Katung Sunday Marshall

Sunday Marshall Katung (born 1 April 1961) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who has served as the Senator Representing Kaduna South Senatorial District since 2023. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria representing Jaba/Zangon Kataf Federal constituency of Kaduna State. He is currently the vice chairman, Senate committee on Ecology and Climate change.

He was born on 1 April 1961, in Madakiya, defunct Northern Region (now in Zangon Kataf LGA of southern Kaduna State), Nigeria. He attended Kufena College, Wusasa Zaria from 1975 to 1980; then proceeded to the College of Arts & Science, Zaria, from 1980 to 1982. He afterwards attended the University of Lagos, Akoka, from 1982 to 1986 and the Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos from 1986 to 1987.

He obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) in 2000 and a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 2005. He then got an Advanced Diploma certificate in Legal Drafting and Conveyancing at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Akoka, Lagos.

Among the several courses he attended are: Public Enterprise Restructuring at the International Law Institute, Washington DC, United States; Post-privatisation – Managing the Challenge in the same institution; Company Secretaries and Corporate Legal Adviser's Course at the Management School, London, UK; National Seminar on Company Law and Practice and Corporate Administration by AMIT Consultancy services LTD; Negotiation of International Contracts by POTOMAC WORKSHOPS; Legal and Financial Aspects of Pension Scheme and Trust Management by Lord Salisbury Chambers and Library.

As of 2018, he was undergoing a PhD program at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Katung served as: Commissioner of Water Resources; and of Finance, Kaduna State (July 2010 – May 2011). He served as Company Secretary/Legal Adviser to Nigeria Reinsurance Corporation. As of 2020, he is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Katung contested under the party flagship of the PDP in 2015 and was elected as a member of the Federal House of Representatives, representing Jaba/Zangon Kataf Federal constituency of Kaduna State. His moral principles during this tenure included: 'A free market economy with a social conscience, family values, community empowerment, and human rights in a federal system.'

In 2018, he emerged as the deputy governorship candidate for the PDP in Kaduna State for Hon. Isah Ashiru. In May 2022, he polled 112 out of 269 votes to defeat incumbent Senator Danjuma Laah, who polled 74 votes in the PDP primary election.

In the 25 February 2023 senatorial elections, Katung secured 138,246 votes, defeating Labour Party candidate Michael Auta, who scored 101,479 votes, thus replacing the incumbent to represent Kaduna South Senatorial District.

Shortly after his inauguration into the Senate, he was made the Vice Chairman of the Senate committee on Ecology and Climate Change. In February 2024, he proposed the establishment of a dedicated Tertiary Research Trust Fund to support research on environmental degradation and climate change mitigation.

In September 2024, at the International Forum on African-Caribbean Leadership during the UN General Assembly in New York, Katung delivered a keynote speech urging unified efforts among Africa and the Caribbean to tackle climate challenges, emphasizing shared vulnerabilities like rising sea levels and extreme weather.