Lawal Dauda
Date of Birth: 2 September 1965
State of Origin: Zamfara
Gender: Male
Qualifications: FSLC GCE BSc. (POLITICAL SCIENCE) COURT ORDER
Elections Contested: 1
Bio
Dauda Lawal (born 2 September 1965) is a Nigerian banker and politician from Zamfara State who became governor of Zamfara after winning the 2023 gubernatorial election on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform, defeating incumbent governor Bello Matawalle of the APC. His profile lists him as male, born in Zamfara State, and educated at Ahmadu Bello University, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, and Harvard Business School.
Before becoming governor, he built a banking career and served as Executive Director, Public Sector North, at First Bank of Nigeria Plc. He earned a B.Sc. in Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University in 1987, completed an M.Sc. in Political Science/International Relations at the same university in 1992, and later obtained a PhD in Business Administration from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.