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Nigerian military officer and politician
Lieutenant generalMuhammad Gado Nasko
Governor of Sokoto State
In office
July 1978 – October 1979
Preceded byColonel Umaru Mohammed
Succeeded byShehu Kangiwa
Minister FCT Abuja
In office
1989–1993
Preceded byHamza Abdullahi
Succeeded byJeremiah Timbut Useni
Personal details
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Nasko, Magama LGA, Niger State
Military service
Allegiance Nigeria
Branch/service Nigerian Army
Years of service1962–1993
Rank Lieutenant general

Muhammad Gado Nasko (born 1941) was the military governor of Sokoto State, Nigeria between 1978 and 1979.

Early life

Nasko retired from the army in 1993 after Abacha took over from Sonekan. He was at the time a Lt. General and retired to his village Home in Nasko Niger state quietly to his new life as a farmer and community leader. He was decorated by president Olusegun Obasanjo with the national honour award of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) and recognised as one of the most respected states men in Nigeria. Former Gado Nasko Barracks, now Lungi Barracks, in the nation's capital Abuja, was named for him.

Timeline

  • Nigeria Military Training School: 1962-1963
  • School of Artillery, Larkill: 1963-1964
  • Commissioned Officer, Corps of Artillery: July 1964
  • Commandant of the School of Artillery: 1969-1975
  • Commander 2nd Artillery Brigade: 1975-1976
  • Military Secretary]: 1976-1978
  • Military Governor Sokoto State: 1978-1979
  • Commandant 1st Divisional Artillery: 1979-1980
  • Commandant Corps of Artillery: 1980-1985
  • Minister of Trade, Agriculture and Water resources: 1985-1989
  • Minister for the federal Capital Territory, Abuja: 1989-1993

Notes

  1. "Sokoto State's measure to control preachers," British Broadcasting Corporation, February 15, 1979

References

Governors of Sokoto State
Military governors in Nigeria during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime (13 February 1976 – 1 October 1979)
AnambraJohn Kpera
Datti Abubakar
BauchiMohammed Kaliel
Garba Duba
BendelHusaini Abdullahi
Abubakar Waziri
BenueAbdullahi Shelleng
Adebayo Lawal
BornoMuhammadu Buhari
Mustapha Amin
Tunde Idiagbon
Cross RiverPaul Omu
Babatunde Elegbede
GongolaMohammed Jega
Abdul Rahman Mamudu
ImoNdubuisi Kanu
Adekunle Lawal
Sunday Ajibade Adenihun
KadunaMuktar Muhammed
Ibrahim Mahmud Alfa
KanoIshaya Shekari
KwaraGeorge Agbazika Innih
Sunday Ifere
LagosAdekunle Lawal
Ndubuisi Kanu
Ebitu Ukiwe
NigerMurtala Nyako
Ebitu Ukiwe
Joseph Oni
OgunSaidu Ayodele Balogun
Harris Eghagha
OndoIta David Ikpeme
Sunday Tuoyo
OyoDavid Jemibewon
Paul Tarfa
PlateauDan Suleiman
Joshua Anaja
RiversSuleiman Saidu
SokotoUmaru Mohammed
Gado Nasko
See also Military governors in Nigeria during the Murtala Muhammed regime (1975 - 1976) and State governors in the Nigerian Second Republic (1979 - 1983)
Federal Capital Territory ministers
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