Background
Mohammed Namadi Sambo was born on 2 August 1954 in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Mohammed Namadi Sambo was born on 2 August 1954 in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
He attended Baptist Primary School in Kakuri, Kaduna, before attending Kobi Primary School in Bauchi and Towns School Number. From 1967 until 1971, he attended Government Secondary School, now Alhuda-Huda College, in Zaria. He attended the School of Basic Studies at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1972, after which he gained admission into the Department of Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours Bachelor of Science (Honours).
An architect by training, Sambo is an alumnus of the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria. 1 in Zaria. He also holds a Masters degree (Master of Science ) in Architecture. Sambo served with the Oyo State Ministry of Works and Housing for the National Youth Service Corps up to August 1979.
In 1988 he was appointed Commissioner for Works, Transport and Housing, Kaduna.
In 1990, Namadi Sambo left the service of Kaduna State Government and went back to private practice. In May 2007, Mohammed Namadi Sambo assumed office of the, Nigeria.
His term ended on 18 May 2010. Sambo had an 11-point agenda as that was to focus on empowering the youth and women of the community and to address security for the state.
While still serving as governor, he was picked by the president of Nigeria to become his deputy.
Following the death of President Umaru Yar"Adua, Goodluck Jonathan became the President. Jonathan nominated Sambo as of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and his official correspondence conveying the nomination of Sambo for the VP position was received by the National Assembly on Friday 15 May 2010. On 18 May 2010, the National Assembly approved President Goodluck Jonathan"s nomination of former Kaduna State governor, Namadi Sambo, an architect, for the position of On 19 May 2010, Namadi Sambo was formally sworn in as the Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
