Amina Titi Atiku-Abubakar

Amina Titilayo Atiku-Abubakar (born 6 June 1951) is a Nigerian advocate of women and child rights and the wife of former vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar. She is the founder of Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF) and the initiator of the private bill that led to the establishment of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Early life and education Titilayo Albert was born into a Christian home to the Albert family, a Yoruba family from Ilesa, Osun state. She was raised in Lagos and had her primary education in Lafiaji, Lagos then proceeded to St. Mary's Iwo, Osun state for her secondary education up until 1969. In 1971, she married Atiku Abubakar, then a young customs officer, before attending Kaduna Polytechnic. Apart from English, she speaks Yoruba and Hausa languages fluently. She converted from Christianity to Islam. Career and advocacy She was a lecturer at Kaduna State Polytechnic. While in Rome to further her education in 1986 and 1987, she saw many Nigerian girls on the street. After making inquiry, she realized that many of the girls served as prostitutes for their madams, and quite often were not paid. She also found out that they were deceived with promises to work in Italy, and this prompted her to pledge to combat such incidences upon her return.