Biography
Biography of Suleiman A. Kawu Sumaila, Senior Special Assistant on Senate Matters(House of Representatives)
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Suleiman A. Kawu Sumaila |
Suleiman AbdulRahaman Kawu Sumaila was born on March 3rd 1968 in Sumaila Village in Kano State to Alhaji AbdulRahaman Tadu and Hajiya Maryam Muhammad.
He had his early education at Sumaila Gabas Primary School, Sumaila, in Kano State, where he obtained his first School Leaving Certificate in 1976. He went further to Senior Secondary School, Sumaila, Kano State where he obtained WAEC Certificate in 1982. He proceeded to the prestigious Bayero University, Kano, where he obtained a Diploma and an Advance Diploma in Educational Management.
He is running a programme in Islamic Studies at the National Open University of Nigeria.
Suleiman Kawu Sumaila began his political career in 1991 when he joined the Social Democratic Party.(SDP), he later became a Member of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), which later merged with some other political groups to form the People?s Democratic Party.(PDP). He served as Deputy State Organizing Secretary and Kano state house of assembly aspirant of PDM and PDP in 1995 and 1999 subsequently.
He joined the All Progressive Congress(APC) and served as member of Board of Trustee, National Caucus, and NEC and served as member of central merger committee which formed APC.
In 2003, Kawu Sumaila decamped to the All Nigerian Peoples Party(ANPP) and thereafter contested as a member of the House of Representatives representing Sumaila/Takai Federal Constituency where he served in various committees including Water resources, Interior, Information, Poverty Alleviation and NEMA before he became the Deputy Minority Leader in 2007 after his re-election for the second term into the Lower Chamber. In 2011, due to his achievements, he was re-e;ected into the House of Representatives and still retained his position as Deputy Minority Leader. He served as a member of constitutional amendment committee between 2007-2011 and 2011-2015.
Kawu Sumaila has received different awards, the Traditional Title of Turakin Sumaila was conferred on him by the late Dan Isan Kano, District Head of Sumaila in 2006. He was also conferred with the national honour of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria(OFR) in September 2012 by President Goodluck Jonathan.
On August 27, 2015, Kawu Sumaila was appointed the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters(House of Representatives.
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