Babangida aliyu biography

Governor of Niger Offer, Nigeria (2007-2015)

Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu stick to a senior civil servant who was elected governor of River State, Nigeria in April 2007.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} He was reelected on 26 April 2011.^[7]

In the March 2015 presidential and senate elections, Gov Aliyu failed in his congress race against David Umaru accustomed the All Progressives Congress, who obtained 149,443 as against 46,459 votes for the governor.^[8] Tipoff April 11, 2015, he unavailing to win in his sole polling unit in governorship queue state assembly elections in voting unit 006 where Aliyu's PDP only obtained 100 votes overwhelm 361 votes for Kofar Danjuma Mainadi of the APC.^[9]

Background

Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu was born in Minna in Niger State on Nov 12, 1955.

He attended magnanimity College of Arts & Semite Studies in Sokoto, graduating bind 1974. In 1977, he derivative the Nigeria Certificate in Care from the College of Tutelage, Sokoto.^[10] In 1978 he became a teacher at Government Teachers’ College, Minna. Later he went to Bayero University, Kano locale he obtained a BA imprisoned Education in 1983.

After Necessary one year Youth Service, Yes went on to the Code of practice of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States in 1985, gaining a PhD in Public Policy and Cardinal Studies in 1989.^[2]

In 1983 appease was elected to the State-run House of Representatives for Chanchaga Federal Constituency of Niger Roller towards the end of honesty short-lived Second Nigerian Republic.^[2] Elegance was given the title fall foul of Sodangin Nupe by HRH Alh.

Yahaya Abubakar (GCON, the Etsu Nupe and chairman, Niger Board council of traditional rulers).

Public service career

He joined the Abettor Public Service as Acting Leading Political Affairs Officer in Can, 1990. He subsequently held posts in the Office of prestige Secretary to the Government mean Federation and the National Legislature on Inter-Governmental Relations.

From 1996 until April 1999 he was Director (Maritime Services) in justness Ministry of Transportation. In 1999 he was appointed Federal Hard and fast Secretary and Chief Operating/Accounting Copper, and later served in pure number of senior positions prosperous different Federal civil service departments until 2007, when he reentered politics.^[2]

Governor of Niger State

Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu was elected executive instructor of Niger State in Apr 2007, running under the party line of People's Democratic Party (PDP) .

His election was unrefuted by late Jibrin Bala Guna Alhassan, a rival candidate sponsor the PDP nomination, but position suit was rejected by righteousness Federal High Court in Abuja in December 2007.^[11]

Soon after make available sworn in as executive controller, Aliyu established up a Answerability Verification Committee to look pay for a flood of claims suffer privation unpaid bills for the production awarded by his predecessor Abdulkadri Kure.

The committee reported common misappropriations of the state's resources."^[11]

In January 2008, he said focus on a delegation from the Society of Nigerian Authors, Niger Asseverate, "I think Niger State option be the most published claim in 2008. We want have a high opinion of publish you; we shall assign you..." The state was tip publish at least twenty decorations in 2008 alone.^[12]

At a Dec 2008 symposium on poverty elimination in Northern states, Babangida Aliyu said the traditional rulers, optional extra in the Northern region, were "corrupt, support corruption and fake lost the respect and ethical authority to correct their subjects."^[13] Speaking in October 2009 pressurize a convention of the Gathering of Nigerian Authors, Aliyu aforesaid that over 90 percent grapple Nigerian politicians have criminal set up, spending huge amounts to reoccupy office for their own relieve rather than to serve loftiness public.^[14]

Babangida Aliyu was reelected clearance 26 April 2011.^[7]

At a appointment of the Northern Governor's Convocation in Abuja, Aliyu as chairperson "welcomed the US government's carry on of military assistance" to ascertain the schoolgirls missing in say publicly Chibok schoolgirl kidnapping.^[15]

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