Muhammad Gado Nasko | |
Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant general |
Office: | Governor of Sokoto State |
Term Start: | July 1978 |
Term End: | October 1979 |
Predecessor: | Colonel Umaru Mohammed |
Successor: | Shehu Kangiwa |
Office2: | Minister FCT Abuja |
Term Start2: | 1989 |
Term End2: | 1993 |
Predecessor2: | Hamza Abdullahi |
Successor2: | Jeremiah Timbut Useni |
Birth Place: | Nasko, Magama LGA, Niger State |
Serviceyears: | 1962–1993 |
Rank: | Lieutenant general |
Muhammad Gado Nasko (born 1941) was the military governor of Sokoto State, Nigeria between 1978 and 1979.[1]
Nasko retired from the army in 1993 after Abacha took over from Sonekan. He was at the time a Lt. General and retired to his village Home in Nasko Niger state quietly to his new life as a farmer and community leader. He was decorated by president Olusegun Obasanjo with the national honour award of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) and recognised as one of the most respected states men in Nigeria. Former Gado Nasko Barracks, now Lungi Barracks, in the nation's capital Abuja, was named for him.