Simi Johnson
Jinsu | debbum ![]() |
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Ɓii-leydiyankaaku | Naajeeriya ![]() |
Innde ɓesngu | Johnson ![]() |
Ɗuubi daygo | 1929 ![]() |
Ɗoforde | Lagos ![]() |
Date of death | 2000 ![]() |
Wolde | Inngilisjo, Yarbankoore ![]() |
Sana'aji | jannginoowo, activist, ngaɗoowo siyaasaje ![]() |
Employer | Janngirɗe Laagos ![]() |
Janngi to | Durham University, University of Sunderland, St Anne's School, Ibadan ![]() |
Simisola Olayemi Onibuwe Johnson, (1929-2000) o wonnoo ko doktoor cukalel e jaɓoowo rewɓe nder lesdi Naijeriya,o waɗi gollal hooreejo leydi ngam ɓamtaare ummatoore e aada nder leydi ɗiɗmere.Johnson e Grace Guobadia fuu ɓe mari hakkilantaaki ngam hakkilantaaku nder hitaande 1957,waɗugo ɓe hakkilantaaɓe hakkilantaako debbo arande nder lesdi Naijeriya bana hooreejo Allied Bank e tawi lesdi Lagos nder National Council of Women Societies,e mo'o nder National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria..[1].[2]</ref> Her father was a lawyer and a founding director of the National Bank of Nigeria in 1933, her maternal great-great-grandfather was Ajayi Crowther, while her great-grand-uncle was Herbert Macaulay. Johnson was educated at CMS Girls' School Lagos. From 1954 to 1957, she attended Sunderland Technical College and Durham University qualifying as a dentist.[3] She and fellow Nigerian, Grace Guobadia, graduated in the same year, becoming the first two trained female dentists in the country. Johnson earned a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree and Guobadia, a Licentiate in Dental Surgery. Johnson later attended the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow to become an orthodontist. In the process, she became Nigeria's first female women's development, a committee given the mandate to establish a working relationship between the government and other women's organizations in the country.<ref>
- ↑ "The life and times of Maryam Babangida". Vanguard News (in Engeleere). 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- ↑ "The life and times of Maryam Babangida". Vanguard News (in Engeleere). 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- ↑ Ogunbodede 2013, p. 30.