Sule Ahman

Sule Ahman
Military Governor of Enugu State
In office 22 August 1996 – August 1998
Preceded by	Mike Torey
Personal details
Nationality	Nigerian
Military service
Allegiance	Nigeria
Branch/service	Nigerian Army
Rank	Colonel

Sule M. Ahman is a retired army officer who was appointed Military Administrator of Enugu State, Nigeria from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of general Sani Abacha.^[1][2]

During the military coup of 27 August 1985, when General Ibrahim Babangida became head of state, Major Sule Ahman lent support in his position in Supply and Transport in the Ikeja Cantonment.^[3]

As military administrator of Enugu State, Colonel Ahman inaugurated the 22nd General Assembly of Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria, held in Enugu in 1997. In his address, Ahman urged the Chief Executives to help educate and enlighten the public, to ensure the success of the nation's transition programme.^[4] Ahman initiated a policy that only indigenes should be employed in the public service of Enugu State.^[5] Non-indigenes were summarily dismissed.^[6] He was also responsible for a major overhaul to the charter of the Enugu State Environmental Protection Agency which his predecessor Colonel Lucky Mike Torey had established in 1995, increasing its power and the scope of its duties.^[7]

References

1. "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
2. Enugu State Military Administrator Col. Sule Ahman: One Year in Office. 1997. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
3. Nowa Omoigui. "THE PALACE COUP OF AUGUST 27, 1985 (PART 1)". Dawodu. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
4. "BON GENERAL ASSEMBLIES". Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
5. Umeh, Nkechi A. (June 2001). "Indigene and non-Indigene Phenomenon in Employment Policies in Enugu State. The Psycho-Social and Political Implications". University of Nigeria. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
6. Emeka Enechi (2003-06-07). "Broken Heart". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
7. Ezema Jonas Uwakwe. "The Impact of Urban Waste Management on the Environment: An Appraisal of Enugu State". University of Nigeria. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2010-03-27.