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Sunday Marshall Katung
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Katung in 2024
Senator for Kaduna South
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 June 2023
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer

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. [1]

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Life and education

Katung 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 course on: 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, was undergoing a PhD program at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. [1] [2]

Career

Katung served as:

Politics

House of representatives seat

Katung contested under the party flagship of the PDP in 2015 and got elected as a member of Federal House of Representatives, representing Jaba/Zangon Kataf Federal constituency of Kaduna State. [3]

His moral principles while still in serving in the Federal House of Representatives had been:

"A free market economy with a social conscience, family values, community empowerment and human rights in a federal system." [1]

Deputy governorship race

In 2018, he emerged as the deputy governorship candidate for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Kaduna State governorship aspirant, Hon. Isah Ashiru. [4] [5]

Senatorial seat

In May 2022, Katung polled 112 out of a total of 269 votes to beat incumbent Senator, Danjuma Laah, who polled 74 votes in the PDP primary election. [6]

In the 25 February 2023, senatorial elections, Katung polled a total of 138,246 votes, defeating closest opponent Michael Auta who scored 101,479 votes. Hence, replacing the incumbent to represent the Kaduna South Senatorial District. [7] [8]

Personal life

Cllr Abigail Marshall-Katung near Hibiscus Rising, LEEDS 2023 Cllr Abigail Marshall-Katung near Hibiscus Rising. LEEDS 2023 (cropped).jpg
Cllr Abigail Marshall-Katung near Hibiscus Rising, LEEDS 2023

Katung married Nigerian-British Councillor Abigail Marshall Katung, who as of January 2024 is the Lord mayor of Leeds. The couple have two 19 year-old twin sons. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sunday Marshall Katung". Manpower Nigeria.
  2. ↑ "Kaduna Guber: As PDP Settles For Ashiru/Katung Ticket". Leadership.ng. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Mandemmi (5 April 2018). "$350m Loan: Kaduna Reps Tackle Datti For Attacking Senators". Forefront. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Msue, Aza (17 October 2018). "Sunday Katung Emerges Kaduna PDP Deputy Governorship Candidate". Leadership. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Kaduna PDP guber candidate, Ashiru picks Katung as running mate". The Nation. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Nseyen, Nsikak (24 May 2022). "2023: Katung beats Danjuma La'a to win Kaduna South Senatorial PDP ticket". Daily Post. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "LP kicks as PDP's Katung wins Kaduna South senatorial seat". Vanguard NG. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Sahabi, Ahmad (28 February 2023). "#NigeriaDecides2023: PDP wins ALL Kaduna senatorial seats". The Cable. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Coyle, Hayle (18 January 2024). "New Lord Mayor of Leeds takes up role with 'great pride'". BBC News . Leeds . Retrieved 18 January 2024.


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