Sule M. Ahman is a retired army officer who was appointed Military Administrator of
Enugu State
Enugu State ( ig, Ȯra Enugu) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by the states of Benue and Kogi, Ebonyi State to the east and southeast, Abia State to the south, and Anambra State to the west. T ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of general
Sani Abacha
Sani Abacha (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who ruled as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1993 until his death in 1998. He seized power on 17 November 1993 in the last successful c ...
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During the military coup of 27 August 1985, when General
Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August, 1941) is a retired Nigerian Army general and politician. He served as military president of Nigeria from 1985 until his resignation in 1993. He rose through the ranks to serve from 1984 to 1985 as Ch ...
became head of state, Major Sule Ahman lent support in his position in Supply and Transport in the Ikeja Cantonment.
As military administrator of Enugu State, Colonel Ahman inaugurated the 22nd General Assembly of Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria, held in Enugu in 1997. In his address, Ahman urged the Chief Executives to help educate and enlighten the public, to ensure the success of the nation's transition programme.
Ahman initiated a policy that only indigenes should be employed in the public service of Enugu State.
Non-indigenes were summarily dismissed.
He was also responsible for a major overhaul to the charter of the Enugu State Environmental Protection Agency which his predecessor Colonel
Lucky Mike Torey had established in 1995, increasing its power and the scope of its duties.
References
Living people
Governors of Enugu State
Year of birth missing (living people)
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