Northern Nigeria Private Secretary to Premier of Northern Nigeria
Alhaji
Hassan Lemu
,
OON
, was the private secretary of
late
Ahmadu Bello
,
[1]
Sardauna of Sokoto
, the
Premier of Northern Nigeria
.
[2]
Alhaji
Hassan Lemu
OON, matawalin Bida
|
---|
Born
| c. 1921
|
---|
Died
| c. 2017
|
---|
Nationality
| Nigerian
|
---|
Occupation
| Private secretary
|
---|
Office
| Secretary, Chairman
|
---|
Children
| 25
|
---|
Early life and education
[
edit
]
Born 1920?21, at Lemu of Gbako, He started at Lemu Elementary School 1939?41, then Niger Middle School, Bida 1942?44, now as
Government college, Bida
, he later went to Kaduna College 1945?48.
Northern Nigeria clerk
[
edit
]
Sir Ahmad appointed him as the third class clerk in Northern Nigeria Secretariat 1949, he also was instructor at Clerical Training College, Zaria, now Institute of Administration
ABU, Zaria
, Then he was assistant district officer, provincial secretary, permanent secretary, and acting secretary of military government in
Kano
and North Western Nigeria. At early his 30s, he was acting permanent secretary, Ministry of Justice. After that he rose to the permanent secretary 1974.
[3]
In the 1967 creation of states.
Niger State
, was created in 1976, Lemu later became the chairman and
chief executive officer of Niger State Water Board, up to1979. The same year, he also rose the state commissioner for works and housing. He played the following roles in subsequent years as member Code of Conduct Bureau, And chairman, Kaduna Polytechnic Governing Council, member, Arewa House Project, member, Niger State Local Government Elections Tribunal 1997,
member,
Bida Emirate
, Zonal Zakkat Committee. He was awarded Niger State Merit Award 1997 by the Niger State government. His career spanned work in Nigeria and
United Kingdom
, where he worked in the Office of the Commissioner of Nigeria and Office of the Commissioner for
Northern Nigeria
, first in 1954 and of 1957. And was appointed honorary peace ambassador, of Niger
State, in National Peace Forum, in 2003 and till his death
[4]
Lemu was the protocol officer and the principal private secretary of the late Sir
Ahmadu Bello
,
Premier of Northern Nigeria
, Sardaunan Sokoto.
[5]
[6]
He died in
Minna
,
[7]
at the age of 95, 2017 and survived four wives, 25 children, 70 grandchildren 100 great-grandchildren.
[8]
[9]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Auwal, Muhammad (21 March 2017).
"Babban sakataren Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardauna ya rasu"
.
hausa.legit.ng
(in Hausa)
. Retrieved
31 March
2020
.
- ^
administration
"Lemu hassan private secretary to SIR AHMADu BELLo"
,
Google Books
,
- ^
by Ndama Abubakar
html" matawalin nupe biography of lemu"
,
News Line
, 2017
- ^
Ahmed Tahir Ajoe
" Lemu carriers and death"
,
Daily Trust
, 2017
- ^
"Ahmadu Bello, Akintola knew about 1966 coup but refused to flee ?Maradun, the late Sardauna's driver"
.
Punch Newspapers
. Retrieved
31 March
2020
.
- ^
by andrew essien
html " private sect to ahmadu bello"
,
allafrica
, 2013
- ^
"News ? Page 2627 ? Faces International Magazine"
. Retrieved
31 March
2020
.
- ^
"Late Lemu, a perfect elder statesman ? Dep. Gov"
.
Vanguard News
. 21 March 2017
. Retrieved
31 March
2020
.
- ^
news
html " perfect elder lemu died dep gov"
,
Vanguard
, 2017