The Honourable Yusuf Maitama Sule Dan Masanin Kano, CFR | |
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Minister for National Guidance | |
In office 1983–1984 | |
Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations | |
In office 1979–1983 | |
Succeeded by | Tijjani Muhammad Bande |
Chief Commissioner for Public Complaints | |
In office 3 October 1975 – 1979 | |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | position abolished |
Kano State Commissioner for Information and Cultural Affairs | |
In office 1972 – 3 October 1975 | |
Governor | Audu Bako |
Preceded by | Tanko Yakasai |
Kano State Commissioner for Local Government | |
In office 1967–1972 | |
Governor | Audu Bako |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | position abolished |
Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives from Kano | |
In office 1959 – 15 January 1966 | |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | position abolished |
Constituency | Dawakin Tofa West |
Federal Minister of Mines and Power | |
In office 1955 – April 1965 | |
Prime Minister | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa |
Preceded by | Muhammadu Ribadu |
Succeeded by | Prince Alade Lamuye |
Government Chief Whip | |
In office 1954–1956 | |
Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives from Kano | |
In office 1954–1959 | |
Succeeded by | position abolished |
Constituency | Kano Urban Area |
Personal details | |
Born | Yola quarters, Kano, Northern Region, Colonial Nigeria (now in Kano State) | 1 October 1929
Died | 3 July 2017 Cairo, Egypt Funeral Kano emir's palace | (aged 87)
Resting place | Kara graveyard |
Political party | National Party of Nigeria |
Other political affiliations | |
Children | 10 |
Occupation | Legislature |
Profession | Politician, businessman, farmer, teacher |
Yusuf Maitama Sule CFR (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]