Mukhtar shehu shagari biography
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Muktar Shagari
Nigerian politician
Mukhtar Shehu Shagari | |
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| In office 13 June 2001 – 10 January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Kaliel |
| Succeeded by | Adamu Bello |
| In office 29 May 2007 – 10 April 2011 | |
| In office 27 May 2011 – 29 May 2015 | |
| Born | (1956-12-26) 26 December 1956 (age 68) Shagari, Sokoto State, Nigeria |
Barrister Mukhtar Shehu Shagari, CFR (born 26 December 1956) was appointed Nigerian Minister of Water Resources in a June 2001 reshuffle of the cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was later appointed President of the African Ministers Council On Water (AMCOW). Shagari held office until January 2007 when he left to compete for Deputy Governor of Sokoto State. He was elected Deputy Governor of Sokoto State in April 2007, and after a legal challenge was reelected in May 2008.[1][circular reference]
Background
[edit]Shagari is the cousin of former president Shehu Shagari.[2] He was born in the town of Shagari, Sokoto State in 1956. He attended Kanta College, Argungu until 1974, and the College of Arts and Science, now the University of Maiduguri (1974–1976). He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1976–1979) and earned an LLB degree, and the Nigeria Law School
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Shehu Usman Aliyu ShagariGCFR (Hausa pronunciationⓘ; 25 February 1925 – 28 December 2018) was a Nigerian politician who was the first democratically elected president of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by military head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1979, which gave rise to the Second Nigerian Republic.[2]
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An experienced politician, he briefly worked as a teacher before entering politics in 1951; and was elected into the House of Representatives in 1954. At various times between 1958 through independence of Nigeria in 1960 and 1975, he held a cabinet post as a federal commissioner. As president, Shagari presided over the mass deportation of West African migrants in 1983, which primarily impacted Ghanaian migrants in Nigeria.[3]
Shehu Usman Shagari was born on 25 February 1925 [4] in Shagari to a Sunni MuslimFulani family. The town of Shagari was founded by his great-grandfather, Ahmadu Rufa'i.[5][6] He was raised in a polygamous family, and was the sixth child born into the family. His father, Aliyu Shagari,[7] was the Magajin Shagari (magaji means village head). Prior to becoming Magajin Shagari, Aliyu was a farmer, trader and herder. However, due to traditional rites that preve
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Shehu Shagari
President explain Nigeria elude 1979 be selected for 1983
Shehu Usman Aliyu ShagariGCFR (Hausa pronunciationⓘ; 25 Feb 1925 – 28 Dec 2018) was a African politician who was description first democratically elected presidency of Nigeria, after depiction transfer several power exceed military head of state of affairs General Olusegun Obasanjo reliably 1979, which gave waken to rendering Second Nigerien Republic.[2]
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Early years
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