Maku was born on 1 January 1962 at Wakama District in Nassarawa Eggon Local Govt Area of Nassarawa State.
Educationedit
He attended St Michael's Primary School, Aloce between 1970 and 1976, Zawan Teacher's College, Bukuru-Jos, Plateau State, 1976–1981 and the University of Jos Plateau State 1983–1987.[1] Maku took to politics and leadership early in life and held the position of President of University of Jos Students Union and PRO of the National Umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), while in school.
He holds a bachelor's degree in History/Education and has attended numerous training programmes, International Conferences, Presidential Retreats and Seminars. He has presented Papers at International Conferences, was Guest Speaker at several Leadership Fora and has written extensively on Nigerian education and social inequality and on Nigerian political and economic problems. He worked with USAID from 1997 – 1999.[1] He was a Reporter, a Political Editor, member of Editorial Board of two National Newspapers and Deputy Editor-in-Chief during his career as Journalist. He also worked as a school Teacher and Headmaster at government owned schools from 1981 – 1983.
Political careeredit
He was the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State from 2003 to 2007,[1] where he assumed leadership responsibilities of governing State Agencies and Institutions. Prior to that, he was the Commissioner for Information Youth and Sports 1999–2002, and Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs 2002–2003.[1] He was the spokesperson of the State and a key actor in the formulation of State policies.
He became the Minister of State for Information and Communications in June 2010 and subsequently assumed the position of substantive Minister of Information and Communications in December 2010. He resigned 20th of October, 2018 to pursue his ambition in 2015 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election.[2]
Referencesedit
^ abcd"Labaran Maku's amazing story". The Sun. October 29, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
^"Information Minister,Labaran Maku to resign October 20,Find Out Why". 13 October 2014.
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labaran, maku, born, january, 1962, nigerian, politician, former, minister, information, nigeria, minister, informationin, office, december, 2010, january, 2015preceded, bydora, akunyilisucceeded, bypatricia, akwashikideputy, governor, nasarawa, statein, offic. Labaran Maku born 1 January 1962 is a Nigerian politician and former Minister of Information of Nigeria Labaran MakuMinister of InformationIn office December 2010 January 2015Preceded byDora AkunyiliSucceeded byPatricia AkwashikiDeputy Governor of Nasarawa StateIn office 29 May 2003 29 May 2007Preceded byProf Onje GewadoSucceeded byJohn Micheal AbdulPersonal detailsBorn 1962 01 01 1 January 1962 age 62 Wakama Nasarawa State NigeriaPolitical partyAll Progressives Grand Alliance APGA WebsiteOfficial Website This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Labaran Maku news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Contents 1 Early life 2 Education 3 Political career 4 ReferencesEarly life editMaku was born on 1 January 1962 at Wakama District in Nassarawa Eggon Local Govt Area of Nassarawa State Education editHe attended St Michael s Primary School Aloce between 1970 and 1976 Zawan Teacher s College Bukuru Jos Plateau State 1976 1981 and the University of Jos Plateau State 1983 1987 1 Maku took to politics and leadership early in life and held the position of President of University of Jos Students Union and PRO of the National Umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Students NANS while in school He holds a bachelor s degree in History Education and has attended numerous training programmes International Conferences Presidential Retreats and Seminars He has presented Papers at International Conferences was Guest Speaker at several Leadership Fora and has written extensively on Nigerian education and social inequality and on Nigerian political and economic problems He worked with USAID from 1997 1999 1 He was a Reporter a Political Editor member of Editorial Board of two National Newspapers and Deputy Editor in Chief during his career as Journalist He also worked as a school Teacher and Headmaster at government owned schools from 1981 1983 Political career editHe was the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State from 2003 to 2007 1 where he assumed leadership responsibilities of governing State Agencies and Institutions Prior to that he was the Commissioner for Information Youth and Sports 1999 2002 and Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs 2002 2003 1 He was the spokesperson of the State and a key actor in the formulation of State policies He became the Minister of State for Information and Communications in June 2010 and subsequently assumed the position of substantive Minister of Information and Communications in December 2010 He resigned 20th of October 2018 to pursue his ambition in 2015 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election 2 References edit a b c d Labaran Maku s amazing story The Sun October 29 2014 Retrieved December 1 2014 Information Minister Labaran Maku to resign October 20 Find Out Why 13 October 2014 nbsp This article about a Nigerian politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Labaran Maku amp oldid 1180114099, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
