LADAN Shehu; Nigerian lawyer in Kaduna State, Shehu Ladan is the Group Executive Director, Commercial and Investment, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. He was born on 21 September 1952 in Kaduna, attended N.A. Primary School, Hidun Wada, Kaduna from 1960-1966, and Shelleh Sabbah College, now Sarduana Memorial College, Kaduna from 1967-1971. Ladan was trained professionally to become a Lawyer in Ahmadu Bello University. Shehu Ladan was the brain behind the establishment of Kaduna State Polytechnic in 1988, and Kaduna State Science and Technology Schools in Chuwa, and Kajuru, Kaduna State in 1989. He also successfully organised the review of Kaduna State Laws in 1989-90. Ladan was conferred with a special award by Kaduna State Polytechnic. He was also honoured for his contribution to industrial relations by the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers, NUPENG, PPMC branch.