Mohammed Namadi Sambo (born August 2, 1954) is a
Nigerian politician and currently the 4th
Vice President of Nigeria. He was sworn in as Vice President on 19 May 2010.
[1] An architect by training, Sambo is an alumnus of the
Ahmadu Bello University in
Zaria.
[2]
Early life, education, and early career
Mohammed Namadi Sambo was born on 2 August 1954 in Zaria, Kaduna
State, Nigeria. He attended Baptist Primary School in Kakuri, Kaduna
before attending Kobi Primary School in Bauchi and Towns School No. 1 in
Zaria. From 1967 until 1971, he attended Government Secondary School,
now Alhuda-Huda College, in Zaria. He attended the School of Basic
Studies at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1972, after which he
gained admission into the Department of Architecture, Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria, where he graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science
degree with Honours BSc (Hons). He also holds a Masters degree (MSc) in
Architecture.
Sambo served with the Oyo State Ministry of Works and Housing for the National Youth Service Corps up to August 1979.
[3]
In 1988 he was appointed Commissioner for Works, Transport and Housing,
Kaduna. In 1990, Namadi Sambo left the service of Kaduna State
Government and went back to private practice.
Governor of Kaduna State
In May 2007, Mohammed Namadi Sambo assumed office of the Governor of
Kaduna State, Nigeria. His term ended on 18 May 2010. Sambo had an
11-point agenda as Governor of Kaduna State that was to focus on
empowering the youth and women of the community and to address security
for the state.
[4] While still serving as governor, he was picked by the president of Nigeria to become his deputy.
Vice President
Following the death of President
Umaru Yar'Adua,
Goodluck Jonathan
became the President. Jonathan nominated Sambo as Vice President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria and his official correspondence conveying
the nomination of Sambo for the VP position was received by the National
Assembly on Friday 15 May 2010. On 18 May 2010, the National Assembly
approved President Goodluck Jonathan's nomination of former Kaduna State
governor, Namadi Sambo, an architect, for the position of Vice
President.
[5][6]
On 19 May 2010, Namadi Sambo was formally sworn in as the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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