Ahman Galadima: Man Of Integrity, Honesty.

Date: 2013-12-22

Ahman Patigi was born in 1914 and named Ahman Saba to Hadiza and Mohammed Ndeji at Patigi area council of Kwara State.

Ahman attended Patigi Elementary School between 1923 and 1926, before he proceeded to the Ilorin Middle School, from 1927 to 1931. In 1944, he attended a three-month office procedure course at the Ilorin Provincial Secretariat and in 1954 he left for London where he did some programmes and courses in local government.

During his career, he was the chief scribe of the Patigi Native Authority from 1932 to 1953, as well as a councilor and development secretary with the Lafiagi/Patigi Native Authority from 1953 to 1956. Ahman was also appointed Galadiman Patigi in 1954 and Native Authority Councilor in charge of the police, forestry, prisons and the local governments in 1956.

A year later, Ahman became member of Northern House of Assembly, and re-elected twice. In the same year when he was re-elected Galadiman Patigi and was appointed one of the first parliamentary and minister of health in 1957.

In 1960, he was appointed general secretary of the Northern People’s Congress (NPC) and also re-elected again as parliamentarian for Patigi/Lafiagi and also re-appointed minister of health. He was also northern regional president of the Red Cross from 1960 to 1964.

Patigi identified with education, philosophy, nationalism and was noted as an able and reliable politician by his colleagues and friends, both in the country and abroad.

In later years, he served as chairman of Kwara State Local Government Service Board between 1971 and 1972, as well as chairman of the Kwara State Council for Art and Culture, where he was responsible for grooming and educating the young for better future.

Around 1976, he became chairman of the board of directors of the Kwara State Printing and Publishing Corporation (publishers of the Nigerian Herald).

When he resumed as the chairman of the board and answering reporters’ question after being conducted round all the section of the company, late Patigi said; “Any newspaper which is one-sided and fails to meet the demand of the public in making suggestions and airing its opinions would become unpopular and, eventually, lose the purpose for which it was set up.”

Patigi stressed the roles of the press in national-building, adding that it should be constructive in its criticism of government’s activities, and posited that the government, on its part, should refrain from unnecessarily interfering with the polices of the press.

As a man of integrity and honesty, he won some medals during his life time, among which were; the King Coronation Medal (1937), Red Cross (1963), Commander of the Cameroons (1937), Order Of British Empire (O.B.E,1963), Commander of Senegal, Guinea and Libya (respectively, in 1964), as well as the merit award of the Officer of the Federal Republic (O.F.R).

Patigi’s direct involvement with the organisation of the Patigi Regatta and his eminent contribution to the state’s progress are well remembered to this day.

Beetween 1935 and 1953, he used his position and influence to involve the colonial administration in promoting sports and unity in Northern Nigeria.

Patigi died on July 17, 1977, in London.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Omotoso     Lateef Fagbemi     Akanji     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Bola Shagaya     Belgore     Salary     N-Power     SUBEB     Chief Imam Of Offa     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Sheikh Alimi     UITH     Durosinlohun Atiku     Olawuyi     Paul Odama     Ballah     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Akanbi-Oke     Zainab Abass     Shero     Donatus Ejidike     College Of Health     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Jare Olatundun     Saidu Isa     Shonga Farm Project     Demola Banu     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Mahe Abdulkadir     Monkey Pox     Magaji Are     Muritala Awodun     Olatinwo     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Ladi Hassan     Olaitan Buraimoh     Salman Suleiman     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Bolaji Nagode     Eleyele     Joseph Offorjama     Yahaya Muhammad     Tafida Of Kaiama     Baaziki Sulaiman     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     School Of Nursing     Kayode Laro     Ebola     Twitter     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Binta Sulyman     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Gurei     Kwara South     Ajase-Ipo     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Salman Jawondo     Gaa Olobi     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Idi-Ape     Sa\'adu Salahu     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Sarah Jubril     Tafida     Ahmad Uthman     General Hospital, Offa     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Florence Saraki     Yahya Mohammed     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Unilorin     Kwara State Polytechnic    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Kwabes     Shade Omoniyi     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Bamidele Aluko     Atiku Abubakar     Ajibike Katibi     Ajike People Support Centre     Jare Olatundun     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     John Kehinde Salako     Third Estate     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Pakata Patriots     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Kwara Restoration Project     Oluranti Idowu     Jani Ibrahim     Busari Alabi Alausa     Olaoye B. Felix     Olatinwo     Hassan Oyeleke     ASMAU PLAZA     Wasiu Odewale     MATTA Girls Foundation     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Dorcas Afeniforo     Olayinka Olaogun     Christian Association Of Nigeria     IFK     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Musbau A. Akanji     Adamu Atta     Apaola     Shao     Olaosebikan     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Olokoba Sulyman     Mohammed Abdulahi     CACOVID Palliatives     Yusuf Mubarak     Olatunde Jare     Patience Jonathan     ENetSuD     Ibrahim Gambari     Sebastine Obasi     Women Radio     Kaiama     Rapheal Ashaolu     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Crystal Corner Shops     Aliyu Sabi     Tsado Manman     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Minimum Wage     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     V.O. Abioye     ANCOPPS     KWSUED     Ojuekun Sarumi     Rachael Obisesan     Gbenga Olawepo     KWASSIP     Gabriel Fashanu     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Read With Me     Isaac Gbenle     David Adesina     Abdullahi G. Mohammad