BA, ad ministrator, born September 15, 1932, Zalau, Toro, Bauchi State; married: Hajara Yaro and Iyabo Lawal 1972, three daughters; Education: Lame Primary School, 1941-43, Bauchi Middle School, 1944-46, Barewa College, Zaria, 1947-50, School of Agriculture, Ahmadu Bellow University, Zaria, 1951-53, Institute of Administration, ABU, Zaria, 1958-59, Cam bridge University, UK, 1960-61, Royal College of Defence Studies, London, 1969-70; appointed Agricultural Officer and later pro moted Assistant Agricultural Superintendent, Agronomy Division, Institute of Agriculture, ABU, Zaria, 1954-57; Assistant District Of ficer, Idoma Division, former Benue Province, 1959-60; Assistant Secretary and Principal Private Secretary to the then Premier of defunct Northern Nigeria (Late Sir Ahmadu Bello), Premier's Office, Kaduna, 1961-62; Senior District Officer, Katsina, 1963; ap pointed Administrator, Kaduna Capital Ter ritory, 1963-65; Principal District Officer, Kano, 1965-66; Provincial Secretary,- Borno Province (now Borno State), 1966-68; ap pointed Permanent Secretary (now DirectorGeneral), Ministry of Health, former NorthEastern State, 1968-70; Permanent Secretary (Agriculture) and Director (representing Botno State), Northern Nigerian Development Com pany, 1970-74; Director, NNDC and Northern Nigerian Marketing Board, 1974-75; appointed Secretary to the Military Government and Head of Service, defunct North-Eastern State, and also Chairman, Gombe Agricultural Development Project, 1975-76; Secretary, to the Military Government and Head of Service. Bauchi State and also Director, NNDC, 1976-78; member, 11-man working Committee to establish National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, 1976-78; Secretary and Director of Finance and Administration, NIPSS, Kuru, 1979-81; Director, Steyr (Nigeria) Limited, Bauchi, 1981-83; Chairman, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), 1983-84; Director, National Trucks Manufacturers (Nigeria) Limited, Kano, 1985-86; Chairman, Financial Instruction Review Commission Committee, Bauchi State, 1985; appointed Minister of Works and Housing, 1986. redeployed as Minister of Employment, Labour and Productivity, since 1987; Tradi tional Title: Wali of Bauchi; National Honour: conferred with Officer' of the Order of the Niger (OON); Hobbies: reading, farming, cat tle rearing, reading (religious, and security books), international affairs; Official Address: Federal Ministry of Employment, Labour and Productivity, Federal Secretariat, Phase I, 7th Floor, Room 777, Ikoyi — Lagos; Telephone: (01) 686370, 683957; Home: 23, Temple Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State; Telephone: (01) 611523, 682208.
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