Mohammed Namadi Sambo (born 2 August 1954) is a

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who was

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from 19 May 2010 to 29 May 2015. He previously served as Governor of

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from 2007 to 2010.

Early life

Namadi was born on 2 August 1954 in

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. He attended Baptist Primary School in Kakuri, Kaduna, before attending Kobi Primary School in

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and Towns School No. 1 in Zaria. From 1967 until 1971, he attended Government Secondary School (now Alhuda-Huda College), in

Education

Namadi attended the School of Basic Studies at

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Al ...

in Zaria in 1972, after which he joined its Department of

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, graduating in 1976 with a bachelors degree with honours (BSc (Hons)). He also holds a master's degree in architecture.

Early career

Sambo served with the Oyo State Ministry of Works and Housing for the

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up to August 1979. He then went into private practice as an architect. In 1988, he was appointed Commissioner for Works, Transport and Housing in Kaduna. In 1990, Sambo left the service of the Kaduna State Government and went back to private practice.

Governor of Kaduna State

In May 2007, Namadi assumed office as Governor of Kaduna State. His term ended on 18 May 2010. Sambo had an 11-point agenda as Governor of Kaduna State that was to focus on empowering the youth and women of the community and to address security for the state. While still serving as governor, he was picked by the then president of Nigeria,

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, to become the Vice President.

Vice President of Nigeria

Following the death of President

Umaru Yar'Adua Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (16 August 19515 May 2010) was a Nigerian politician who, was the President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. He was declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 20 ...

was sworn in as the President. and nominated Sambo as Vice President. His official correspondence conveying the nomination of Sambo for the VP position was received by the National Assembly on 15 May 2010. On 18 May 2010, the National Assembly approved the nomination. On 19 May 2010, Namadi Sambo was formally sworn in as the Vice-President of Nigeria, serving in office until 29 May 2015.

References

External links

Arewaonline website
* https://web.archive.org/web/20141218042013/http://nigeriatownhall.com/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125345/http://www.arcnamadisambo.com/

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