The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has joined numerous Muslims and non-Muslims in Nigeria and outside the country in mourning the later educationist and founder of Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN), Hajia Aisha Lemu, who died on Saturday in Minna, Niger State at the age of 79.
According to a statement issued on Sunday 6th December, 2019 by Professor Ishaq Akintola, director and founder of MURIC, “Aisha Lemu was a very resourceful woman, a prolific writer and author of many Islamic books. She was the chairman of FOMWAN Board of Trustees until her death. She was well known for her piety, generosity and diligence. It will be difficult to fill the vacuum she has left behind.
“May Almighty Allah forgive her, have mercy on her and repose her gentle soul in Al-Jannah Firdaus. May Allah also grant her caring husband, her children and all members of her family the strength to bear this irreparable loss.”
Hajia Aisha Lemu, a British national married to Nigeria’s former Grand Qadi of the Shari’ah Court of Appeal, Niger State, Sheikh Ahmed Lemu, was pioneer National Amirah of the Federation of Muslim Women Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN).
She studied at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and later obtained a postgraduate degree in English language. She converted to Islam at the Islamic Cultural Centre, London, in the year 1961.
During her lifetime, the late Aisha Lemu served as the principal of Government Girls College, Sokoto and Women Teachers College, Minna. She also founded the Islamic Education Trust (IET) together with her husband, who is the President.
