Hassan Lawal Nelly CON (12 October 1954 – 24 March 2018) was a Nigerian politician who served as a Minister for 7 years. (Minister of labour) ( Minister of Health) (Minister of Works)
Background
Hassan was born in
Keffi
Keffi is a town in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Keffi. Keffi is 50 kilometers from Abuja. Nasarawa State university is located in Keffi sitting along Keffi-Akwanga express way.
It has an area of 138 km and a ...
, Nasarawa State.
He attended
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 ...
,
Zaria
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where he obtained a Bachelor of Law Degree (LLB) in 1978 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1979. He later obtained an LLM and PhD in Law from
University of Warwick
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,
England
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.
He was appointed Sub-Dean of the faculty of Law of the
University of Jos
The University of Jos, abbreviated as Unijos, is a Federal University in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria.
History
What became the University of Jos was established in November 1971 from the satellite campus of the University of Ibadan. ...
and head of the Department of Private Law (1987 - 1990).
Leaving academia, Lawal became the Company Secretary and Legal Adviser of the NNPC Refinery Company in Port-Harcourt (1990-1995).
From 1995 to 1997 he was the Special Assistant to the Minister of Petroleum Resources.
He was appointed General Manager Services of the NNPC Joint Venture, NAPIMS in 1997.
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Political career
In 1998, Lawal retired from NNPC and entered politics in 1999.
In 2001, he was appointed Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Shippers Council, a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Transport.[
President ]Olusegun Obasanjo
Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, , ( ; yo, Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its pres ...
appointed him Federal Minister of Labour and Productivity in 2004.
He was retained in this position in July 2007 by 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 ...
.
In a cabinet reshuffle, he was appointed Minister of Works and Housing on 17 December 2008.Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957)Lawson Heyford, ''The Source'' (Lagos), 11 December 2006. is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to fo ...
dissolved his cabinet. He died after a brief illness and left behind five male children.
References
1954 births
2018 deaths
Federal ministers of Nigeria
People from Nasarawa State
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