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Lawan
W ho is

seasoned educator, an erudite enator Lawan has performed with
s
A cholar, and an experienced leg- Sdistinction in both Legislative
islator with over twenty years service chambers, chairing several Commit-
in both the House of Representative tees including the House Committee
and the senate. Senator Lawan rep- on Agriculture (2003-2005) the House
resents Yobe North Senatorial District Committee on Education (2005-2007).
and he is a member of the Presiden- He was chairman Senate Committee
tial Advisory Council. on public Accounts (2007-2015). He
Born in yobe in 1959, senator Lawan was also Chairman, Senate Com-
attended Government Secondary mittee on Defence (2015-2017) and
School. Gashua, and graduated from served as Chairman of numerous
University of Maiduguri in 1984 with senate Ad-Hoc committees, including
B.sc (Hons) in Geography before Ad-Hoc committing on privatization.
heading to the University of Cranfield He is currently the Senate President.
(UK) Where he earned an Msc (1991)
and a PhD (1996) in Remote sensing
and Geographic Information Systems.
believer in life-long learning,
ASenator Lawan has attended
Following ten years as a lecturer advanced courses in a wide range
Fand research fellow, Senator La- of fields such as: 3rd Westminster
wan was motivated to serve his state workshop on public Accounts Com-
and his Country further. He entered mittee (House of Parliament, London),
the political sphere in 1998 as the Oxford Strategic Leadership (OSLP)
Vice Chairman, Yobe state Chapter Programme (SAID Business School
of the APP in 1999, he served as the University of Oxford), Professional De-
secretary of the Electoral Commit- velopment Course on the Canadian
tee at the APP National Convention, Taxation System (Carleton University),
Abuja. Later that year, Senator Ahmad Managing Teams for Innovation and
Lawan was elected to the House of Success program (Stanford University
Representatives. After eight years of School of Business) etc.
meritorious service, he was elected
senator for Yobe North in 2007.

e has been conferred with several traditional titles. Highly regarded by
Hboth his community and his country, in 2012, Senator Ahmad Lawan was
awarded the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON).
S enator Lawan is married with children.

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