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Nkoyo Toyo
Nigerian politician
Nkoyo Esu Toyo (born November 5, 1958) is a lawyer, development activist, and politician.[1] She served as a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives,[2] and as ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti.
Before politics, she co-founded Gender and Development Action (GADA), an organization to improve access to economic and political opportunities for women in Nigeria.[3] Nkoyo Toyo is an expert in governance with membership in various global women's rights groups,[4] she is also one of the conveners of the “10 Thousand Women’s March” in Abuja, organized by the Women4Women (W4W) He4She movement to address issues affecting women.[5]
Education
In 1974, Nkoyo graduated from Union Secondary School and proceeded to study law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Kaduna in 1975.
In 1980, Nkoyo Toyo graduated from the Nigerian Law School and was called to the Nigerian Bar Association. She subsequently