Dr. Maryam Abba Salihi 

Dr. Maryam hails from Kiyawa in Kiyawa Local
Government Area of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Born
in Sokoto State, she started her education at
Goldstar Nursery and Primary School, Kano.
She proceeded to Hassan Ibrahim Gwarzo
Secondary School, Kano (2007 to 2013) and
after graduation, she enrolled for a computer
course with Aptech in Abuja (2014).She then
secured an admission to read medicine (MD) at
the Oman Medical College. But due to Ebola
disease outbreak in a few African countries, the
admission was deferred by the Medical College
to the following year. Proactively, she enrolled
for a foundation course with Galaxy Uniprep Centre (a Turkish Learning Centre)
in Abuja. She proceeded to Oman in 2015 for her medical studies. She obtained
her Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2022 at the National University of Science and
Technology (NUST), Oman. During the course of her programme, Maryam was
very active in organising and participating in the school’s extracurricular activities
and their health awareness programmes like the World health day, 3rd research
day, winter symposium, to mention but a few.In 2021, she came to Nigeria to do
her elective programme as approved by the NUST which she successfully
completed with the National Hospital and Garki Hospital, both in Abuja