What did aminu kano do

Mallam Aminu Kano (1920 – 1983) was a Muslim politician from northern Nigeria. He symbolized democratization, women’s empowerment and freedom of speech. He also proposed a fiscal system that favors heavy taxation of the rich in the region and was notably one of the few leading Nigerian politicians that supported equal rights for women. Mallam Aminu Kano joined the Northern Elements Progressive Union as a political platform to challenge what he felt was the autocratic and feudalistic actions of the Native Northern Government. In the 1940s he led a socialist movement in the northern part of the country in opposition to British rule.

• Kano was often at loggerheads with the colonial government. He attacked it for its misuse of taxes as well its exploitation of Nigeria for Britain’s advantage. His staunch opposition led to the British devising different methods in order to silence him. One such tactic was the offer of a scholarship to study in England. He returned to Nigeria with more entrenched a
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  Aminu Kano

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  Aminu Kano was born into the family of Mallam Yusufu and Malama Rakaiya of the Sudawa quarters of Kano city in 1920. He obtained Islamic education and attended various local Western schools before serving as a teacher at the Bauchi Provincial Middle School. After leaving Bauchi, he attended the University of London, where he became more politically active. Upon returning to Nigeria from London, Kano served in different capacities, but mainly as a politician, a statesman-parliamentarian, and a cabinet minister. In the context of serving in these capacities, he was primarily committed to attacking the corruption and oppression of the emirate system, fighting for the liberation of women, fighting for Nigeria’s independence, promoting the democratization of Northern Nigeria, and fighting for Nigeria’s unity. By 1980, Kano’s focus on such issues had led to some important victories including the weakening of the emirate system. By this same date, Kano had had many wives even though he never embraced polygamy. In 1983, Kano died of a stroke. However, his ideas and

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  Aminu Kano,  Thirty-Two Years After

  By

  Abdu Abdullahi

  aaringim2012@yahoo. com

   

  Thirty two years after, I still remember that African Revolutionary, the Gandhi of Nigeria, the champion of the masses whose politics was popularly tagged 'politics of freedom'.

               

  Remembering Aminu Kano entails diverse dimensions,  perceptions and lessons drawn from his aged long political tribulations and experiences. We remember Malam who allowed ideological perseverance to pass through him. His stubbornness against the established order was not a hidden agenda. He was neither an opportunist nor arrogant.      

                           

  Thirty two years after, Nigerians should remember Aminu Kano for his extra ordinary politics which created excitement, imagination and desire for the masses to follow. It stood