Maina Maaji Lawan

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Background

Maina Maaji Lawan was born in Kauwa[2] and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration.[1]

He was a member of House of Representatives from 1979-1983.[3] In the third republic he was elected governor of Borno State in 1992-1993.[1] As governor, he put a committee in place to consider closing down some tertiary institutions, a move viewed as aiming to discourage education in Biu Emirate.[4]

Lawan was Senator-elect under UNCP in the aborted transition elections of General Sani Abacha in 1998.[5][6] However,he was elected senator again between 1999 and 2003 on the platform of People's Democratic Party (PDP). He was the Senate Deputy Majority Leader in that tenure.[7] He moved over to the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) after he failed to secure the PDP governorship ticket in 2003.[8] The objections to his running again for governor may have related to a feud with Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, presidential liaison officer, when he was governor in 1992-1993.[9] Ibrahim-Iman beat him in the PDP primaries for Borno state by two votes under questionable circumstances.[10][11] In an interview, however, Maina Lawan stated that the reason he was not elected was because he was not in the Obasanjo camp.[12]

Political career

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Borno State, Nigeria

In April 2007, Lawan ran for the Senate as a member of the ANPP and was elected for the Borno North constituency. He was appointed to the selection committee.[1] He was the Senate minority leader. A May 2009 report said he had not originated any bills as a senator.[13]

In February 2008 he sponsored a motion on the security implications of the crises in the Chad Republic, including the problem of Chadian refugees fleeing to Nigeria.[14] In February 2008, as a member of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), he criticized the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for failure to cooperate with the committee.[15]

In June 2008, he spoke in favor of confirmation of Ms. Farida Waziri as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.[16] In March 2009, as Vice-Chairman of Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), he spoke against a motion that questioned the integrity of INEC Chairman Professor Maurice Iwu.[17]

Maina Ma’aji Lawan ran successfully for reelection to the Borno North Senatorial seat in the April 2011 elections, again on the ANPP platform.[18]

References

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