Biography of emir of suleja academy

In a large part of the emirate plus territory from other states became the Federal Capital Territory, centered on the new city of Abuja. The emirate was renamed Suleja, based on the renamed town of Suleja which remained in Niger State. After the return to democracy, Awwal Ibrahim was restored to his title of Emir of Suleja on 17 January His restoration again caused a series of violent clashes, forcing the government to call in anti-riot troopers and impose a hour curfew.

You were a lecturer and later a university administrator; can you share your experiences? I must say that my life in the academic circle was a very pleasant one but also challenging. We wanted to excel academically and bring up students who would carry the mantle of leadership in the development of this country. When I found myself seconded to government service, it was entirely a different kettle of fish.

The life of an administrator is far more challenging because you have to tackle a lot of problems. There are various interests, and so on. My transition from academic, that is from class to administration, was itself very interesting to me, in the sense that we had the opportunity to meet leaders who were really very experienced with vision and dedication to their services.

And we tried to learn from them to see what contribution we could make. So it was not a very difficult transition for me, even though state administration was far more challenging. What is the difference between being a governor at the time you emerged and now? But without blowing my own trumpet, we did our best as first civilian politicians in a post military era.

Biography of emir of suleja academy: HRH, Mallam Muhammadu Awwal Ibrahim,

We were operating a new system of government, which was entirely new to us. We had a lot of problems trying to establish a relationship between us and the legislature. But fortunately for me in Niger State, we had party discipline and a body we called a caucus, which had tremendous impact on how to go about governance. That caucus was made up of party stakeholders in the executive, as well as the legislature.

We never took any decision on how to go about executing programmes and so on without meeting these three bodies; namely, the party, the executive and the legislature to decide on how best to go about serving our party supporters and people generally. That contributed tremendously in making things easier for us. My experience as the first civilian governor of Niger State in the late s and early s was very challenging.

Biography of emir of suleja academy: Alhaji Awwal Ibrahim, the Emir

It was challenging in the sense that the system was entirely alien and not known to us; that is the presidential system of government. You had to interact with three tiers of government — the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary, which were quite independent. We tried our best to ensure that we played the game by the rules as we understood them. Of course we enjoyed massive support from our people, both in the executive branch, where I belonged, and the legislature.

We were fortunate to have competent, dedicated and experienced civil servants who worked under military governments. My experience as an administrator and permanent secretary helped me tremendously to face challenges as civilian governor. I enjoyed the support of civil servants who dedicated themselves to their service.

Biography of emir of suleja academy: Early life and education Ibrahim

I never saw any reason to consider them as stumbling block to my work as governor. We worked as friends and colleagues. We enjoyed the goodwill and support of the party in ensuring that we had a better understanding of politics and our expectations as government. Of course we faced difficult circumstances, but because of the goodwill and our determination to make a success of our situation, we excelled.

Never mind the deliberate campaign by the opposition who had to use the media some time as the watchdog of the people to keep us on our toes. That also helped us to perform. The News Lagos. March 27 — April 10, This Day. Governors of Niger State. State governors in the Nigerian Second Republic — Jim Nwobodo Christian Onoh. Ambrose Folorunsho Alli Samuel Ogbemudia.

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Biography of emir of suleja academy: Alhaji Mohammed Awwal Ibrahim (born

Adamu Atta Cornelius Adebayo. Lateef Jakande. Olabisi Onabanjo. Michael Adekunle Ajasin. Bola Ige Victor Omololu Olunloyo. Shehu Kangiwa Garba Nadama. See also Military governors in Nigeria during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime — and Military governors in Nigeria during the Muhammadu Buhari military regime — The Suleja Emirate is unadorned Hausa emirate established in the untimely 19th century, formerly called Abuja, make a way into what is now Niger State.

Sieve a large part of integrity emirate plus territory from other states became the Federal Capital Territory, centred on the new city of Abuja. The emirate was renamed Suleja, homemade on the renamed town of Suleja which remained in Niger State. His acquisition resulted in rioting and destruction flash property by opponents.