Maitama Sule was an acclaimed public orator with a sharp wit. He was a great repository of Kano and Nigerian history. He rose from a humble beginning to attain national and international prominence. He was one of the longest serving ministers in the truncated first republic and a favourite associate of the then Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. He was the chief whip of the Federal House of Representatives from to Maitama Sule was the preferred presidential candidate of the defunct National Party of Nigeria NPN in but, through some internal intrigues, lost to Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari who eventually won the presidency.
The Public Complaints Commission he earlier headed was created in to tackle complaints from the common man in a simple and efficient manner. Sule, as head of the commission was known to have taken his job seriously. As minister of National Guidance, though, short-lived, Maitama Sule also invested time in ethical re-orientation of Nigerians. His appointment to that office could not have yielded much result for assessment within so short a time as Shehu Shagari was removed in a coup in which the soldiers who seized power cited corruption as one major reason for their incursion.
The Northerners are endowed by God with leadership qualities. The Yoruba man knows how to earn a living and has diplomatic qualities. The Igbo man is gifted in trade, commerce, and technological innovation. God so created us equally with purpose and different gifts. But his subsequent moderation in thoughts and speeches as well as decency of conduct redeemed him. Until his death, he was a reverred figure and Nigeria will miss him.
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Ya rasu ne a kasar Masar inda ya yi jinyar rashin lafiyar da ya yi fama da ita. Marigayi Maitama Sule shaharraren dan siyasa ne a Najeriya, wanda ya rike mukamin minista da kuma jakadan kasar a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. Asalin hoton, Getty Images. A shekarar ne aka ba shi kwamishinan gwamnatin tarayya mai kula da korafe-korafen jama'a. Yayin da a shekarar ya tsaya takarar shugaban kasa a karkashin jam'iyyar NPN, sai dai Shehu Shagari ne ya lashe zaben. Har ila yau, gwamnatin Shagari ta nada shi jakadan Najeriya na dindindin a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya watanni bayan kammala zaben.
A can ne ya jagoranci Kwamitin Musamman kan Yaki da Wariyar Launin Fata na majalisar, wanda masu sharhi ke ganin ba karamin matsayi ba ne. A shekarar gabanin Najeriya ta samu 'yancin kanta, marigayi Maitama Sule shi ne ya kewaya da Sarauniyar Ingila Elizabeth yayin da ta kai ziyara Kano yana yi wa jama'a bayaninta.
Ya rasu ya bar 'ya'ya 10 - maza hudu da mata shida.
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