MEET THE YOUNGEST 34-YEAR-OLD JIGAWA STATE HIGH COURT JUDGE NILFA GAMBO

Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State yesterday, Monday, June 10, 2024, swore in a 34-year-old woman, Nilfa Gambo, as a high court judge for the state. Mrs Gambo was sworn in at the Council Chambers, Government House, alongside Muhammad Usman as high court judges.

Speaking after the swearing-in, Governor Namadi said all the appointments were based on merit, adding that the new appointees made the state proud as they excelled during the selection interview. He revealed that the NJC had confirmed that Jigawa’s judges’ selection process was the best in the country.

Having graduated from Bayero University Kano, Nilfa was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2013. She then earned an LLM from SOAS, University of London, specialising in International Economic Law with a focus on Africa. She is also a certified mediator and international arbitrator and a member of CIArb UK and ICMC. She previously worked as a research assistant, registrar, and mediator at the NICN under several Judges of the Court.

Meanwhile, according to a lawyer, Bulama Bukarti, Mrs Gambo rose through the ranks and became what she is before reaching 35. “Nilfa achieved all this before reaching 35 years of age while giving birth and raising four children. And when I tell you that they are all boys, you can imagine what she must have gone through (laughed). She is a testament to the reality that it is not a choice between career or family. Nilfa successfully combined both. She has made not just the Abdullahi Gambo family proud but the whole of northern Nigeria. Some credit, of course, goes to Nilfa’s supportive husband (you can hold me guilty of a bit of masculinism here).