Home state of Nigeria’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, who died Monday morning in a Cairo, Egypt, has declared a public holiday to morn him.
Sule Dan, masanin Kano, died after a brief illness, a statement released by Alhaji Ashiru Shariff, his close aide said. Late Maitama Sule served Nigeria in various capacities.
He was a politician, acclaimed orator and diplomat. In 1976, he became the Federal Commissioner of public complaints, a position that made him the nation’s pioneer ombudsman.
In early 1979, he was a presidential aspirant of the National Party of Nigeria but lost the ticket to Alhaji Shehu Shagari.
He was appointed Nigeria’s representative to the United Nations after the coming of civilian rule in September 1979.
After the re-election of President Shagari in 1983, Alhaji Sule was made the Minister for National Guidance, a portfolio designed to assist the president in solving corruption.
