Talk:Federal Civil Service Commission (Nigeria)

first chairman federal civil service commission of Nigeria

(Dr) Alhaji Sule Katagum (Wazirin Katagum)OFR,CMG,CFR was the first and longest serving chairman of the Federal civil service commission of Nigeria.He served from 1960 after independance to 1973 for 14 long years. Late Alhaji Sule Katagum (Wazirin Katagum) was born 0n 12 April, 1923 at katagum in zaki local government area of Bauchi state. His father was mallam mohammadu Warri Son of the late Madikin Katagum (Madaki Usman).His mother was Aishatu Dikko(Hajia Randa).He was the 11th among his 12 siblings.he did his primary education in zaki,on completion of his elementary school education , he was admitted into Bauchi Middle School in the early 1940s. that was where Alhaji Sule Katagum was taught by one of the most distinguished teachers, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, who later became the first and only prime minister of Nigeria. In 1946, Sule Katagum was one of the best pioneer students at Institute of Administration, Zaria, and was on top of his class. From there he proceeded to Britain for another one year special course in local Government Administration at London school of economics (LSE) & political science. He returned to Nigeria and continued working, and later attended other courses at the university of Ibadan in 1956 and the university of legon, Accra, Ghana. he passed away at the age of 96 on 17th of December 2017. Habibtykamil (talk) 15:46, 30 December 2018 (UTC)