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Who Is Sule Lamido? by Mohdadutse(m): 6:59pm On Apr 30, 2013
His Excellency Alh.
(Dr.) Sule Lamido
con, Governor of
Jigawa State was
born on August 30,
1948, at Bamaina
Village in Birnin Kudu
Local Government
Area of Jigawa State.
Western education
began for the
homeboy at Birnin
Kudu Primary School in 1955. In 1962, Sule Lamido
entered Barewa College , Zaria , even as he battled
the tide against western education in his area.
Pursuing western education against the background
of this tide and that of a typically affluent,
arrogant and politically confident Kano Province
lad was a daunting challenge but Lamido graduated
in December 1966.
Based on re¬cruitment drive persuasion prior to his
exit from Barewa College, Sule Lamido opted to
train as a Railway Engineer. But the practical side of
the training that took place at the Permanent Way
Train-ing School, Zaria, proved unattractive to the
budding engineer who opted out altogether,
especially as the promise of travelling to and
training as a real En¬gineer in India no longer
seemed forth¬coming. Disenchanted with Railway
Engineering and denied parental approval for a
military career, Sule Lamido opted for the Nigerian
Police. Although he got the chance, he missed it,
having gone on to other things when the second
signal calling them up came. The first signal to that
effect halted their resumption at the Police
College , Ikeja, as a result of the threat being
issued by the Eastern Regional Governor, Colonel
Emeka Ojukwu.
In 1969, Sule Lamido anchored at the Nigeria
To¬bacco Company, Zaria , first as Quality Control
Officer in charge of ascertaining quality of mixing
and packaging. Today, he is fond of saying that:
"Throughout that one year, every cigarette
manufactured in Zaria must have passed under my
strict quality control supervision".
Later at NTC, Zaria , he became Zonal Salesman,
first for the North West areas of Gusau, and
Sokoto, before moving to take charge of the
North East, covering present Taraba, Bauchi,
Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States . Much later, he
took over in present Benue and Plateau areas,
thereby ending up with intimate knowledge of the
entire Northern region of Nigeria. In 1972, Sule
Lamido left the NTC for Christlieb as Northern Field
Man-ager and later Brand Manager (Provisions). As
the Brand Manager, Sule Lamido made all the
company's imports as well as opened new offices
of the company which sold Thermos flasks, Quaker
products, Heinz prod-ucts, Cornflakes; Peppermint,
Vaseline and Phensic (on behalf of Beecham). He
had, in this position, the privilege of going to all the
island local govern¬ment areas of Rivers and Cross
River States through Itigidi, everywhere in present
Delta and Edo States , so that today, he is one of
the few politicians who can say he had been able
to appre¬ciate Nigeria ever before becoming a
politician.
In 1987, Sule Lamido left Christlieb to come of age,
business wise. That year, he founded Bamaina
Holding Company which is now Bamaina Company
Limited, involved in textile, oil and, as he himself
puts it, just about anything that brings money. In
1979, he became a federal legislator on the
platform of the radical populist People's
Redemption Party, (PRP). In the Federal House of
Representatives, he was a member of the House
Business, Account, Water Resources and Works
Committees. When it was time to form parties
under Babangida Transition Pro-gramme, Sule
Lamido was among the social democrats who put
together the People's Solidarity Party, (PSP), one
of the thirteen (13) political parties that were
disbanded by the military regime in favour of two
parties -the National Republican Convention, NRC,
and the Social Democratic Party, (SDP), in 1989.
Sule Lamido was elected the pioneer Chairman of
the Party (SDP) for Kano State . With the creation
of Jigawa out of the old Kano State , Lamido
became again the (pioneer Chairman and later the
governorship aspirant until the then Military
President, General Ibrahim Babangida disqualified
him along with seven others. In late 1992, Sule
Lamido was elected the National Secretary of the
Social Democratic Party, (SDP). He was thus a core
actor in the victory of Chief M. K. O. Abiola in the
1993 presidential election which was, however,
annulled in contradictory junta power politics.
In 1994, after the two parties were disbanded
when late General Abacha took over government,
Sule Lamido became the Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Nigerian Agricultural and Co-
operative Bank, NACB, his first major political
appointment in life.
In 1995, he went onto the National Constitutional
Conference as an ap-pointee of the Federal
Military Government but the seeming romance
between the politician and the military terminated
too abruptly once the politician became a critic of
self- succession, particularly as a member of the
G-18, the opposition platform of the most notable
Northern politicians, whose rejection of General
Sani Abacha, destabilised the latter's self-succession
project. It culminated in his arrest and detention in
early 1998 by the regime. When Sule Lamido was
released from detention in mid-l 998, he rejoined
his political group which had, by now, moved into
the national platform called the G-34.
Subsequently, the group formed the People's
Democratic Party, PDP, under which he contested
gover¬norship of Jigawa State but lost in very
controversial circumstances.
In June 1999, Sule Lamido was nominated for
ministerial appointment by President Olusegun
Obasanjo and subsequently confirmed by the
Senate. He emerged the Foreign Affairs Minister on
June 30, 1999, when the ministers were sworn in.
In late 2003, Lamido returned to his native Jigawa
state after serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs
from 1999-2003. He went straight into opposition
leadership against the ANPP Government the
National political Conference. In late 2007, he
clinched the gubernatorial candidacy of the
People's Democratic Party, (PDP) emerging the
governor on May 29th, 2007. His regime has been
defined, more or less by the introduction of a social
security regime of a monthly stipend to the most
physically challenged persons in the state. His thus
becomes the first government in the entire history
of Nigeria to formally and democratically
operationalise a social security regime thereby
demonstrating (1) that poverty can be seriously
attacked and actually eradicated (2) that lack of
resources is not the real reasons for governmental
inability to attack poverty on a serious scale given
that Jigawa is officially, the poorest state in the
Federal Republic of Nigeria and (3) the strategic
role of compassion as an element of power.
Lamido regime thereby re-opened the debate on
the moral and ideological foundations of power in
the social transformation of Nigeria and things may
never be the same. Sule Lamido, the father of
eleven children, is married to Hajiya Amina Lamido
and Hajiya Maryam Lamido
Re: Who Is Sule Lamido? by Mohdadutse(m): 7:44am On May 01, 2013
Lamido is a man of his words!

Re: Who Is Sule Lamido? by Mohdadutse(m): 8:08am On May 01, 2013
The emancipator of the masses!
Re: Who Is Sule Lamido? by Mohdadutse(m): 8:35pm On May 09, 2013
smiley cool
Mohdadutse: The emancipator of the masses!
tongue
Mohdadutse: The emancipator of the masses!
Re: Who Is Sule Lamido? by Nobody: 8:45pm On May 09, 2013
He has transformed Jigawa within a short period of time. Based on his records so far, the man should be a lot better than the slow i.di.ot we have right now. Most NYSC members serving in Jigawa say great things about the Governor of Jigawa State. I heard some of the NYSC members are taking up jobs in Jigawa after their service. The place is peaceful, neat, and organized to live.

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Re: Who Is Sule Lamido? by teskyg: 11:27pm On May 09, 2013
Sule Lamido is a time Waster.
Re: Who Is Sule Lamido? by tomakint: 11:35pm On May 09, 2013
He is just a 'Funky Mallam' that's all undecided
Re: Who Is Sule Lamido? by Mohdadutse(m): 6:24am On May 10, 2013
tomakint: He is just a 'Funky Mallam' that's all undecided
Lamido is an icon in nigerian political history, i invite you to jigawa to see what he did in 6yrs.
Re: Who Is Sule Lamido? by Mohdadutse(m): 1:46pm On May 14, 2013
Mohdadutse:
Lamido is an icon in nigerian political history, i invite you to jigawa to see what he did in 6yrs.
Tomakint you are not responding!
Re: Who Is Sule Lamido? by Mohdadutse(m): 5:23pm On Sep 28, 2013
back to thread!
Re: Who Is Sule Lamido? by Mohdadutse(m): 5:26pm On Sep 28, 2013
top on the demands tabled at
a meeting with President Jonathan by
the seven aggrieved PDP Governors,
Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, Sule
Lamido of Jigawa, Rotimi Amaechi of
Rivers, Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto,
Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano,
Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara and
Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, is
the removal of Tukur as national
chairman. Other demands are:
stoppage of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
from investigating governors,
resolution of Adamawa and Rivers
PDP crisis, resolution of the crisis in
the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF)
and party structures.
Re: Who Is Sule Lamido? by Marotzke(m): 7:58pm On Sep 28, 2013
Mohdadutse: top on the demands tabled at
a meeting with President Jonathan by
the seven aggrieved PDP Governors,
Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, Sule
Lamido of Jigawa, Rotimi Amaechi of
Rivers, Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto,
Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano,
Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara and
Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, is
the removal of Tukur as national
chairman. Other demands are:
stoppage of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
from investigating governors,
resolution of Adamawa and Rivers
PDP crisis, resolution of the crisis in
the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF)
and party structures.
Are you by any chance Adagbo Onoja?
Re: Who Is Sule Lamido? by Longeria(m): 8:39pm On Sep 28, 2013
tomakint: He is just a 'Funky Mallam' that's all undecided
And a desperate MUGU

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