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Nigerian politician and lawyer (born 1966)

Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (born 10 January 1966) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who has served as Senator for Sokoto South since 2023. He served as the governor of Sokoto State from 2015 to 2023. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, and served as the 12th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 2011 to 2015.

Tambuwal represented the Tambuwal/Kebbe Federal Constituency of Sokoto State as an honorable member in the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2015.

Early life and education

Aminu Waziri Tambuwal was born on 10 January 1966, in Tambuwal Village in Sokoto State, to Fatima and 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 II 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 attended several courses abroad, among which are: 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.

Political career

Tambuwal started learning the legislative ropes from 1999 to 2000, while working as Personal Assistant on Legislative Affairs to Senator Abdullahi Wali, the then Senate Leader.

In 2003,

BY ANSELM OKOLO

At birth his parents had a premonition that their tot was destined to be a leader and counsellor to great men, so they named him Aminu meaning the trustworthy and dependable. That premonition has been the lot of RT Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR, incumbent Governor of Sokoto State and former Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Long before his birth, his family had known respect and maintained a strong voice in the palace of leaders, main reason they were called Waziri meaning prime minister or counsellors of great leaders

 Trained as a lawyer at Uthman Danfodio University Sokoto, this urbane and avid believer in the integrity of hard work and merit in public service, has lived a life of selflessness and sacrifice for the good of the greater society.

THE MAN

Aminu Waziri Tambuwal or AWT as he is fondly called by friends and associates is a highly detribalised Nigerian. He does not discriminate on the grounds of tribe, religion or geography. As Speaker of the House of Representatives this was very evident in his selection of his immediate aides and staff from all religions, cultures, ethnic groups and regions in the country.

A man who loves wearing mostly white clothes, as a constant reminder of his covenant with a life of purity, is an uncommon bridge builder across the many tribes, religions and geographical contours in the country. This makes him comfortable being in any part of the country. On record, he has travelled to all the nooks and crannies of the country, to honour friends and associates, sometimes to the surprise of his hosts.

As Speaker of the House of Representatives, he was reputed to have visited nearly all the country homes of his colleagues in the House who had milestones to celebrate.

AWT has a super knack for listening, which makes it easy for him to accommodate all shades of opinions and leanings. Forever in pursuit of knowledge, Tambuwal believes that

Personal Assistant – Legislative Affairs to Senator Abdullahi Wali, 1999.

Kebbi/Tambuwal Federal Constituency – House of Representatives on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, 2003.

 Minority Leader of the House, 2005 (ANPP).

Deputy Chief Whip, 2007 (PDP)

Chairman of the ad hoc committee (reviewed the report of the controversial power probe committee headed by Ndudi Elumelu)

Chairman, House Sub-Committee on the Bill for an Act to Amend the Land Use Act,

Acting Chairman, House Committee on Power.

Leader – Nigerian delegation to African,Caribbean

–  Pacific & European Union Parliamentary Assembly (ACP-EU)

Vice-Chairman, Economic Committee ACP-EU, held in Prague,Czech Republic in April 2009.

Speaker of the House of Representative, 2011-2015

Governor, Sokoto State, (All Progressive Congress (APC)

He will be retiring from his current position as the Governor of Sokoto State in the upcoming 2023 election.