Ex VP Namadi Sambo Celebrates His 62nd Birthady Today

Mohammed Namadi Sambo (born 2 August 1954) is a politician who was Vice President of Nigeria from 19th May 2010 to 29 May 2015. An architect by training, Sambo is an alumnus of the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.

Mohammed Namadi Sambo, in May 2007, assumed office as Governor of Kaduna State. His term ended on 18 May 2010. Sambo had an 11point agenda as Governor of Kaduna State that was to focus on empowering the youth and women of the state. While still serving as governor he was picked by the president of Nigeria to become his deputy following the death of the then president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Goodluck became the president and nominated Sambo as Vice President.