User:Tucor/Muhammad tukur lamido

Muhammad Tukur Lamido was born on 16th February,1970 to the family of Alhaji Muhammad Lamido in Nguroje,Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State,Nigeria.He attended Nguroje Central Primary School(1977-1983),Government Secondary School Gembu(1983-1988) and the University of Maiduguri in Borno State,Nigeria(1989-1996),where he obtained his B.Sc Political Sceince.He did his mandatory National Youth ServiCe Corps(NYSC)at the Ogun State University,Ago-Iwoye(now Onabisi Onabanjo University)Ogun State where he served as an Admin.Officer in the MBA Programme at the Institution(1997-1998).He also served as the President(Ameer) Muslim Corpers Association(MCAN) Ogun State Branch(1997-1998). Upon the completion of his service year in 1998,he joined the Peoples Democratic Movement(which was later registered as the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)),a party that have won every General Election in Nigeria from 1999 till date.Muhammad Tukur Lamido was appointed a Supervisory Councillor Works and Utility Services,Sardauna Local Government Area(2000-2003),Special Assistant to the Caretaker Chairman Sardauna Local Government(Nov.2003-Feb.2004).In February 2004,he was appointed a member of the Taraba State Executive Council and deployed to the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development as a Cabinet Commissioner in charge of the Ministry.It should be noted that at 34 years,he was the youngest person ever to be appointed as a Member of the State Executive Council in Taraba State.He was redeployed to the State Ministry of Water Resources in 2006,a position he held up to may 2007 when the tenure of the regime he was serving ended. Muhammad Tukur Lamido was also appointed a Board Member,Taraba State Emergency Management Agency(SEMA) from Sept.2009-May 2011. Muhammad Tukur Lamido maintained high level of honesty,transparency and accountability throughout the period he served as a public figure.He refused to get power drunk and corrupt which charecterised most of the lives of politicians in his country Nigeria.During his time as a Commisssioner,he refunded millions of Naira(which is his country's currency)after judicously utilising the funds given to him for various assignments.He also had running battles with powerful politicians in his State who wanted to acquire Government Assets illegally.In recognition of this outstanding qualities of this patriotic Nigerian,the Taraba State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ) gave him a Merit Award on Transparency in Governance on 16th October,2010.In fact,his zero tolerance on corruption and corrupt practices led to his name been removed from any political appointment he was nominated for by those powerful politicians he refused to play game with. Having realised that these politicians would never allow him get any powerful political appointment,he was left with no option than to join the Nigeria Civil Service as an Assistant Registrar with the Federal Polytechnic Bali,Taraba State,a position he held from July 2010 till date. Fulani by tribe,Muhammad Tukur Lamido is happily married with children.His hobbies include current affairs,football,watching movies and documentary channels,etc,etc.He visited,the Cameroun Republic,Niger Republic and the Kingdom of Morocco.