{"id":246,"date":"2013-01-30T18:39:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T18:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=246"},"modified":"2013-01-30T18:39:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T18:39:50","slug":"yusuf-suleiman-birthday-celebration-to-an-outstanding-nigerian-50-happy-cheers-to-sokoto-caliphate-prince-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/yusuf-suleiman-birthday-celebration-to-an-outstanding-nigerian-50-happy-cheers-to-sokoto-caliphate-prince-2\/","title":{"rendered":"YUSUF SULEIMAN: BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TO AN OUTSTANDING NIGERIAN: 50 Happy Cheers to Sokoto Caliphate Prince"},"content":{"rendered":"

YUSUF SULEIMAN: BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TO AN OUTSTANDING NIGERIAN<\/strong><\/p>\n

50 Happy Cheers to Sokoto Caliphate Prince\u2026Havard Graduate Politician in service to Nigeria<\/strong><\/p>\n

BY GEORGE ELIJAH \u00a0OTUMU\/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF\"Yusuf<\/a>
\n<\/strong>
\nTODAY<\/strong>, January 30, 2013, Yusuf Suleiman, a highly revered politician and a prince from Sokoto Caliphate is 50 years old
\nand he is celebrating same so quietly in a godly manner for continuous service to Nigeria. This outstanding Nigerian, who
\ndoubles as Chairman, Afro Investors Limited, is a soft-spoken leader who cherishes the nation so passionately.
\nHis Service to Nigeria<\/strong>
\nThis widely traveled politician and graduate of Havard University in Massachusetts, United States led a positive
\nrevolution in the nation\u2019s maritime industry then as Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Transport on April 6, 2010, dubbed \u201cone of the
\nmost remarkable and most successful period ever attained in the nation\u2019s maritime industry.\u201d Suleiman then reportedly said
\nthe Ministry was committed to transforming the shipping industry to comply with global best practices. This he did
\nimplement as a man who honors his promise to electorates. The nation witnessed this positive economic leap during the then
\nActing presidency of Goodluck Jonathan newly formed cabinet. Simply, he brought his wealth of experience to bear in
\nPublic Enterprise from Havard University, United States.<\/p>\n

Suleiman, born January 30, 2013 is a workaholic businessman who believes in the ideology of hardwork as he served as
\nNigeria\u2019s Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission (NSC) on July 18, 2011to December 3, 2011 with
\nfootprints left in the Sports sector. He is a great lover of Sports. Many of his friends in the social circle know he is a
\ngreat lover of Super Eagles of Nigeria and Arsenal Football Club, England. For this reason, he shows interest in all
\nmatters concerning these two great football bodies.<\/p>\n

Thinking Positive about Nigeria in the Diaspora<\/strong>
\nWhen American Editors of Naija Standard met him recently in Atlanta, Georgia, he seizes every opportunity to speak well of
\nthe nation and firmly applauds the present leadership in Aso Rock who has been able to bring sustainable progress to the
\ncountry through diplomacy and dividend of democracy accruable by active implementation of the Millennium Development Goal
\nProject (MDGP).<\/p>\n

A godly leader<\/strong>
\nBy all standards, Naija Standard can assuredly tell you that this former Chairman of the Governing Council of the National
\nTeachers’ Institute, Kaduna, an MBA graduate from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria (class of 1989) and graduate of
\nKellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois, Chicago, United States (class of 2000) is a man who reverence Almighty
\nAllah at every opportunity. He takes pleasure in assisting the less privileged in the society. No wonder he is being
\nreferred \u2018A Leader with a Heart of Gold.\u2019<\/p>\n

His Biography<\/strong>
\nSuleiman obtained B.Sc. Degree in Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria in 1986 and MBA from
\nABU in 1989. He joined the civil service, where he worked in various positions. Before being appointed Minister he was
\nChairman of the Governing Council of the National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

YUSUF SULEIMAN: BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TO AN OUTSTANDING NIGERIAN 50 Happy Cheers to Sokoto Caliphate Prince\u2026Havard Graduate Politician in service to Nigeria BY GEORGE ELIJAH \u00a0OTUMU\/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF TODAY, January 30, 2013, Yusuf Suleiman, a highly revered politician and a prince from Sokoto Caliphate is 50 years old and he is celebrating same so quietly in a godly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}