Maitama Sule

The Honourable
Yusuf Maitama Sule
Dan Masanin Kano, CFR
The Honourable Yusuf Maitama Sule Dan Masanin Kano, CFR
	Taken in 1981
Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations
	In office; 1979–1983
Appointed by	Shehu Shagari
Succeeded by	Joseph Nanven Garba
Preceded by	In office; 1983–1984
Ministerial offices
Minister for National Guidance
	In office; 1983–1984
Preceded by	"Position established"
Succeeded by	"Position abolished"
Federal Minister of Mines and Power
	In office; 1955 – April 1965
Prime Minister	Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Preceded by	Muhammadu Ribadu
Succeeded by	Prince Alade Lamuye
Preceded by	In office; 3 October 1975 – 1979
Commissions held: 1967–‍1979
Chief Commissioner for Public Complaints
	In office; 3 October 1975 – 1979
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	position abolished
Kano State Commissioner for Information and Cultural Affairs
	In office; 1972 – 3 October 1975
Governor	Audu Bako
Preceded by	Tanko Yakasai
Kano State Commissioner for Local Government
	In office; 1967–1972
Governor	Audu Bako
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	position abolished
Preceded by	In office; 1959 – 15 January 1966
Parliamentary offices: 1954–‍1966
Member of Parliament in the ; House of Representatives from Kano
	In office; 1959 – 15 January 1966
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	position abolished
Constituency	Dawakin Tofa West
Government Chief Whip
	In office; 1954–1956
Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives from Kano
	In office; 1954–1959
Succeeded by	position abolished
Constituency	Kano Urban Area
Personal details
Born	1 October 1929; Yola quarters, Kano,; Northern Region, Colonial Nigeria; (now in Kano State)
Died	3 July 2017 (aged 87); Cairo, Egypt; Funeral Kano emir's palace
Resting place	Kara graveyard
Political party	National Party of Nigeria
Other political; affiliations	Northern People's Congress; Northern Elements Progressive Union;
Children	10
Occupation	Legislature
Profession	Politician, diplomat, businessman, farmer, teacher

Yusuf Maitama Sule CFR pronunciation^ⓘCFR (1 October 1929 – 3 July 2017), known by his title Dan Masani of Kano, was a traditionalist Nigerian statesman and diplomat who was one of the foremost politicians from northern Nigeria between the independence period and early republic in the 1960s. He served as the first and only federal minister for national guidance, in which role he sought to bring into being an ethical revolution within the country.

In 1955-1956 he was the chief whip of the Federal House of Representatives. In 1960 he led the Nigerian delegation to the Conference of Independent African States. In 1976, he became the Federal Commissioner of public complaints, a position that made him the nation's pioneer ombudsman. In early 1979, he was the presidential candidate of the National Party of Nigeria but lost to Shehu Shagari. He was appointed Nigeria's representative to the United Nations after the coming of civilian rule in September 1979. While there he was chairman of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid.

After the re-election of President Shagari in 1983, Maitama Sule was made the Minister for National Guidance, a portfolio designed to assist the president in tackling corruption.