Gidado Idris was born into a family of the Sokoto aristocracy.
17 Facts About Gidado Idris
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Gidado Idris derived it from his great grandfather Waziri Gidado dan Laima, the Sokoto Grand Vizier whose dynasty is known as the Gidadawa.
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Gidado Idris was born and raised in Zaria, where his ancestors had immigrated at the death of their father Gidado Idris dan Laima to rejoin their maternal family of Mallam Musa, who was serving at the time as the ruler of Zazzau.
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Gidado Idris later proceeded to the Institute of Administration, Zaria and University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.
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Gidado Idris joined the civil service before Nigeria's independence and was in that service until 1999.
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Gidado Idris served as Private Secretary to Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto and subsequently served as District Officer at various times in Benue, Sardauna and Adamawa Provinces of the then Northern Region.
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Gidado Idris was actually with Sardauna hours before mutinous soldiers assassinated the Premier during the first military coup of January 15,1966.
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Gidado Idris was appointed Secretary to the Constitution Drafting Committee [CDC] under Chief Rotimi Williams in 1975 and in 1976 he served as Secretary to the Constituent Assembly that produced the 1979 Constitution which ushered in the Second Republic.
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Alhaji Gidado Idris contributed to produce the 254-page 1979 constitution without reconvening the Constituent Assembly for which General Obasanjo awarded him the national honour of CON.
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Alhaji Gidado Idris was one of the last Nigerian civil servants of the old school who underwent their tutelage under the British, under the great pioneer civil servants and the great political leaders of the First Republic.
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Gidado Idris was one of the longest serving public servants in Nigeria who served in very responsible positions for five full decades.
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Gidado Idris married three wives: Rabiat, Hajiya Abu And Maryam.
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Gidado Idris's most notable daughter is Aishatu Gidado Idris, who is a writer.
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Gidado Idris forged many friendships and relationships throughout his life.
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Gidado Idris was an in-law to President Shehu Shagari, a trusted friend to Major General Muhammadu Buhari, General Ibrahim Babangida, General Sani Abacha, General Abdusalam Abubakar and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
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Gidado Idris was close to Shehu Musa Yar'adua and General TY Danjuma of whom he played golf together with since the 70s.
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Gidado Idris died after a brief illness in an Abuja hospital on a Friday night, 15 December 2017.