Lois Auta
Nigerian CEO
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Lois Auta (ⓘ) (born 29 April 1980) is the founder and chief executive officer at the Cedar Seed Foundation, an organization that promotes the participation of women with disabilities into human rights based development in Nigeria. She focuses on inclusive legislation for people with disabilities.[1]
Lois Auta | |
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Lois Auta | |
| Born | 29 April 1980 |
| Other names | Nbwuat'ayan |
| Occupation | activist |
| Known for | Rights of persons living with disabilities |
| Title | Chief executive officer |
| Spouse | Mr Innocent |
| Website | cedarseedfoundation |
In 2019, Auta ran for the Federal Capital Territory's AMAC (Abuja Municipal Area Council)/Bwari National Assembly seat, in 2022 [2] she vied for the Kaduna State House of Assembly seat to represent Kaura constituency under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) but lost at the primary to Nehemiah Sunday. She faced discrimination as a female physically challenged politician."[3][4]
Early life
Auta was born in Jos Plateau, Plateau State, Nigeria, on 29 April 1980 into the Auta Akok family of Kukum Gida Kagoro,[5]
Education
As a child, Auta contracted polio and began using a wheelchair. She holds a diploma and a bachelor's degree in public administration from the University of Abuja, Nigeria. She studied global business administration at Nexford University, based in Washington, DC.
In 2014, she participated in the Young African Leaders Initiative and was selected as a Mandela Washington fellow [6]
Positions
- Auta is the founder and executive director of Cedar Seed Foundation.[7]
- President of FCT Disabled Sports Club, Abuja
- Board Member of Federation of Civil Servants Staff with Disabilities Multipurpose Cooperative Society
- Assistant National Coordinator of Advocacy for Women with Disabilities Initiative
- Board Member of Potters Gallery Initiative
- Member of Joint National Association of Persons with disabilities
- Founder of Ability Africa
- President of Women on Wheels Multipurpose Cooperative Society
- Vice president of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Association, Nigeria
