Margaret Shonekan

**Margaret O. Shonekan** (an haife ta a ranar 28 ga watan Oktoba, 1940) ma'aikaciyar gwamnati ce ta Najeriya. Shonekan ta kwashe tsawon aikin ta tare da Hukumar Kula da Jarabawar Afirka ta Yamma WAEC. An nada ta a matsayin Kwamishina ta Ma'aikatar Gwamnatin Tarayya daga ranar 1 ga watan Oktoban 1986 har zuwa ranar 31 ga watan maris, 1994.   Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin Uwargidan Shugaban kasar Najeriya daga 26 ga Agustan 1993, har zuwa 17 ga Nuwamban 1993, a lokacin rikon kwarya na mijinta, Ernest Shonekan .

## Tarihin rayuwa
An haifi Margaret Shonekan a ranar 28 ga Oktoba, 1940, a Gusau,  ta Nijeriya, a cikin jihar Zamfara ta yanzu .   Iyayenta sun koma Gusau a ƙarshen 1930s, inda mahaifinta ya yi aiki a matsayin malami a Ofishin Jakadancin na Church .  Ta yi makarantar firamare a makarantar Christ Church Anglican Primary School a Gusau da Peter Primary School a Minna .  Sannan ta halarci makarantar 'yan matan Anglican da ke Orita-Mefa, Ibadan, tsawon shekara guda kafin ta shiga makarantar sakandaren' yan mata ta Anglican da ke Ilesa (wacce a yanzu ake kira makarantar St. Margaret) daga 1954 zuwa 1958.  Sheonekan ta halarci makarantar Grammar ta Ibadan daga watan Janairun 1959 har zuwa Disamban 1960. 

Shonekan ta yi karatu a Kwalejin Jami'ar Ibadan ( wacce a yanzu ake kira Jami'ar Ibadan ) daga 1961 har zuwa Yuni 1965, lokacin da ta kammala karatun digiri na farko na Kwalejin kere kere a cikin tarihi.  Daga baya ta samu difloma a fannin mulki da gudanarwa daga Kwalejin St. Godric da ke Landan a shekarar 1968. 

An dauki Margaret Shonekan a matsayin mataimakiyar magatakarda a Hukumar Kula da Jarrabawar Afirka ta Yamma (WAEC) a ranar 1 ga Oktoban 1965. Ta yi aiki a WAEC don yawancin aikinta na sana'a. Daga baya aka nada Shonekan a matsayin mataimakin mai rejista na WAEC daga 1 ga Afrilu, 1982, har zuwa 30 ga Satumba, 1986. 

A 1986, Margaret Shonekan ta bar WAEC a kan nadin da ta yi wa Hukumar Kula da Ma’aikatan Tarayya, wacce ke kula da ma’aikatan gwamnati, ta Gwamnatin Tarayyar Najeriya .  Ta yi aiki a matsayin kwamishina na ma’aikatan gwamnatin tarayya daga ranar 1 ga watan Oktoban 1986 har zuwa 31 ga watan maris, 1994. 

A shekarar 1993, mijin Shonekan, Ernest Shonekan, ya zama shugaban rikon kwarya, Shugaban Najeriya na rikon kwarya. Margaret Shonekan ta yi aiki a matsayin Uwargidan Shugaban Najeriya na kwanaki 82 kawai daga 26 ga Agusta, 1993, har zuwa Nuwamba 17, 1993.   Shugabancin Shonekan ya yanke lokacin da Janar Sani Abacha yayi juyin mulki ya kifar da Shonekan a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba, 1993.

Shonekan ta koma cikin Hukumar Jarabawar Afirka ta Yamma (WAEC) a ranar 1 ga watan Afrilun 1994, a matsayin babban mataimakinsa.  Daga nan aka dauke ta aiki a matsayin Shugabar Hukumar ta WAEC a ranar 30 ga Oktoba, 1995, ta hanyar kayar da abokan aikinta maza biyar wadanda su ma suka nemi mukamin.  Shonekan ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugabar Ofishin Kasa a WAEC daga 30 ga Oktoba, 1995, har zuwa lokacin da ta yi ritaya a 30 ga Satumba, 2000.  Ta bayyana lokacin ta a matsayin Shugabar Ofishin Kasa a matsayin shekarun da ta fi wahala a WAEC, saboda rashin samun isassun kudin gudanarwar da jarabawar da kuma baitul malin ta a lokacin.  Ta yi ritaya daga WAEC a 2000.

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