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Rashida Yahaya Bello is the wife of the executive governor of Kogi state.

Early life and education
Rashida Yahaya Bello hails from Edo State where she had her foundational Educational exploits before she proceeded to the University of Abuja with a honor(s) in  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree biased in accountancy.

Rashida participated actively in the mandatory National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC).

Marital Life and Recent Titles
Rashida Bello nee Imodagbe married Alhaji Yahaya Bello who was at the time an astute entrepreneur, a chartered accountant and a seasoned civil servant with the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission.

The Emergence of His Excellency, Yahaya Bello as the duly elected Governor of Kogi State in 2015 and subsequent inauguration as the Executive Governor of the State on the 27th January, 2016 automatically conferred on her (Mrs. Rashida Yahaya Bello) the noble and exalted responsibility of the First Lady of Kogi State.

Prior to her assumption of office as First Lady of Kogi State in January, 2016, Rashida Bello worked with Fair Plus International Limited and rose through the ranks to the position of the Executive Director of Fair Plus International Limited.

Engagements
On the 12th of March, 2016, Her Excellency, Rashida Bello launched her Non-Governmental Organization called The Kogi Women and Youth Advancement Foundation (KOWYAF) which is now called Rashida Bello Foundation with a core mission of empowering Women and Youth, Encouraging the growth of micro businesses for vulnerable women and youth as well as to drastically reduce/eradicate mother/child mortality rate in Kogi State.

Over the years through her NGO, Mrs. Rashida Bello has empowered thousands of women and youth through her various skill acquisition and empowerment initiatives, renovated and equipped many primary health care centres across the state, donated learning materials and equipment to primary and secondary schools across the three (3) senatorial axis of the state, built houses for aged women and elderly persons, supported orphanages and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), initiated and executed various medical outreaches as well as educational scholarships to many indigent children and young girls across the state.