CCPR
UNITED
NATIONS
International covenant
on civil and
political rights
Distr.
GENERAL
CCPR/SP/43/Add.1
22 July 1994
Original: ENGLISH
MEETING OF STATES PARTIES
Fourteenth meeting
New York
8 September 1994
ELECTION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 28 AND 32 OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, OF NINE MEMBERS OF THE
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO REPLACE THOSE WHOSE TERMS ARE DUE TO
EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1994
Note by the Secretary-General
Addendum
1. In connection with the list of candidates mentioned in annex III to document CCPR/C/43, the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Office at Geneva informed the secretariat, in a note dated 4 July 1994, that the Government of Nigeria has decided to nominate Mr. Suleimanu Kumo as its candidate in the forthcoming elections to the Human Rights Committee and to withdraw the nomination of Mr. T. Olusegun Apata. Biographical data of Mr. Suleimanu Kumo, as provided by the State party concerned are contained in the annex to the present document.
2. In a note dated 19 July 1994, the Permanent Mission of Togo to the United Nations informed the secretariat that the Government of Togo has decided to withdraw the nomination of Mr. Komi Bouwèmenda Gnondoli as one of its candidates in the forthcoming elections to the Human Rights Committee.
GE.94-17824 (E)
Annex
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Mr. Suleimanu Kumo (Nigeria)
Name: Suleimanu Kumo
Age last birthday: 55 years
Nationality: Nigerian
State of origin: Bauchi
Local government area: Akko
Marital status: Married with children
Occupation: Legal practitioner
Current address: (a) G.R.A. Gombe (residential)
(b) 15A Sokoto Road, G.R.A. Kano (residential)
(c) Gidan Shehu Ahmed, Bank Road, Kano (office)
Education qualifications:
Ph.D (London University) November 1972
LL.M. (London University) (with specialization
in Comparative Constitutional Law, Comparative
Criminal Law and Procedure and Islamic Family Law) July 1968
LL.B (London University) July 1965
Called to the English Bar (Lincolns Inn) July 1965
Called to the Nigerian Bar July 1966
Positions held:
(a) Government
Pupil State Counsel, Northern Nigerian Government - 1966-1967;
State Counsel North Eastern State Government (notional from 1967);
Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions North Eastern State Government (notional from 1974).
(b) University
Assistant Lecturer Faculty of Law, A.B.U.,
Zaria 1967
Lecturer Faculty of Law, A.B.U. Zaria 1969
Senior Lecturer Faculty of Law, A.B.U. Zaria 1973
Director, Institute of Administration, A.B.U.
Zaria From November 1975
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, A.B.U. Zaria 1976-1977
Subjects taught while in the A.B.U. Zaria:
Criminal Law to LL.B and Diploma-in-Law students of the Faculty of Law;
Criminal Law and General Principles of Law to students in the Faculty of Administration;
Islamic Family Law to LL.B and Diploma-in-Law students of the Faculty of Law;
Law of Torts to LL.B students;
Law of Torts, Criminal Law and Constitutional and Administrative Law to the students of Administrative Service Training Courses, Institute of Administration, A.B.U., Zaria.
(c) Political
Commissioner, Economic Planning and Political Affairs, North-Eastern State Government, 1972-1975;
Elected member Constituent Assembly, 1977-1978;
Elected delegate National Constitutional Conference, 1994.
(d) Statutory corporations
Director, Central Bank of Nigeria, 1975-1984;
Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) 1989-1994;
Chairman, Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (KRPC) 1989-1991.
(e) Others
Member, Islam in Africa Organization, 1991 to date;
Member, Islamic Relief Agency, 1992 to date.
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