Maitama Sule

The Honourable
Yusuf Maitama Sule
Dan Masanin Kano, CFR
Taken in 1981
Minister for National Guidance
In office
1983–1984
Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations
In office
1979–1983
Succeeded byTijjani Muhammad Bande
Chief Commissioner for Public Complaints
In office
3 October 1975 – 1979
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byposition abolished
Kano State Commissioner for Information and Cultural Affairs
In office
1972 – 3 October 1975
GovernorAudu Bako
Preceded byTanko Yakasai
Kano State Commissioner for Local Government
In office
1967–1972
GovernorAudu Bako
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byposition abolished
Member of Parliament in the
House of Representatives from Kano
In office
1959 – 15 January 1966
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byposition abolished
ConstituencyDawakin Tofa West
Federal Minister of Mines and Power
In office
1955 – April 1965
Prime MinisterAbubakar Tafawa Balewa
Preceded byMuhammadu Ribadu
Succeeded byPrince Alade Lamuye
Government Chief Whip
In office
1954–1956
Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives from Kano
In office
1954–1959
Succeeded byposition abolished
ConstituencyKano Urban Area
Personal details
Born(1929-10-01)1 October 1929
Yola quarters, Kano,
Northern Region, Colonial Nigeria
(now in Kano State)
Died3 July 2017(2017-07-03) (aged 87)
Cairo, Egypt
Funeral Kano emir's palace
Resting placeKara graveyard
Political partyNational Party of Nigeria
Other political
affiliations
Children10
OccupationLegislature
ProfessionPolitician, businessman, farmer, teacher

Yusuf Maitama Sule pronunciationCFR (1 October 1929 – 3 July 2017) was a Nigerian politician, diplomat, and elderly statesman who held the danmasanin Kano a chieftaincy title. In 1955-1956 he was the chief whip of the Federal House of Representatives. In 1960 he led the Nigerian delegation to the Conference of Independent African States. In 1976, he became the Federal Commissioner of public complaints, a position that made him the nation's pioneer ombudsman. In early 1979, he was the presidential candidate of the National Party of Nigeria but lost to Shehu Shagari. He was appointed Nigeria's representative to the United Nations after the coming of civilian rule in September 1979. While there he was chairman of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid.[1]

After the re-election of President Shagari in 1983, Maitama Sule was made the Minister for National Guidance, a portfolio designed to assist the president in tackling corruption.[2]

  1. ^ "UN launches anti-apartheid year," The Globe and Mail (Canada). January 12, 1982
  2. ^ Peter Blackburn, "Corruption in Nigeria: can it be ended in land of greased palms,"? Christian Science Monitor. December 5, 1983