Farouk Lawan

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Farouk Muhammad Lawan (born July 1962) is a Nigerian politician and three-term (since 1999) member of the House of Representatives for the Bagwai/Shanono Federal Constituency of Kano State.

[edit] Education and personal life

Lawan is a graduate of Bayero University in Kano. He is married with four children.^[1]

[edit] Political career

A People's Democratic Party (PDP) member, Lawan was first elected in 1999, and again in 2003 and 2007. Lawan was the Chairman of the House Committee on Finance under former Speaker Aminu Bello Masari.^[2] He identifies his legislative interests as "Appropriation, Information and Education".^[1]

During the late-2007 corruption scandal that caused former Speaker of the House Patricia Etteh to resign, Lawan led the Integrity Group, an alliance of Representatives opposed to Etteh.^[3]

His 3rd term election win in to the house was shrouded in controvesry with some people believing that his opponent Badau won.

One of his key intellectual supporters is Dr Muktar A. Gadanya, MFR. Dr Gadanya is the youngest receipient of 2007 Nigerian National Honor Award, as is believed by many to be his potential successor to the seat of reperesentative in the Federal House for Bagwai/Shanono Federal Constituency, to continue with Farouk Lawan's excellent work.

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Honourable Farouk Lawan. National Assembly of Nigeria. Retrieved on 2007-11-03.
2. ^ Nwankwo, Chiawo. "S’West Reps: Jostling for Etteh’s seat", The Punch online, 2007-11-01. Retrieved on 2007-11-03. 
3. ^ "After Etteh, PDP’s our next target—Integrity group's Farouk Lawan", Vanguard Online Edition, Vanguard Media, 2007-11-03. Retrieved on 2007-11-03.