Margaret Icheen

Margaret Icheen (born 26 June 1957) is a politician, an educationist and administrator .she was the first female speaker of a state House of Assembly in Nigeria and in Africa .

Quotes

• My Mission Is For All Northern States To Own Female Football Clubs
  • https://dailytrust.com/margaret-icheen-my-mission-is-for-all-northern-states-to-own-female-football-clubs/

• I won’t say hundred percent but fifty percent. I wish that every state in the north should have a female football club. But unfortunately, I can’t say we have many female football clubs in the region. It is therefore my thinking that my presence on the board will help in addressing this deficiency.
  • https://nigeriasoccernet.com/margaret-icheen-desires-to-have-formidable-female-clubs-in-the-north
• to have survived five impeachment attempts before she was allegedly forced to resign her position as speaker in protest against neck-deep corrupt practices by lawmakers.
  • https://21stcenturychronicle.com/revealed-top-women-in-politics-who-are-now-missing/

• As a woman and a mother, I will do my best to see that even if not all northern states, at least half of them have formidable female clubs. As a matter of fact, in the future people will prefer to watch female football to men football. Even now, when you see them playing, you don’t see any difference. So, I am bold to say that very soon, women’s football will bounce more than men’s football.
  • https://nigeriasoccernet.com/margaret-icheen-desires-to-have-formidable-female-clubs-in-the-north