Maina Maaji Lawan

Maina Maaji Lawan (born 12 July 1954) a former Governor and former Senator for Borno State and a businessman-farmer, the CEO of Dansarki Farms.

Maina Maaji Lawan
CEO Dansarki Farms
In office
2007  To date
Former member House of Representative for Kukawa NE
In office
1 October 1979  31 December 1983
Former Governor of Borno State
In office
January 1992  November 1993
Preceded byMohammed Marwa
Succeeded byIbrahim Dada
Former Senator for Borno North
In office
29 May 1999  29 May 2003
Succeeded bySanusi Daggash
Former Senator for Borno North
In office
29 May 2007  29 May 2015
Succeeded byAbubakar Kyar
Personal details
Born (1954-07-12) 12 July 1954
Kauwa
NationalityNigerian
Political partyAll Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
Children7
Alma materAhmadu Bello University (ABU)
OccupationBusinessman/Farmer
ProfessionFarmer
Websitewww.mainamaajilawan.com

Background

Maina Ma’aji Lawan, CON, was born 12 July 1954 at Kauwa in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. He finished his Primary education at Kukawa in 1967 and proceeded to Government College Keffi for his secondary education between 1968 and 1972. He graduated from Ahmadu Bello University,[1] Zaria in 1977 where he obtained a BSc degree in Business administration, specializing in finance.

Political career

Borno State, Nigeria

While in active politics, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Great Nigerian Peoples Party (GNPP), The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP), and the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was elected into the House of Representatives at the age of twenty-four on the platform of the GNPP to represent Kukawa Southeast Federal constituency between 1979-1983.

In December 1991, Senator Lawan was elected Governor of Borno State and served until the 17th of November 1993 when the third republic was aborted by a military coup.[1] In the transition programmes that followed, Maina Ma’aji Lawan was elected Senator for Borno Nort first in 1998 on the platform of UNCP under the Abacha Transition which was itself aborted and thereafter elected three times into the Senate from the same constituency, his last election being in 2011 after which he declined to contest.

During his sojourn in the Senate, Senator Lawan was at various times the Deputy Senate Leader, Senate Minority leader, chairman Senate committees on special projects, National population and Identity, Vice Chairman Senate committees on appropriation and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well as member of several standing and ad-hoc committees including but not limited to National Security and Intelligence, Constitutional Amendment,[2] Finance, Petroleum, and Niger Delta Development Commission.

In 2011, Senator Lawan was conferred with the National Honour of the “Commander of the Order of Niger” (CON) based on his various roles in National Development.

www.MainaMaajiLawan.com.

Business endeavour

As an investor and a highly reputable businessman, Maina Ma’aji Lawan has been successful in establishing several businesses from the early 1980s to date. His business success was always a supporting aspect for his political career.

He was the Managing Director of Madison Nigeria Limited (1982-1991), Chairman and CEO of Comodex Ltd (1995 to date), Chairman CEO KBB Engineering Ltd 1999 to date and Chairman CEO of Dansarki Farms Ltd www.dansarkifarms.com (2007 to date).

Senator Lawan is into real estate, commerce, commodities trade, and he is very passionate about farming, being a large-scale commercial livestock farmer with extensive interests in cattle, poultry and fisheries.

References

  • "Military coups in Nigeria", Wikipedia, 2018-07-23, retrieved 2018-07-24
  • "States of Nigeria", Wikipedia, 2018-07-17, retrieved 2018-07-24
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