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Arc. Mohammed Abdullahi Dewu

Architect Mohammed Abdullahi Dewu is a principal partner at Archimodes Associates, an indigenous Nigerian firm of consulting architects, planners and engineers, whose goal is “to showcase the Nigerian Building Industry as one of the emerging building markets in Africa and the world at large.”

The firm, established in 1982, has their head office in Kaduna, with operational offices situated in Abuja and Bauchi. Born January 3rd, 1954, Architect Dewu hails from Kirfi Local Government area of Bauchi State. Between 1972 and 1980, Arc Dewu attended Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, where he gained a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Degree in Architecture.

He also attended Dardern Business School, University of Virginia, USA, where he obtained a Certificate in Managing Critical Resources. He worked as a lecturer in Ogun State Polytechnic, Abeokuta, before he later became a project architect for Tunji Olugbesan Associates in Ikeja, Lagos.

An impressive CV reveals Dewu was President of Ahmadu Bello University Alumni Association from 1998 to 2002 and Council Member of the Governing Council of the university during the same time.

He was Director of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) from 2000 to 2003, and it is also worth noting that the driven Nigerian also had a stint in politics in the 2003 gubernatorial election in Bauchi State.

Since becoming a partner at Archimodes Associates, Dewu is now responsible for handling various design appraisals at different levels and
stages for federal and state government, major banks and financial institutions to educational institutions as well as international organisations like the Red Cross.

Arc Dewu believes in Nigeria as one country and thinks that anyone who wants to break the country must be dreaming. It is his opinion that Nigerians were created to be together, for when there is one area lacking in something, there will be another area that has plenty.

Furthermore, he feels that the lower classes don’t agree with the media claims about the disunity of the country, as they continue to carry on their local inward and outward trading.

Throughout the country, at every settlement you will discover that wherever you see a Hausa man, you will see Yoruba and Igbo people. They work hand in hand, so the government would be well-served “to protect this unity and move the country forward.”

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