Our nation was thrown into a state of mourning; when the demise of late President Shehu Shagri filtered into the air.In the spirit of tribute of long service to our nation.

We will be looking at this unbelievable facts of his life and time

1. After college, Shagari became a science teacher at the Sokoto middle school in 1953-1958 from there, he moved to Zaria Middle School.
2. He later became a headmaster of a primary school in Argungu.
3. In 1948, the Youth Social Circle of Shagari merged with some other political groups to form the Northern People’s congress, and in the year 1959, they won a national parliamentary election.
4. He was appointed parliamentary secretary to the prime minister, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in 1958, during much of the First Republic until the military coup of January 15, 1966.
5. Around the same period also, he was elected to represent his constituency (Sokoto Southwest) in the parliament.
6. He was moved to the pensions ministry as the Federal Minister for Pensions in the year 1960-1962. From 1962-1965, Shagari was made the federal minister for internal affairs.
7. From 1965 up until the first military coup in January 1966, Shagari was the federal minister for works.
8. 8. In 1979 he was chosen by the party as the presidential candidate for general election that year, which he won becoming the president and head of state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
9. Shagari won the 1979 election with the help of his campaign manager, Umaru Dikko
10. In 1983, Shagari ran for a second four year term and won the general election, but his tenure was cut short by a December 31 military coup staged by then Major General Muhammadu Buhari on December 31 1983 (New Year’s Eve).
11. When the military ousted the government, Shagari returned to Sokoto where held the position of a councilor, representing Sokoto native authority.
12. After the Nigerian civil war, from 1970-1971, the then military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon appointed Shagari as the federal commissioner for economic development, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
13. Shagari’s resurgence in politics began in 1978, when co-founded the National People’s Party with some other northern elites.
14. Shagari was made the Turaki of the fula Sokoto Caliphate in 1962 by the Sultan of Sokoto Siddiq Abubakar III.
15. In 1986, former President Shehu Shagari was banned from participation in politics for life.


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The old men the looted this country dry are being celebrated by the young ones.

BlacSmit:
The old men the looted this country dry are being celebrated by the young ones.

He is still part of our history