Hon. Hamza Suleiman Faskari: Touching Lives Through Philanthropy
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- Sulaiman Umar
- 24 Mar, 2024
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By Sama’ila
Adamu
He was born on 18th February, 1979, in Faskari Local
Government Area of Katsina State. He started this education at Faskari Model
Primary School in 1985 which he concluded in 1991 and moved to Government
Secondary School Faskari for his Junior Secondary School education. He also
attended Government Science Secondary School Dustinma where he concluded his
senior secondary school education in 1996.
Hamza Suleiman proceeded to Kaduna State Polytechnic, Zaria
in 2000 for the Interim Joint Matriculation Board examination (IJMB). He then
gained admission into Bayero University, Kano, where he earned a Remedial
English Certificate also in 2000. He also gained admission to study Bachelor of
Arts, History, and pursued a Masters in Public Policy and Administration at the
same institution from 2006 to two 2008.
Hamza Suleiman did his National Youth Service at the
Department of Humanities at Government College Kaduna between 2005 and 2006.
He started his working career as an administrative officer
in charge of the South East zone at the Federal Character Commission
Headquarters in Abuja from 2009 to 2011.
From then, Hamza Suleiman joined politics, starting with an
appointment as a Special Assistant to this Senate Deputy Minority Whip, Senator
Abu Ibrahim between 2011 and 2015. That was when the spotlight shone on him
when his political wit became glaring before members of his principal’s
constituency of Katsina South Senatorial District.
In 2015, the then Governor of Katsina State, Rt. Hon Aminu
Bello Masari appointed Hamza Sule as the Commissioner of Environment, a
position which he held for eight years from 2015 to 2023.
During the period, the state witnessed several projects in
the environment sector through a collaboration between the National Erosion and
Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) of the World Bank and the Katsina State
government.
The project cut across most of the Local Government Areas
of the state and have played a key role in controlling the annual erosion
witnessed in flood-prone areas particularly Jibia, Katsina , Malumfashi,
Maiadua, Daura and other Local Government Areas.
Besides the NEWMAP project, Hamza Sule also mobilized the
ACRACEL World Bank project which was a complimentary effort towards improving
environmental resources for agriculture and human habitation.
His competent handling of the NEWMAP and other projects was
a litmus test of honorable Hamza Sule’s leadership qualities, and these
qualities did not go unnoticed as he received several awards and recognitions.
These include the ICON Leadership award in 2021 for his
exceptional contributions to the control of desertification and environmental
degradation as well as infrastructure development in Katsina State. He also
received the Gold Medal Award for Good Governance from the Pan-African Good
Governance Council in 2019.
Others include a certificate of commendation by Save my
Constituency Association and the Award for Philanthropic Achievements by Ahmad
Bello University Zaria Students Representatives Council.
Other awards he received in recognition of his
contributions to the socio-economic and political development of his
constituency and Katsina State as a whole include an award of excellence by the
APC Zonal Women and Youth, leaders,
Northwest Zone, and the Philanthropic Achievement Award by the Northern Youth
Council of Nigeria (NYCN)
In recognition of his competence and leadership qualities,
Governor Dikko Umar Radda appointed Hamza Sule into his cabinet as the
commissioner for water resources. He is now tasked with implementing the development
blueprint of the Radda administration in the water resources sector, a task
which he has taken on with utmost commitment.
It has been rightly observed that Hamza’s presence in the Dr. Dikko Radda cabinet will no doubt contribute immensely to the actualization of the administration’s goals in the water resources sector while also boosting its public perception among the people of his constituency and the state as a whole.