Hajiya Zainab Maina, FCIA, MFR (an haife ta a ranar 7 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1948) a Jihar Adamawa da ke arewacin Najeriya. Ta kasan ce tsohuwar ministan mata da cigaban rayuwa (Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria) wand aka nada ta a watan Julin shekara ta 2011. Zainab Maina ta fito ne daga jihar Adamawa dake Arewa maso Gabashin Najeriya. Tayi karatu a Kaduna Polytechnic inda ta samu Diploma a fannin Gudanarwa da kuma karatun gaba da Diploma ND a fannin girke-girke da kula a otel (Catering and Hotel Management). Bugu da kari, ta kuma samu shaigar karatun sakataranci (Secretarial Studies) a Federal Training Centre Kaduna, sannan kuma a cibiyar Centre for Development & Population, Washington DC, dake USA inda ta samu karatu akan Institution Building Activities. Sannan Kuma ta auri Alhaji Umar Joji Maina, Dan-Malikin Mubi dake Jihar Adamawa kuma suna da 'ya'ya tare. Kafin a bata matsayin minista a watan Julin 2011, Maina ta kasance: Board Chairman, National Commission for Nomadic Education, Kaduna (2009–2011);