Rasheed Shekoni

Colonel Rasheed Shekoni was a Military Administrator of Jigawa State from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha, and then of Kwara State from August 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar.[1]

Rasheed Shekoni
Administrator of Jigawa State
In office 22 August 1996 – August 1998
Preceded by	Ibrahim Aliyu
Succeeded by	Abubakar Maimalari
Administrator of Kwara State
In office August 1998 – 29 May 1999
Preceded by	Peter A.M. Ogar
Succeeded by	Mohammed Lawal

He built the Rasheed Shekoni Specialist Hospital in Dutse, capital of Jigawa state, but it was then abandoned for ten years before it could be equipped and put to use.[2] In Kwara State he completed building the 360-unit Adinimole Housing Estate. However, the succeeding government of Mohammed Lawal took four years to allocate the flats. Reportedly they then went to Lawal's favorites.[3]

References

1. "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
2. MUHAMMAD K. MUHAMMAD (22 August 2009). "Jigawa's specialist hospital and the populist dilemma". Sunday Trust magazine. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
3. Ayo Fashikun (2003-06-21). "The Ghost of Mohammed Lawal". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-01-01.