H.E. Senator Maina Ma’aji Lawan C.O.N

H.E. Senator Maina Maaji Lawan is a Nigerian politician. He was the first elected Executive  Governor of present Borno State and four times elected Senator for Borno North, businessman and a farmer.

Senator 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 Primary School in 1967 and proceeded to Government College Keffi, in the then Benue Plateau State, for his secondary education between 1968 and 1972. In 1977, he graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained a BSc in Business Administration, specializing in finance.

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 a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He was elected into the House of Representatives on the platform of the GNPP to represent Kukawa Southeast Federal Constituency between 1979 and 1983.

In December 1991, he was elected the Governor of Borno State and served until the 17th of November 1993 when the third republic was aborted by a military coup. In the transition programmes that followed, Senator Lawan was elected Senator for Borno North, first in 1998 on the platform of UNCP (aborted) and thereafter elected three times into the Senate from the same constituency.

During his sojourn in the Senate, Senator Lawan was at various times the Deputy Senate

Majority 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, Finance, Petroleum, and Niger Delta Development Commission.

H.E. Senator Lawan is a seasoned and experienced administrator par excellence, a private sector player and a seasoned farmer. He is a well travelled personality who has traversed nearly all the significant countries in all the continents of the globe.

CV of H.E. Senator Maina Ma’aji Lawan C.O.N.

 

State of origin:                      Borno State

Local Government Area:     Kukawa

Date of Birth:                        12th July 1954

Educational Institutes Attended:

 

  • Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (Bsc. Business Administration: Specializing in Finance) 1974-77
  • School of Basic Studies A.B.U. Zaria 1973-74
  • Government College Keffi 1968-72
  • Kukawa Primary School 1962-67

 

Elected Offices Held:

  • Elected Member National Assembly, House of Representatives – 1979-1983 (GNPP)
  • Elected Member Constituent Assembly – 1988/1989
  • Elected The First Executive Governor of Present Borno State- Jan. 1992-Nov. 1993 (SDP).
  • Elected Senator for Borno North – 1998 (UNCP) -Aborted
  • Elected Senator for Borno North –  (Deputy Senate Leader)               1999-2003  (PDP)
  • Elected Senator for Borno North – (Senate Minority Leader) 2007-2011 (ANPP)
  • Elected Senator for Borno North –                                                        2011-2015 (ANPP/APC)

Member, National Constitutional Conference – (North East Representative)           2006

National Assembly Leadership Positions: 

  • Member Body of Principal Officers (Select Committee)
    • Deputy Senate Leader
    • Senate Minority Leader
  • Chairman Special Projects Committee
  • Chairman National Popultaion and National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)
  • Vice Chairman Appropriations Committee
  • Vice Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
  • Served as member on several standing and adhoc committees of the Senate, including but not limited to National Security and Intelligence, Finance, Petroleum, FCT, Education, Poverty

Alleviation, Constitution Amendment

Party and other related Positions:

  1. Research officer, Great Nigeria People’s Party (G.N.P.P.) 1978/79
  2. Joint Action Committee of the 4 Progressive parties at the National Assembly 1980/83
  3. Member, committee to collect and collate the views of the people of Borno on the 1979

constitution –                                                                                                                                 1988

  1. Head of Secretariat and National Coordinating Sec. People’s Front of Nigeria (P.F.N.) 1988-90
  2. Secretary, Elder’s Committee, People’s Front of Nigeria (P.F.N.) 1988-92
  3. Special Assistant to the National Chairman, Social Democratic Party (S.D.P.) 1990-91
  4. Member, National Executive Committee and National Caucus, S.D.P. 1990-93
  5. Member, National Executive Committee and National Caucus, U.N.C.P. 1997-98
  6. Member, National Executive Committee and National Caucus, P.D.P. 2000-03
  7. Member, National Executive Committee and National Caucus, A.N.P.P. 2007-14
  8. Foundation Member, National Caucus, A.P.C.
  9. Foundation Member, A.P.C. Board of Trustees 2014-15
  10. Member, A.P.C. Constitution Drafting Committee of the legacy parties
  11. Member, A.P.C. National Advisory Council, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Election

 

Other Working Experiences:

  • NYSC (Anambra State) 1977-78
  • Assistant Registrar Borno State Cooperative Societies 1978-79
  • Purchases Manager Borno State Cooperative Consumer Stores 1978-79
  • Managing Director, Madison Nigeria LTD. 1982-92
  • Chairman, Borno State Small Scale Industries Credit Scheme 1987-88
  • Chairman, Borno Wire and Nail Industries LTD. 1987-91
  • Chairman/CEO Comodex LTD. 1995
  • Chairman/CEO KBB Engineering LTD.  1999
  • Chairman/CEO, Dansarki Farms LTD 2007 to date

In recognition of his contributions towards the national development, H.E. Senator Maina Ma’aji Lawan was conferred with the National Honour of the “Commander of the Order of Niger” (CON) in 2011.