The C.Vs of Nigerian Ministerial Nominees

ABDULRAHMAN BELLO DAMBAZAU

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH


14 MARCH 1954 ZARIA, KADUNA STATE

RELIGION

KANO STATE

EDUCATION

•BAREWA COLLEGE, KADUNA (SECONDARY SCHOOL, 1974)
•NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY (COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT INTO THE ARMY, 1977)
•US ARMY MILITARY POLICE SCHOOL, FORT MCCLELLAN (1979)
•KENT STATE UNIVERSITY (BACHELORS DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 1982)
UNIVERSITY OF KEELE (PHD IN CRIMINOLOGY, 1989)

CAREER

•AIDE DE CAMP TO CHIEF OF ARMY STAF(1979)
•COMMANDED MILITARY POLICE UNITS & SERVED AS SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR (1984 – 1985)
•REGISTRAR, NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY (1993 – 1999)
•CHIEF INSTRUCTOR, SUPPORT WEAPON WING OF THE INFANTRY CENTRE & SCHOOL (1999 – 2001)
•DIRECTING STAFF AT NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE (2004 – 2006)
•GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING (GOC) 2ND DIVISION, IBADAN (2007 – 2008)
•CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (2008 – 2010)
•CHAIRMAN OF CPC SECURITY COMMITTEE (2011)
•DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF INTELLIGENCE & SECURITY OF THE APC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN (2015)

INTERESTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

•MEMBER, WORLD SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY
•MEMBER, WORLD SOCIETY OF VICTIMOLOGY
•MEMBER, ACADEMY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICS SCIENCES
•MEMBER, AMRICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY
•MEMBER, BRITISH SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY
•MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL POLICE EXECUTIVE SYMPOSIUM
•FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, NIGERIAN SOCIETY OF VICTIMOLOGY
•FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN, FOUNDATION FOR THE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE
•FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
•COMMANDER OF THE FEDERAL
•REPUBLIC TITLE BY THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT

PUBLISHED WORKS

•MILITARY LAW TERMINOLOGIES (BOOK, 1991)
•LAW & CRIMINALITY IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYTICAL DISCOURSE (BOOK, 1994)
•CRIMINOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE (BOOK, 1999)
•NIGERIA AND HER SECURITY CHALLENGES (ARTICLE IN HARVARD REVIEW, 2014)

Full Names
Chibuike Rotimi AMAECHI

DOB •27th May, 1965

Religion •Christian Catholic

Marital Status
Chibuike Amaechi

•Married to Judith and blessed with three Sons.
•Born in Ubima, Ikwerre LG of Rivers State

Background
•Raised in Diobu neighbourhood of Port Harcourt.

Education
•Govt Secondary School, Okolobiri
•B.A. Degree in English and Comparative Literature from Uniport 1987
•NYSC 1988

Public Sector/ •Assistant at Pamo Clinic and Hospitals Limited

Offices Held
•Active member of the National Union of Rivers State students NURSS and National Association of Nigerian Students NANS.
•Secretary, Defunct Nigerian Republican Convention, IkwerreLG
•State Caretaker Committee Secretary, Democratic Party of Nigeria.
•Special Assistant to then Rivers State Deputy Governor 1992 – 1994
•Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly
•Chairman, Conference of Speakers
•Governor, Rivers State 2007 – 2015
•Chairman, Nigerian Governor’s Forum
•Director General, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Committee

Achievements and Awards
•Commander of the Order of the Niger CON
•Knight of St. Johns Order

Trend Setting
•General Infrastructure development, Construction of 21stCentury Schools, Monorail, Roads, Power Plants and Bridges.
•He is widely seen as improving the general living conditions of the people of Rivers State while he served as Speaker and particularly as Governor.

Organizations and Associations
•All Progressive Congress (APC)
•UniPort Alumni

Name
Kayode Fayemi John

DOB / POB
February 9, 1965 (50) / Isan-Ekiti

Marital Status
Married to Bisi Adeyele-Fayemi

Background
Native of Isan -Ekiti in Oye Local Government of Ekiti State, Nigeria.

Education
Attended Christ school, Ado-Ekiti
Doctor of Philosophy in War Studies, King’s College, University of London, United Kingdom, Thesis Title:Threats, Military Expenditure and National Security: Trends in Post Civil-War Defense Planning in Nigeria, 1970 – 1990. – (1993)
Master of Science in International Relations,University of Ife, Ile-Ife, (Now Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria – (1987)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), History, University of Lagos, Nigeria – (1985)
Higher School Certificate, Federal School of Arts & Science, Ondo, Nigeria – (1982)
West African School Certificate; Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria – (1980)

Interests
Democratization Constitutionalism Security Sector Governance, Religion in the Global Context Prominent leader of the Nigerian Opposition to rule in exile

Other Qualifications
Specialist in Civil-military relations

Achievement
Former Director of the Centre Democracy & Development
Responsible for the founding and management of the opposition radios – Radio Freedom, Radio Democracy International and Radio Kudirat
Plays a central role in the opposition’s diplomatic engagements in exile

Occupation
Politician

Public Offices held
Governor Of Ekiti State (15 October 2010 – 16 October 2014)

Work History
•1997- 2005 Director, Centre for Democracy & Development
•1995- 1997 Secretary General, Media Empowerment for Africa (The Radio Foundation)
•1993 -1995 Strategy Development Adviser, Deptford City Challenge, London, UK
•1991 -1993 Research Officer, African Research and Information Bureau, London, UK.
•1992 Tutorial Fellow, War Studies Department, King’s College, London, UK
•1987-1989 Research Officer, Development & Management Consultants, Ikeja. Lagos-Nigeria.
•1986 – Reporter, The Guardian & City Tempo Newspapers, Lagos, Nigeria

Awards and Grants

•1985- 1986 Tutor, Nigeria-Police Training College, Sokoto – Nigeria
•2005 Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland, Research Consultancy Grant to study “Donor Assistance in Security Sector Reform in Africa: A Recipients’ Perspective”
•2004 Scholar-in-Residence Research Grant in African Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA. 2004 Ford Foundation, USA Special Initiative on Africa, Research Grant to write a book on “Exile and the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in Nigeria.”
•2004 Institute of International Education, New York, USA, Fellowship Grant to study “Regionalism in a Global Context – ECOWAS and the Challenge of Change.”
•2004 Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland, Research Consultancy Grant to study “ Security Sector Reconstruction in Post-Conflict States: Case Study of Liberia and Sierra Leone.”
•2004 Department of International Development (DFID-UK), Research Consultancy to write a research report on “Mainstreaming Conflict in Development Assistance in Nigeria.”
•2004 Department of International Development (DFID-UK) Research Consultancy on “Demanding Change Initiative.”
• 2003 Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Research Consultancy Grant to survey the “Security Sector in Africa.”
•2003 Berghof Foundation for Conflict Resolution, Research Consultancy on “The Peace Process in SriLanka.”
•2003 Department for International Development,(DFID- UK), Research Consultancy to study “Post-
•1999 Developments in the Nigerian Military” for the Drivers of Change Initiative.
•2002 International Development and Research Council (IDRC) Canada, Research Grant to study “Security Sector Governance in Africa”
•2002 Department of International Development (DFID-UK), Research Consultancy on “Democratization, Poverty and Security in Ghana”.
•2000 Georgetown University’s Edmund Walsh’s School of Foreign Service’s Global Leadership Fellowship
•?2000 Ford Foundation, USA Research Consultancy on “Public Participation in Constitution-Making in Zimbabwe.
•1999 Global Coalition for Africa (World Bank) Research Grant on “Demilitarization and Security in Africa”.
•1999/2000 Department for International Development (DFID-UK), Research Consultancy on “Nigeria Country Strategy”
•1991 John D & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Grant, King’s College London

Advisory Services

•January 2004: Adviser to the Economic Commission for Africa on “Mutual Accountability between OECD and Page 9 of 11 African States”.
•June 2003: Adviser, Defense Review Process, Government of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
•October 2003 – present: Member, Management Culture Change Committee and Adviser to the Executive Secretary, ECOWAS Secretariat, Abuja, NIGERIA
•June 2003 : Adviser & External Reviewer on the African Governance Report, Directorate on Policy Management and Development (DPMD), Economic Commission on Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
•April 2003 – June 2003: Adviser, National Security Review Process, Government of Rwanda & DFID-UK
•October 1999 – April 2002: Technical consultant and Special Adviser to the Human Rights Violations Investigations Commission in Nigeria: Investigation of comparative experience of transitional justice regimes; mobilization of resources, commissioning and management of zonal studies on human rights violations; commissioning and management of technical advisers to the final report.
•Team Leader, International IDEA’s Study on Democracy in Nigeria. Coordinated aspect of study on ‘Democracy, International Assistance and Nigeria’s Civil Society.’ Led a team of two researchers – (Alison Van Rooy & Antonia Simbine) to produce the first post-military assessment of Nigeria’s civil society and a critique of donor assistance programs. January – March 2000
•Team Leader, Ford Foundation Project on Evaluating Zimbabwe’s Constitution-Making Process, 2000-2001; process monitoring and evaluation, training and capacity building for Commissioners; observation of the referendum, September 2000-March 2001.
•Team Leader, DFID Governance Study on Ghana. Led team of three researchers to conduct background research subsequently fed into the Country Assistance Plan for Ghana. August – November 2002
•Technical Expert to the ECOWAS Secretariat on the Evaluation of the Implementation of the Small Arms Moratorium, December 2002
•Team member, OECD-DAC Survey of the Security Sector in Africa, August 2002 – April 2003
•Specialist Consultant to the UNDP Human Development Report Office on the Human Development Report 2003 on ‘Democracy & Poverty in Nigeria’, December 2002 – January 2003.
•Technical Expert to the NEPAD Secretariat on developing the Peer Review Mechanism, October 2002
•Technical Expert to the African Union on Peace and Security Issues; worked with secretariat’s staff in producing the draft Peace and Security Council framework for discussion at the inaugural African Union’s summit in Durban, July 2002.
•Team Member, Expert Review of the Sri-Lankan Peace Process for the Berghof Foundation, Sri-Lanka & Germany, September 2003.
•Lead Writer, Section on The Military – DFID Nigeria Drivers of Change study, 2003

Other Career

•2004 Scholar-in-Residence and Visiting Professor in African Studies, Northwestern University, USA
•2003 – Member, ECOWAS Management Culture Change Committee & Adviser to ECOWAS Executive Secretariat on Peace and Security
•2004 Member, Nigerian National Working Group on African Peer Review Mechanism, NEPAD in Nigeria. Body set up by President Obasanjo to advice on the NEPAD process
•2005 Member, Presidential Implementation Committee on the National Action Plan on Conflict Reduction and Security Sector Reform.
•2005. Member, Presidential Implementation Committee on Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals Plans in Nigeria Page 10 of 11
•2002 – Adviser, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, India
•2003-4 Technical Adviser, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development’s Secretariat, SOUTH AFRICA
•2003 – Technical Expert on Small Arms Moratorium, ECOWAS, Abuja, NIGERIA

Accomplishment
•2003 – Technical Expert, African Union Secretariat on Peace and Security Issues, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
•2000 – 2003 Chair, Commonwealth Expert Group on Constitution-Making in Commonwealth Africa.
•1996 – 2002 Adviser, (Africa Program) International Institute for Democracy & Electoral Assistance, Sweden,
•1996-2002
•1999-2000 Adviser, Zimbabwean Constitution-Making Process.
•2001 – Member, Africa Policy Advisory Group (Ginger Group) of the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK
•2001 – Editor-in-Chief, Democracy & Development (Journal of West African Affairs)
•2001 – Adjunct Professor, African Centre for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington, USA 2003-2004 Research Consultant, OECD-DAC on Security Sector Governance
•2003 Consultant, UNDP Human Development Report Office, New York, USA
•2002 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Security Sector Management, Canfield University, United Kingdom
•2000 Consultant, John D & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, USA.
•1999 – Consultant to Department for International Development (DfID), United Kingdom
•?1994 – 1997 Adviser, British Parliamentary Human Rights Group
•1995 – 1997 Adviser, Norwegian Council for Africa
•1993-1996 Deputy Editor, Africa World Review (London)
•1992 – 1996 Editor, Nigeria Now, London [Political briefing Newsletter on Nigeria]

Community and Public Service
•Director, Policy, Strategy and Research Directorate, APC Presidential Campaign Council, 2015
•Chairman, APC’s Presidential Primaries Convention Committee, 2014
•Member, APC Strategy Committee, 2013-14
•Founding Chairman, Progressive Governors’ Forum, 2013.
•Policy Adviser, Ekiti State Government, 1999 – 2003
•Adviser, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Transition Team, Lagos State, 1999
•Policy Adviser, Engineer Gbenga Daniel’s Transition Team, Ogun State, 2003 Member, Steering Committee, West African Civil Society Forum (www.wacsof.org) Board Member, Open Society Justice Initiative, New York, USA (www.justiceinitiative.org)
•Member, International Advisory Board, Global Network on Security Sector Reform, UK (www.gfn-ssr.org)
•Member, International Advisory Board, Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit, London, UK (www.cpsu.org)
•Board Member, Baobab for Women’s Human Rights, Lagos, Nigeria (www.baobabforwomen.org) Board
•Member, Centre for Constitutional Governance, Lagos, Nigeria
•Member, Advisory Board, African Security Dialogue & Research, Accra, Ghana
•Board Member & Secretary, Media Empowerment for Africa (MEFA) – 1995-97
•Chair, New Nigeria Forum – 1994 – 1997
•Overseas Representative, Campaign for Democracy, Nigeria 1992 – 1996
•Board Member, Lewisham Regeneration Challenge Board, UK – 1991 – 1992
•Secretary, Lagos Branch, Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti Old Students Association,

Trend Setting
He became the first governor in this present political dispensation in Nigeria to openly declare his Seven Hundred and Fifty Million Naira assets, which included those of his wife, Bisi Adeyele-Fayemi

Occupation
Politician

Organizations and Associations
All Progressive Congress (APC)
Member, Africa Policy Advisory Panel of the British Government
African Studies Association, USA African Security Sector
Network African Association of Political Science Association of
Third World Studies British International Studies Association
Royal African Society/African Studies Association, UK Royal
Institute of International Affairs, UK International Institute of
Strategic Studies, UK War Studies Society, UK Nigerian Political
Science Association Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa

Religion
Christian



Name
SOLOMON DALUNG

OCCUPATION
BARRISTER

Previous Occupations/Public Office held:

•Dalung joined the Prisons Service as a Prison Assistant in 1982 and rose to the rank of Assistant Inspector of Prisons.

• Following his training as an attorney, he was moved to the Legal Department at Prisons Headquarters Abuja in year 2004 where he served as Legal Officer II in the prisons headquarters prior to retirement in December of that same year.

•Personal Assistant to Chief Solomon Lar,CON, when Lar was appointed as Adviser Emeritus to President Olusegun Obasanjo. This job lasted until 2003.

• In 2004, he took up an appointment with the Faculty of Law of the University of Jos as a lecturer. As a lecturer, he has had the opportunity of attending leadership trainings courtesy international Human Rights Organizations.

• In 2007, he was appointed the Chairman of Langtang South Local Government Area the same year. As Chairman of Langtang South, he also served as the Plateau State Deputy Chairman and later Chairman of the Association of Local Government Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGON). His tenure as the Chairman ended in may 2008.

• Member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and also a member Members Of Buhari’s Transitional Committee

• He made an attempt at representing Langtang North and South at the National Assembly but lost.

Qualifications: Achievements; Quotable quotes; Trendsetting

•Dalung had his primary school education at Local Education Authority Primary School Sabon Gida town in Langtang South Local Government Area from 1971 to 1977. He then proceeded to Government College Keffi, currently in Nassarawa State, for his secondary school education.

• In 1991 while still in the Prisons Service, he enrolled to study Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Jos. The unpredictable academic calendar that characterized the Nigerian University atmosphere at that period saw him spending a whole nine years before bagging Bachelors of Laws, (LLB). He proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Bwari, in Abuja, graduated in 2000 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2001.

• In 2005, he combined his job as a lecturer and study while pursuing a post graduate degree in Law. His Masters in Laws (LLM) program successfully ended in 2007.

• In Langtang South Dalung is referred to as “the man who brought coloured roofing sheets,”due to his massive transformation of public facilities during his tenure as Chairman.

•According to Dalung, “governance is a social responsibility and a democratic leader is equivalent to a human god, having the responsibility to determine the destiny of fellow human beings. He did not acquire power by conquest, strength or might but either by charisma, bureaucracy or law. There is an instrument that confers that power on him and is expected to exercise it within the parameter of the enabling authority.

• ‘’Where Was Peace Committee When Looters Wrecked Havoc On The Economy, And Why Will they Talk Of Peace Now When Looters Are Been Probe?”

Name : Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu

DATE OF BIRTH
March 23, 1953

State of Origin
Oyo State

Public Offices held

•Barr. Bayo Shittu was an Honourable Member of the Oyo State House of Assembly in the Second Republic and he was there between October 1979 and September, 1983

•Barr. Bayo Shittu was the Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Home Affairs (in the Olunloyo administration) Between October and December, 1983

•Barr. Bayo Shittu was the attorney General and Oyo State Commissioner for Justice (in the Ladoja government)

•Barr. Bayo Shittu was a member of the National Political Reforms Conference in 2005

Education\Qualifications
First degree in law(LL.B) at the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

Achievement
Barrister Shittu participated in the writing of the policy papers, which became the guiding light for UPN governments in their various states of the South West when eventually they came to powerBarrister Shittu have written 13 books for the period of about 15 yearsBarr.

Bayo Shittu contested and won election into the Oyo State House of Assembly. Thus, at the age of 26, he became the youngest Honourable Member of the Oyo State House of Assembly in the Second RepublicAs an honorable of the house of Assembly Barr. Shittu made quality representation as well as valuable contributions which made him a man to be reckoned with at the floor.