Late shehu kangiwa biography of donald

Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web! Add a New Bio. Born Edit. Powered by CITE. Notify me of new comments via email. Cancel Report. Create a new account. To make things worse, the sub-zone is the only one of its kind in the country without a dual carriageway. The old Zaria- Kaura Namoda narrow gauge railway line is now moribund and virtually dead, yet the three states which have the longest stretch of international boundary are completely left out of the current Railway Modernization Programme.

Every meaningful project for the north-west is always sited in Kaduna or Kano and in the event these two states are skipped, then Katsina state takes it, yet the governors do not have the clout to protest. Our situation would have been different with Shehu Kangiwa. It was Shehu Kangiwa who established the government printing press, where exercise books were printed and distributed free for all students in the Primary and Secondary Schools.

You begin to imagine what Sokoto State would have become if Kangiwa had spent eight years as the governor. First, we lost a governor with a plan and a political will to develop the state. Then we failed to find his replacement thirty-nine-years after his death. Within twenty years of democratic rule, the old Sokoto State, which comprises Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara have produced no fewer than ten elected governors- four in Zamfara, three in Sokoto and three in Kebbi State.

Yet all of them could not equal the achievements of Shehu Kangiwa. The duo of them, brazen as they are, cannot deny it. Leaving us with a situation, where one is greater than ten. We now have charlatans in office whose greatest achievement as elected governors is their ability to pay civil servants their monthly salaries. I could recall in Form-Two at Government College Sokoto, now Nagarta College in , when one afternoon during our lunch time we saw our no nonsense Principal running towards the cafeteria with his cap in hand.

The news quickly spread across that governor Kangiwa was coming to have lunch with the students. As we fell in line to collect our meals, I noticed the Governor was standing directly behind me wearing a tracksuit. Our situation would have been different with Shehu Kangiwa. It was Shehu Kangiwa who established the government printing press, where exercise books were printed and distributed free for all students in primary and secondary schools.

Late shehu kangiwa biography of donald

You begin to imagine what Sokoto state would have become if Kangiwa had spent eight years as the governor. First, we lost a governor with a plan and a political will to develop the state. Then we failed to find his replacement thirty-nine years after his death. Within twenty years of democratic rule, the old Sokoto state, which comprises Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara have produced no fewer than ten elected governors — four in Zamfara, three in Sokoto and three in Kebbi state.

Yet all of them could not equal the achievements of Shehu Kangiwa. The duo of them, brazen as they are, cannot deny it. Leaving us with a situation, where one is greater than ten. We now have charlatans in office whose greatest achievement as elected governors are their ability to pay civil servants their monthly salaries. I could recall in Form-Two at Government College Sokoto, now Nagarta College in , when one afternoon during our lunchtime we saw our no-nonsense principal running towards the cafeteria with his cap in hand.

The news quickly spread across that Kangiwa was coming to have lunch with the students. As we fell in line to collect our meals, I noticed the governor was standing directly behind me wearing a tracksuit. He collected his meal, sat with the students and ate. That day the dining hall which used to be noisy was as quiet as a graveyard because everybody was afraid of the principal and not the governor.

The principal was visibly nervous when the governor started interacting with senior students asking them questions. His popularity continuously increased within and outside Nigeria during the NPN governors meeting. In the political arena, he was viewed as a tactician with bulldozing charisma and generosity. He was a great lover of sports, especially polo which he single-handedly brought to Sokoto.

When the corpse of the late Kangiwa was conveyed to Sokoto from Kaduna, over 25 planes landed at the Sokoto Airport, carrying thousands of sympathizers who came to attend his funeral. This demonstrated the goodwill he enjoyed from all Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike.