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Simi Johnson
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Jinsudebbum Taƴto
Ɓii-leydiyankaakuNaajeeriya Taƴto
Innde ɓesnguJohnson Taƴto
Ɗuubi daygo1929 Taƴto
ƊofordeLagos Taƴto
Date of death2000 Taƴto
WoldeInngilisjo, Yarbankoore Taƴto
Sana'ajijannginoowo, activist, ngaɗoowo siyaasaje Taƴto
EmployerJanngirɗe Laagos Taƴto
Janngi toDurham University, University of Sunderland, St Anne's School, Ibadan Taƴto

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>

  1. "The life and times of Maryam Babangida". Vanguard News (in Engeleere). 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  2. "The life and times of Maryam Babangida". Vanguard News (in Engeleere). 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  3. Ogunbodede 2013, p. 30.