Women in the Media
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Hadiza Nuhhu-Billa

Hadiza Nuhhu-Billa is 30 years, born on May 10, 1976 and comes from Tamale. She is single and is both a Christian and a Moslem. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resource Management from the Central University College and a Diploma in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ).

She is a reporter and writes issues on education, health and human relations. She used to do stories on crime which was very risky. She once did a story on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Nafuri’s wife buying a stolen car and the IGP did not take kindly to that at all. She also did a story on skating on the Nima highway and faced a mob action from the Nima boys. Audrey Gadzekpoh also took her on and nearly made her face a committee for publishing a story she claims is not true. She did a story on schools without benches and a school in Avenor was not properly situated. A gang was coming there all the time to smoke marijuana and that did not auger well for the students and so the school was relocated.

She did a story on a girl by name Nana who begged on the streets with her mother. There is a school near by their station of begging and this girl sitting near by learnt to speak English from eaves dropping from the lessons taught in the classroom. Hadiza realised the girl had prospects and so decided to draw attention to her and fortunately some foreigners responded and lent them a helping hand.

She was the first to come out with stories of children used for begging. Her greatest achievement has been the fact that all her stories are exclusive and go on the Front page.

She wants to be a legal person on children’s rights and an expert in industrial relations. She wants to have a very responsible family where there will be peace and each person attains the highest education.

She hopes to see Ghanaian women becoming more industrious and assertive. She believes women are being enlightened but until they learn to be leaders, it would not be enough for the country.   She wants Ghana to strengthen children’s rights so that they will enjoy all incentives that make life comfortable and parents should be put in the know that their children have rights.