IDRIS, Gidado

· b. March 15, 1935

Civil Servant, Administrator, born in 1935, Zaria, Kaduna State; married: Rabiat, Hajiya Abu (Divorced) And Maryam, Children: Ten sons, Two daughters; Education: Zaria Elementary School; Zaria Secondary School; Clerical Training College, Zaria; Institute of Administration, Zaria; Palaytype College, London; University of Leeds, England. Served as District Officer in Benue, Sardauna and Adama Provinces; private and personal Secretary to the Late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello; appointed Permanent Secretary (now Director General). Kaduna State,'1971-75; Secretary, Constitution Drafting Committee,1975-1976; Secretary, Constituent Assembly. 1976-77; Clerk to the National Assembly, 1979-83; Secretary and Director of Administration, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, 1984-86; appointed Director-General, Police Affairs. Lagos, 1986-88; appointed Chairman. Productivity. Prices and Income Board, since June. 1988; Member: Society of Commonwealth; member: Inter-Parliamentary Union, 1979-1985; National Honour: conferred with the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), 1979; Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON).