User:Sam Nda Isaiah

In 2002, he and a few others of like minds and tendencies formed The Buhari Organisation (TBO) to promote General Muhammadu Buhari’s aspiration to the presidency and he was appointed deputy director-general. Sam fondly refers to General Buhari as his model and political leader. The TBO was an organization within the ANPP then. He was also a foundation member of the CPC before the fusion into APC. Sam has always belonged to the progressive tendency that has been in opposition since 1999. He was the first to start advocating publicly that Nigerian opposition parties must fuse in order to form a common front to wrest power from the PDP in the interest of the nation. Sam believes in rallying a national alliance for political outreach; that is why, as a chieftain of the APC, he has consistently advocated the unity of the nation as a precursor of development. As a presidential aspirant in the 2015 election, he campaigns on the platform of unifying the nation, security and safety for its citizens and big ideas that would change the course of the nation’s history. In 2011, he was conferred with the traditional title of Kakaki Nupe by Etsu Nupe His Highness Dr Yahaya Abubakar, CFR. At the turbaning ceremony, the Sultan of Sokoto sent him a special gift of a horse. This was a rare honour. He was the only one of the 11 title recipients that received the Sultan’s gift on that day. He is also the Jakadan Potiskum, a title conferred on him by the Mai Potiskum, Alhaji Umar Ibn Bubaram. In 2013, he was conferred with Ugwumba Ndigbo by the Igbo community in Abuja. He has received the Nupe Kingdom Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship. Sam Nda-Isaiah is a senior member of the International Praise Cathedral and he was a founder of the Praise Business Fellowship. In 1995, he delivered the first keynote address at the launch of the School of Church Growth and Practical Ministry (SOCAP) of the International Praise Cathedral, Kaduna. In 2013, he presented the Review of the Synod Presidential Address delivered by Bishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon at the 19th Synod of the Anglican Communion in Kaduna. He also delivered the Professor Marquis Annual Lecture at the Obafemi Awolowo University in May 2013 and was conferred with the Grand Commander of Great Ife, the highest honour conferred by the Ife Alumni on its members; there are fewer than 20 such recipients in the world today. He is a fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN). Sam is married to Zainab and they are blessed with four children.