Matawalle: A teacher presides over Zamfara


His journey to the Zamfara Government House was tedious. It took the ruling of the Supreme Court to declare his mandate and it must have been an exasperating experience for his supporters, mostly. But for him, it’s a learning curve and this mindset can be attributed to his training. He was a teacher and tutors are usually patient in their dissemination of knowledge.

This trait also played out in his quest for public office. He had his first shot in politics was in 1998 when he ran for a House of Assembly seat and won. He contested under the platform of United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP). But after the death of Sani Abacha, military dictator, Abdulsalami Abubakar, his successor, dissolved the political parties and announced that elections would hold in 1999.

Born in Maradun Local Government Area of the state on December 12, 1969, the Zamfara governor attended Maradun Township Primary School from where he proceeded to the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos and Thames Valley University, London.

He was employed by the former Sokoto State Ministry of Health and later taught at Government Girls College, Moriki and Kwatarkoshi. He joined the Federal Ministry of Water Resources where he worked till he ventured into politics in 1998.

Between 1999 and 2003, Matawalle served as Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Environment, Rural Development and later youth and Sport in Zamfara.

In 2003, he contested on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) for a House of Representatives seat and won. He represented Bakura/Maradun Federal Constituency in the Green Chamber till 2007.

He was reelected in 2007 and was in the lower legislative chamber till 2011. In the house, he served as chairman committee on ethics and privileges, chairman Ad hoc Committee on Marine Security and Safety Commission.

Matawalle polled 189,452 in the March polls as against the 534,541 votes for Muktar Idris, the APC candidate. The Supreme Court pronounced the votes cast for the APC in the election as wasted and ordered that the candidate with the second highest votes be sworn in today.

He is married to four wives and blessed with children.


Bala Mohammed: A journalist, civil servant becomes governor in Bauchi


Born on October 5, 1958 at Duguri Town in Alkaleri Council, Mohammed attended Duguri Primary School, Bauchi from 1965 to 1971, Government Secondary School, Bauchi, North East College of Art and Science between and 1977 and University of Maiduguri in 1979, graduating a degree in English Language.

He began his career as a journalist when he joined The Democrat as a reporter. He later moved to rose to the Mirage newspaper, Jos where he rose to the position of News Editor between 1982 and 1983. He also had a stint as a News Reporter with the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN).

In 1984, he left journalism for civil service when he got employed as an administrative officer in the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs and was promoted and redeployed as principal administrative officer in the Cabinet Secretariat of the Presidency.

He was Chief Supplies officer, Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals from 1995 to 1997, rising to the position of assistant director in the Federal Ministry of Power and Steel in 1997, a position he held until 1999, when he was promoted deputy director/special assistant to the minister of Transport.

He discharged his functions in that capacity from 1999 to 2003 and following his hardwork and innovation, he was promoted as Director of Administration, Nigerian Railway Corporation in 2003. By September that year, he became Special Assistant to the Minister of Aviation and became Director of Administration and Supplies, Nigerian Meteorological Agency in 2004.

He was elected senator on April 21, 2007 to represent Bauchi South. The then President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan appointed him as Minister of FCT in 2011.


AbdulRasak: Son of the first SAN in Northern region takes charge


On the surface, his story reads like a folktale, but when digested with undivided attention, it is most compelling and engaging.

After a long run of ambitions, AbdulRahaman AbdulRasak of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be sworn-in today as the sixth executive governor of Kwara State.

AbdulRasak, a son of the first Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) from the defunct Northern region of Nigeria Folorunsho AbdulRasak, made his foray into the nation’s politics some 16 years ago by given his financial backings, under cover, to some political aspirants who are opposed to the recently dethroned political hegemony of the state, led by Dr Bukola Saraki.

Following the footsteps of his father, who is a complete symbol of Nigeria unity as his sojourn in life traversed all geopolitical zones of Nigeria, AbdulRasak, was an oil magnate before his ascension to the Kwara top job.

Notable among his siblings are: Dr Alimi AbdulRasak who once contested for the Governorship of the state in 1999 under the banner of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Senator Khairat Gwadabe, nee AbdulRasak. The senior AbdulRasak eventually lost the elections to late Mohammed Lawal of the defunct All Progressives Congress (APP).


Zullum: Drove Taxi for 16 years, trekked seven kilometers daily


He is today a Professor of Irrigation Engineering from University of Maiduguri and the governor of Borno State, but not many know the humble background of Babagana Zullum before destiny pulled his hand up.

Recalling his humble beginning, he said an interview that: “Every day, I trekked for seven kilometers to reach my father’s farm from our home,” he recalled. He combined farming with his primary and school in Mafa and Monguno from 1975 to 1980 and 1980 to 85, respectively. At “class five” in secondary school in Monguno, he began to fully cater for his education.

“From 1984 to around 1999 (16 years) I became a commercial driver of taxis, particularly Peugeot 404. At some point, I also drove buses carrying passengers to different villages, and neighboring states. At a later time, I drove commercial pickup trucks carrying firewood from forests. While working as commercial driver, I learned how to fix any vehicle I drove,” he recalled.

He added: “I paid my secondary education and National Diploma (ND) fees and also sponsored my education”.

According to him, he secured admission at UniMaid to read for B.Agric and since he couldn’t afford the school fees, feeding and accommodation fees, he worked as a taxi driver for commercial purpose as well as farm produce driver to make ends meet.

Prof. Zulum extended his commercial driving trade to Lagos, precisely at Alaba-Rago to raise his tuition fees for his MSc programme, three weeks after resumption.

Surprisingly he returned to Maiduguri for his PhD programme where, he moved through the ranks and files within the university community until his appointment as Professor in 2014.


Yahaya: An accountant comes to the throne


Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya ran on the platform of the APC, he scored 364,179 votes to defeat the PDP candidate, Usman Nafada, who polled 222,868 votes. Yahaya’s victory has ended the 16 years of PDP rule in Gombe State.

A graduate of accounting, he started his career as an Accountant II with the Bauchi State Investment and Property Development Company (BSIPDC) and rose to the rank of Principal Accountant and ventured into active politics in 2003 when he was appointed as Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development during Governor Muhammad Danjuma Goje’s administration, where he served for seven years.

During the years he served as a commissioner and member of the state executive council, he was in-charge of Budgetary Planning and Financial control of the state and chairman of the board of the Gombe State Investment and Property Development Company Limited.

He was a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the party’s flag bearer in the 2015 governorship election in the state, he lost out to the incumbent who ran under the PDP before coming back again to contest for this year’s elections.


Buni: A party man comes to the saddle

 
Popularly called MMB, , Mai Mala Buni, a former National Secretary of the APC is the new governor of Yobe State. Buni scored 444,013 votes to defeat the candidate of the PDP, Umar Iliya Damagum, who scored 95, 703 votes.

Mai Mala, a thorough party man and a grassroots politician, rose through the ranks to become the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Legislative Matters, was the pioneer Chairman of the APC in Yobe State as well as the National Secretary of the party.


Sule: A corporate sector czar in Nasarawa


Born on December 26, 1959 in Gudi Station, Akwanga-West Development Area of Nasarawa State, Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule was brought up in the small but multi-ethnic and multi-religious village

Come May 29, 2019, new set of leaders will take over the affairs of states across the country while others would renew their oath for another four years.

His father, Alhaji Sule is the current traditional ruler (Hakimi) while his grandfather, Abdullahi Angulu was the first traditional ruler of Gudi Station. His mother, Hajiya Hauwa, was brought up in Bokono and Keffi.

His early schooling was at Roman Catholic Mission (RMC) Primary School, Gudi Station in 1968. He then entered Zang Secondary School in 1974 and later Government Technical College, Bukuru in 1977. After his secondary education, he went to Plateau State Polytechnic, in Birni Ladi in 1980. He then left Nigeria on a scholarship to study at Indiana University, Terre Haute, Indiana, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Technology and a Masters degree in Industrial Technology.

He returned to Nigeria in 2000 and started a company called Sadiq Petroleum Nigeria Limited in Lagos, along with some friends. He was made the pioneer managing director and chief executive officer of the company. That year, Sadiq Petroleum Company participated in the privatisation of African Petroleum Plc and won the bid. Upon acquisition of the 30per cent ownership of AP by Sadiq Petroleum, he was appointed the executive director, operations in November 2000. On April 2, 2001, he was appointed by the board of AP Plc as the fourth managing director and chief executive officer.

Prior to his gubernatorial ambition in 2018, he was the Group Managing Director of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc.


Fintiri: The peoples ATM is back in Adamawa


The new Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, is probably the only State House of Assembly Speaker to have served a record two times as acting governor. His recent victory at the governorship election has returned him to the Adamawa Government House for the third term.

Popularly called ATM because of his generosity, Fintiri, who had been an active grassroots mobiliser and youth leader since 1991, enjoyed patronage of local authorities and politicians in the old Michika Local Government area, comprising Madagali and Michika local areas.

After a couple of failed attempts for a substantive seat in the Adamawa Government House, Fintiri, who didn’t return to the Assembly in 2015, emerged as the governorship candidate of the PDP in the 2019 general elections.

After the March 9 election was declared inconclusive and a supplementary election was conducted in 44 units across 14 local government areas of the state, Fintiri defeated the sitting governor, Muhammadu Bindow of APC to become the governor.

Born on October 27th, 1967 in Gulak Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State, he grew up in a world that had become so conscious of the primacy of Western Education and Religious knowledge, both of which he struggled to acquire at an early age.

He had his early primary School in Central Primary School Gulak from 1975-1981, Government Day Secondary School Gulak and Government Secondary School Michika from 1981-1986.

He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Policy and Strategic studies, from the University of Maiduguri 2004 after obtaining his first degree in History from the same University in 1992.[/quote]


https://www.newtelegraphng.com/2019/05/rise-to-power-the-unusual-stories-of-new-governors/


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https://www.newtelegraphng.com/2019/03/cupp-alleges-fresh-threat-to-dethrone-sultan-kano-emir/



Lalasticlala

CUPP of confusion

I been seriously think say this CUPP abi na kpangolo be their name na one political party....I no know say dem don begin dey compete with premium times....what a rush...

Na so these ones for still by mistake go win election o come cause further gbege for country wey get running stomach before...

Idiots...

If the presidency failed to handle all the supplementary elections with caution, Nigeria may be thrown into huge crises that will consume our democracy.

APC Up North

Kano is PDP
Sokoto is PDP

CUPP may be tagged alarmists but their allegations have proven to be true many times if not always.


And its public knowledge that those two monarchs aren't buhari fans. So lets watchout for the reruns and the 'reggae that'll follow the blues'

I will not intervene - Presidency

Meaning you have intervened before and could intervene further

CUPP sud thread cautiously cos politics in d north is of a different mix.

MadeInTokyo:
Buhari is disaster and a taboo to Nigeria

You and cupp are becoming boring.the false alarms are no more funny

slivertongue:
CUPP sud thread cautiously cos politics in d north is of a different mix.

Expect the security to pick them up soonest

CUPP is using propaganda to influence votes for PDP

Similar alarms by CUPP in the past have played out

Northerners love Buhari is not when he stretches his luck too far by tempering with those two demigods of traditional rulers.

Seems APC is just the most daft human organisation on earth, if not they would have learnt from what happened to "Constituted Authority" in Oyo state after he balkanized the empire of the Olubadan in a bid to reduce his influence.

But PDP will win Kano and Sokoto, so no need for long talk.

daddytime:
I been seriously think say this CUPP abi na kpangolo be their name na one political party....I no know say dem don begin dey compete with premium times....what a rush...

Na so these ones for still by mistake go win election o come cause further gbege for country wey get running stomach before...

Idiots...

. I don't think this press release is from them, somebody is playing pranks

Awol1:
Northerners love Buhari is not when he stretches his luck too far by tempering with those two demigods of traditional rulers.

Seems APC is just the most daft human organisation on earth, if not they would have learnt from what happened to "Constituted Authority" in Oyo state after he balkanized the empire of the Olubadan in a bid to reduce his influence.

But PDP will win Kano and Sokoto, so no need for long talk.

APC can't change despite coming to power on the mantra of Change.

They'll keep behaving like a bull in china shop till the end of their presidency.