Prof Abubakar
Sulaiman with Bar Dele
Prof Abubakar
Sulaiman with Bar Dele Belgore
Senate Appoints Professor Suleman DG Legislative
Institute
Professor Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman has been announced as the
new Director General, National Institute for Legislative and
Democratic Studies, NILDS.
The Senate President, and Chairman, NILDS Governing Council, Dr.
Bukola Saraki, stated that the appointment takes immediate
effect.
In a letter dated 28th May, 2019, conveying this appointment,
the Senate President stated inter alia “I have found your
credentials eminently satisfactory for the stipulated requirement
for appointment as Director General, National Institute for
Legislative and Democratic Studies”.
Prof. Sulaiman who assumes responsibility as the Director
General of the Institute takes over from Dr. Adeyemi Fajingbesi,
who was the Acting Director General, following the end of tenure of
Professor Ladi Hamalai.
Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, a Professor of Political Science and
International Relations, is a former Minister for National Planning
and Deputy Chairman National Planning Commission. A technocrat and
an academic with vast experience, he has served as a resource
person for the Induction Courses, organized by the National
Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies for new
legislators in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. He served the previous
administration at the Federal level as Deputy Chairman, Nigeria
Economic Council and Transition Technical Committee, respectively.
He was a Nigerian delegate to the United Nations Ordinary General
Assembly in 2015.
Prof. Sulaiman holds a BSc Degree, Political Science from the
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, an MSc in International and
Strategic Studies from the University of Jos and a PhD, in 2003
from the University of Abuja.
Nwajei Kanayo C.
Communication Adviser
NILDS