He was appointed Military Administrator of Nasarawa State from June 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over to the elected Governor Abdullahi Adamu on the return to democracy.

[6] In October 2003, he proposed a national conference on the environment as the only solution to the desperate and varied environmental degradation which were compounded by years of neglect.

The federal government would return the Chad Basin area to its past glory when it offered water for agricultural activities, as well as supporting tourism.

[8] In Autumn 2003, Mande said the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation had collaborated with the Ministry "in the quest for sustainable management and conservation of our forest resources".

[9] Mande failed to secure PDP's governorship nomination for Zamfara in the 2007 elections, but was appointed one of the campaign coordinators for the Umaru Yar'Adua/Goodluck Jonathan ticket.