Forget about patriotism because at this time there is a gang conspiracy against us. The writing is on the wall. So,we must continue digging our past to learn more from our heroes.
ZANNA BUKAR DIPCHARIMA SULOMA{1917-1969}
Nigerian politician .He was born in 1917 in Dipcharima village in the Borno province of Northern Nigeria.Dipcharima attended the Maiduguri middle school and later trained as a teacher at the Katsina Higher training college,the former Northern Nigeria's highest institution of learning at the time.
He began teaching in 1938,working at various schools until 1946 when he embarked on a political career. He first joined the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroun{NCNC} led by Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe,and was in the party's delegation to Britain in 1947. He left the NCNC to become a Manager for John Holt.Dipcharima re-entred politics in 1954,this time as a member of the Northern People's Congress[NPC} on whose platform he was elected to the Bornu Native Authority.
An exteremely popular politician, Dipcharima soon rose to become presidential of Bornu Province branch of the NPC and head of the Yerwa District in 1956,taking the traditional title of Zana. He won a seat in the federal House of Representatives in Lagos in 1954 and was made parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Transport in 1957,he became minister of state without Portfolio and later minister of communication and industry,before taking the portfolio of transport in 1964.
What made this man a shaker of his time was his determination,hadwork,zealousness. He understood the need of his people and he died while gallantly pursuing the legitimate right of his people.
We must restore the glory of our beloved Northerners.