Lawal Jafaru Isa

Lawal Jafaru Isa
Administrator of Kaduna State
In office
9 December 1993 – 22 August 1996
Preceded by Mohammed Dabo Lere
Succeeded by Hammed Ali

Brigadier General (retired) Lawal Jafaru Isa was Military Administrator of Kaduna State from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[1] In 1996, Isa created several chiefdoms for the southern Zaria or Kaduna people in order to improve peace in Kaduna State.[2]

In September 2000 he was a leading member of the newly formed Arewa Consultative Forum, a northern political lobbying group.[3] He became a leader of the United Nigerian Development Forum, an association friendly to the election of General Ibrahim Babangida in the April 2003 Presidential contest.[4] He became a director of Bank PHB.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  2. ↑ Ernest E. Uwazie, Isaac Olawale Albert, G. N. Uzoigwe (1999). Inter-ethnic and religious conflict resolution in Nigeria. Lexington Books. p. 111. ISBN 0-7391-0033-5.
  3. ↑ Udo Silas and Bature Umar (21 September 2000). Gowon Accepts to Lead Arewa Forum. ThisDay. ISBN 0-7391-0033-5.
  4. ↑ Olorunnibe Farukanmi. "Nigerians must be careful" (PDF). Niger Delta World Congress. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  5. ↑ "Govt Expresses Satisfaction With Bank PHB". ThisDay. 26 June 2007. Retrieved 2010-05-14.