MallamAminu KanoGCON[1] (9 August 1920 — 17 April 1983)[2] was a Nigerian radical opposition political leader, teacher, poet, playwright, and trade unionist from Kano. He played an active role during the transition from British colonial rule to independence, the First Republic, Military rule, and the Second Republic. Representing the Kano East constituency, he served as the Deputy Government Chief Whip in the Federal House of Representatives. During Yakubu Gowon's administration, he served as the Federal Commissioner for Communications and the Federal Commissioner for Health. He was a vocal critic of British colonialism and its indirect rule policy in northern Nigeria. A self-described democratic humanist and reformer, Aminu combined his knowledge of Western and Islamic education to champion the liberation of the talakawa (commoners).[3][4][5][6]
In 1948, Aminu founded the Northern Teachers' Association, the first labor union in Northern Nigeria, and helped form the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC), initially a cultural organisation, in the same year. Due to the conservatism of most its members, he left the NPC to co-found the Northern Elements Progressive Union
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As one of the immediate leaders of post colonial Nigeria who took over the mantle of leadership from the outgoing british colonial administration and expatriates, Alh. Sule Katagum displayed his leadership qualities of honesty, integrity, and managerial skills. After independence, Nigeria was faced with serious problems of regionalism, tribalism, political, social and economic challenges. There were then three (3) main political parties. The leadership in the North, under northern people’s congress (NPC) led by the late Sardauna of Sokoto, in the East, we have NCNC (National Council Of Nigeria and Cameroun) led by Dr. Nmadi Azikwe and in the Western Region, we the action group led by Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, while in the Centre we had Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, as the prime minister from a northern Nigerian Regional party, the (NPC). When the british colonial administration was about to withdraw on first October 1960 Alh. Sule was saddled with the responsibility, as Chairman of the Federal Service Commission , to ensure smooth transition from british civil servants to Nigeria public servants in the administration, the police, the Nigeria customs service, immigration service, prisons service and the Foreign Service. He was able to do all these efficiently and successfully w
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Katagum
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Place in Bauchi State, Nigeria
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Education
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Bauchi accuse university Gadau,
Federal college hill education
Abubakar Tatari Ali Tech (ATAP)
Federal Lincoln of Bad health Science Azare (FUHSA).
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