Ahmed Sumaila

Ahmed Sumaila born on 19 December 1976, was appointed as Grand leader of the Madinawa Clan and Naqib al-Madinawa by the Madinawa Majlis-ash-Shura Council, he also holds the royal titles of Wamban Sumaila, Dan Isan Wudil, and Makaman Massu, he is a District Head at Wudil and Sumaila Local Governments in the Northern Region of Nigeria. He is a member of the Muallimawa dynasty a branch of the Aliyawa, House of Maiduniya and Banu Gha, with descent from the noble Madinawa, Jobawa, Toronkawa and Hausawa clans of the Arab, Fulani and Hausa tribes, called the Hausa-Fulani Arabs. He is a noble and part of the Nigerian Chieftaincy and aristocracy.
Public and private sector career
Ahmed is a prominent traditional figure in Kano State, North-West of Nigeria, he served as the Principal Partner Sumaila Legal Services and Consultancy, Assistant Director Banking and Commercial Law Division Central Bank of Nigeria, Head Litigation of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Head Alternative Dispute Resolution Office Central Bank of Nigeria, Head Forex Central Bank of Nigeria Kano Branch, State Counsel Ministry of Justice Kano State, Manager Legal Kano State Investment and Properties, Administrative Officer at Kano State Television Corporation Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV) and was a Board Director at Aurum Nigeria Limited, A.A.Sumaila and Sons, Sauda Voyager Nigeria Limited, Aurora Specialist Hospital, River Front Clinics Limited and Queen's Heritage Hospital Limited.
Family
He is the son of Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila and Saude Abdullahi - Aliyu. His paternal grandparents were Aliyu-Talle Maiduniya Sumaila
and Amina Idris Ali Kofar Yamma Sumaila.
His paternal great-grandparents were Waliyi Abdurrahim-Maiduniya and Maryam Muhammad Inuwa Chango, a Fulani from Chango Village at Warawa Local Government on the paternal side, and a
Jobawa Fulani Clan member on the maternal side.
His maternal grandparents were Sarkin Fulani Abdullahi Maikano and Hajiya Rabi Usman Abdulhamid. His maternal grandfather was a village head at Wudil, his maternal great-grandfather Sheikh Mahmoud was an islamic religious leader and his maternal great-great grandfather Sarkin Wudil Dawaki Bello was the village head of Wudil under the Kano Emirate.
Education
Ahmed received early religious education at home, where he learnt and the traditions of Prophet Muhammad. He then attended Samadi International Nursery School, for his Kindergarten education, before proceeding to Kano Capital School from 1982 to 1987, he attended St.Thomas Secondary School for his secondary school certificate, he received a bachelor's degree in Law from Bayero University Kano in 1999. After graduating, he attended Nigerian Law School and was called to the Bar in January, 2001, he spent a year undergoing his National Youth Service as a State Counsel in the Kano State Ministry of Justice. He also obtained a Professional Diploma in Public Relations from Northern Business School in 2002, Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Bayero University Kano in 2003, he obtained in Development Studies (2006), Business Administration (2008), Public Policy and Administration (2010), Banking and Finance (2014), from Bayero University Kano, he also obtained certificates on Professional Foundation Course on Alternative Dispute Resolution Part I (2008) and Part II (2009).
Membership of professional institutes
Ahmed is a Member of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, First Aid Group of Jama'atu Nasril Islam, Associate Member Shehu Shagari World Institute, Associate Member Certified Institute of Cost Management, Associate Member Institute of Treasury Management and Financial Accountants, Associate Member Institute of Certified Economists of Nigeria, Member Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Member Institute of Industrialists and Corporate Administrators, Fellow Institute of Corporate Executives in Nigeria, Member Institute of Professional Managers and Administrators, Certified Financial Analysts of Nigeria, Member Institute of Professional Entrepreneurs and Strategic Administrators of Nigeria, Fellow American Academy of Financial Management, Chartered Risk Analyst, Member Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Nigeria, Fellow Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of Nigeria, Associate Chartered Institute of Mediators and Conciliators, Member Chartered Institute of Management, Member Junior Engineering Technical Society.
Membership of law associations and societies
Ahmed is a Member of the Nigerian Bar Association, International Bar Association and the Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN). He is a Member of the Section on Legal Practice of the Nigerian Bar Association with membership of the Committees on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Agriculture and Banking and Finance, he is also a member of the Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association with membership of the Committees on Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Medicine and the Law.
Political career
He was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peoples Democratic Movement, Congress for Progressive Change, All Progressive Congress, United Nigeria Congress Party, Peoples Redemption Party and Social Democratic Party, he was a political activist during his University days and held the positions of Treasurer, Secretary-General, Chairman Caretaker Committee, and Legal Adviser of the National Association of Kano State Students Bayero University Kano Chapter, He also held the positions of Financial Adviser to the President Law Students Society, Political Adviser to Law Student Society, Adviser Student Union Government, Bayero University Kano, Secretary-General National Association of Kano State Students Nigerian Law School Chapter, Chairman Bayero University Alumni, Faculty of Law, Class of 1999, President Class of 1987/1988 Kano Capital Primary School, Vice Chairman Central Bank of Nigeria Social Club Kano Branch, Chairman Central Bank of Nigeria Kano Branch Football Team, Legal Adviser Chartered Institute of Loans and Risk Management of Nigeria Kano State Chapter, Patron Sumaila Progressive Association (SUPA), Member Peoples Democratic Party Elders Committee-2003, Member Security Committee Sumaila Local Government-2003, Chairman Re-drafting Committee of St.Thomas Old Boys Association Constituiton (STOBA).
Banking sector career
He was the Secretary on the re-payment of Death Benefits to Next-of-Kins Central Bank of Nigeria Kano, Secretary Central Bank of Nigeria Kano Branch Investigation Committee On Shortages in Currency Processing Office, Secretary Obsolete Items Disposal Committee Central Bank of Nigeria Kano, Secretary Staff Social Club Constitution Review Committee Central Bank of Nigeria, Secretary 2006/2007 Best Staff Selection Committee Central Bank of Nigeria Kano, Secretary Best Managed Branch Committee Central Bank of Nigeria Kano, Vice Chairman Staff Social Club Central Bank of Nigeria Kano, Secretary Central Bank of Nigeria Kano Boarded Vehicles Disposal Committee, Member, Central Bank of Nigeria Kano Telecommunications Service Provider Committee, Secretary Central Bank of Nigeria Kano Investigation Committee on the Staff Gym at Kawaji Estate, Member, Training Committee Central Bank of Nigeria Kano, Member Protocol Committee Central Bank of Nigeria Kano Branch on the Installation of CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Danmajen Kano.
Ahmed was a Member Service Delivery Standards (SDS) Compliance Monitoring Team, Member Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act Review Committee, Member Online Resources Committee Legal Services Department Central Bank of Nigeria, Chairman, Ad-hoc Committee for Update on Existing Legislations at the National Assembly (NASS) Central Bank of Nigeria, Chairman, Electoral Committee Legal Services Department Social and Welfare Committee -2016, Member Inter-Departmental Committee on the drafting of the Bank Verification Number Framework, Delegate National Stakeholders Summit on Legislative Framework for Petroleum Industry Reform, Representative of Legal Services Department Central Bank of Nigeria in the Knowledge Management Committee, Member Inter departmental Committee for the Implementation of Executive Order 001 on Promotion of Transparency and Efficiency in the Business Environment, Member Inter- Departmental Committee on Third-Party Risk Management Framework, Member Project Review Committee (PRC) of Agri-Business/Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS), Member Inter-Departmental Committee on Securities and Exchange Commission request to widening participation in the Securities Market, Member Inter-Departmental Committee for the Development Of Guidance on Compliance with the Requirements of General Data Protection Regulation.
He was a Member Inter-Departmental Committee to formalize Guidelines for Licensing of Commercial and Merchant Banks and Representative Offices in Nigeria, Member Committee on Review of Policy on Invalidation of Staff in Central Bank of Nigeria, Risk Champion representing Legal Services Department Central Bank of Nigeria, Member Reputational Risk Forum representing Legal Services Department Central Bank of Nigeria, Risk Champion on COVID 19 representing Legal Services Department Central Bank of Nigeria, Member, Inter-Departmental Committee on development of Guidelines for foreign investments by Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs), Member Selection Committee of the 100 for 100 Policy on Production and Productivity Project Central Bank of Nigeria, Member Committee for the Review of Licensing Guidelines for Commercial and Merchant Banks in Nigeria.
Reign
He was turbaned as a District Head at Wudil and Sumaila in 2020.
Principles
On his accession to the position of District Head he advocated that his subjects should continue to follow the Islamic religious principles earlier set out by his paternal great-grandfather Waliyi Abdurrahim Maiduniya who was an Imam at Kadawa, during his tenure as an imam he advanced the acceptance of the Maliki School of thought in the Kano Emirate by influencing later scholars to use the principles of the Maliki school of thought instead of the other Islamic school of thoughts, the Maliki school is one of the four major madhhabs of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. It was founded by Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century. The Maliki school of jurisprudence relies on the Quran and hadiths as primary sources. Unlike other Islamic fiqhs, Maliki fiqh also considers the consensus of the people of Medina to be a valid source of Islamic law, the Maliki madhhab is one of the largest groups of Sunni Muslims, comparable to the Shafi`i madhhab in adherents, but smaller than the Hanafi madhhab. Sharia based on Maliki doctrine is predominantly found in North Africa (excluding northern and eastern Egypt), West Africa, Chad, Sudan, Kuwait, Bahrain, the Emirate of Dubai (UAE), and in northeastern parts of Saudi Arabia.
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