.
She surprised Nigerians when she made it known that her role as wife of the President of Nigeria will be limited to whatever is Constitutionally recognised, as she promised not to overstep.
She is a member of the United Kingdom Vocational Training and Charitable Trust and the International Health and Beauty Council.