Aminu Waziri Tambuwal
| Aminu Waziri Tambuwal | |
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| Governor of Sokoto State | |
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Assumed office June 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko |
| Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives of Nigeria | |
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In office June 2007 – June 2011 |
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| Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria | |
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In office June 2011 – June 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Dimeji Bankole |
| Succeeded by | Yakubu Dogara |
| Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria | |
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In office 2003–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Hon. Sanyinna Aliyu Umar |
| Succeeded by | Hon Abdussamad Dasuki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 10, 1966 Tambuwal Local Government, Sokoto State, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Political party | All Progressives Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Haj. Mariya Aminu Waziri Tambuwal |
| Relations | Married |
| Children | Four |
| Residence | Sokoto, Abuja |
| Occupation | Legislature, excutive |
| Profession | Legal Practitioner, politician |
| Religion | Islam |
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (born January 10, 1966) is the Governor of Sokoto State. He was elected as Governor after the April 11th General Elections. He is also the former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria. He is an All Progressives Congress (APC) member and represented the Tambuwal/Kebbe Federal Constituency of Sokoto State.
Right Hon. Aminu was born on January 10, 1966 in Tambuwal Village in Sokoto State to Waziri Tambuwal.
He attended Tambuwal Primary School, Tambuwal, Sokoto State, where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate in 1979; and Government Teachers’ College, Dogon-Daji, where he obtained the Teachers Grade 11 Certificate in 1984. He then proceeded to Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, where he studied Law, graduating with an LLB (Hons) degree in 1991. He completed his one-year compulsory legal studies at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, obtained his BL and was called to the Bar in 1992.
Besides studying for his law degree, he has also attended several courses abroad, among which are the following: Telecoms Regulatory Master Class–Bath UK, 2004; Lawmaking for the Communications Sectors –BMIT, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2004; Regulating a Competitive Industry-UK, Brussels, 2005; Tulane University – International Legislative Drafting, 2005; Stanford Graduate School of Business – Influence and Negotiation, 2008 and KSG Harvard – Infrastructure in Market Economy, 200
Among his professional affiliations, Tambuwal has been a very active member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), over the years. He started off as Public Relations Officer of the NBA, Sokoto State chapter between 1996 and 1997. He was a member of the Constitution Review Committee of the NBA (1997–1998). He was the Sokoto branch Secretary of the Association (1997–1998) and Assistant National Financial Secretary of the NBA (1998–2000)
From 2000 and 2002, he was the 1st Assistant National Secretary of the Association. He is also a member of the Body of Benchers, Nigeria; International Bar Association, and the American Bar Association among others.
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