Meet Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal: Biography, Net Worth, Spouse, Education, And Career
Dauda Lawal is a Nigerian banker and politician who is the governor of Zamfara state.
He was elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 Nigerian gubernatorial elections defeating the incumbent Governor Bello Matawalle of the APC.
Who is Dauda Lawal?
Dauda Lawal is a Nigerian banker and politician who is the governor of Zamfara state. From a very young age, he was taken to his maternal grandparent’s house in Guga village in Katsina State where he got his primary education, then went to Government Secondary School, Kankia for his Secondary Education.
Full name: Dauda Dare Lawal
Age: 57
Date of birth: 2 September 1965
Place of birth: Gusau, Northern Region
State of origin: Zamfara State
Nationality: Nigerian
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Education: Ahmadu Bello University, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Harvard Business School
Spouse: Hajiya Rakiya
Children: Update soon
Net worth: Not Declared
Religion: Islam
Occupation: Politician, Banker
Political party: Peoples Democratic Party
Parents: Lawal Muhammad Dare
He started his working career in 1989 as a political education officer with the Agency for Mass Mobilization for Social and Economic Reliance Nigeria.
In 1989, he joined Westex Nigeria Limited as an assistant general manager. In 1994, he was appointed as an assistant consular officer (immigration), and later chief protocol officer, Embassy of Nigeria, Washington, D.C., US.
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Dauda Lawal joined First Bank of Nigeria Plc in May 2003; as relationship manager, commercial banking, and was at various times senior manager, Abuja Area office, business development manager, Abuja, principal manager, group head PSG II, assistant general manager (business development manager), Maitama, deputy general manager (business development manager), Maitama/group head public sector, Abuja.
Between October 2010 and September 2011, Lawal was elevated to the position of executive vice president, public sector North, of First Bank of Nigeria Plc. In September 2012 he became executive director, Public Sector North, of First Bank of Nigeria Plc.
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