GWANIJATAU, Mallam

MHA, CIROMANJEMA'A PARLIAMENTARYSECRETARY MINISTRY OFINFORMATION, LATER TRADEAND INDUSTRY. He was bom in Fadan Kagoma of the Kagoma Distria of the oldPlateau Province now in Kaduna State in 1920. His story is very intriguing. Here wasaman who startedPrimarySchoolafterhis marriage. He startedfinally in S.I.M. Primary Schoolfrom 1945to 1946andwentto Teachers CollegeKagorofrom 1946 to 1949. Aftercompleting hisTeacherEducation, hestarted'teachingstraight'inJanuary 1950 in S.I.MPrimarySchoolFadan Kagoma. In 1955, he took aqualification examinationfor the Grade ZZ7 Teacher Certificate, which hepassedandleft in 1956 to Kagoro ^achersColkgefortheCourse.Now,hecombinedpoliticswithhisprofessionalcallingaswasgen^ time. Hejoinedthe UMBCin 1954 andin 1957 contestedelection into theNorthern House of Assembly and won beatingtbeNPCcandidatewbowasakotbethenEmirofJemaa.AlhajilsaMohammadu.Tbatwasha^ as the Youths' clamourforself-determination in the thenjema'a Division hadreachedadeafening crescendo. Before the 1961 Elections, theHonMemberhadbeenfascinated by the characteranddisposition of thegreatSarduana andbefore the UMBC would realise it, he dclearedfor the Northernparty -the NPC. He won the 1961 Northern House of Assembly election seatforthe wholeJemaa Federation which nowincludedKagoro, Moroa andjaba undertheNPC. Barely aweek after the Elections andfor the need to have atrue representative government, the Sarduana appointedHonourable Gwanijatau Parliamentary Secretary andassignedhim…