Dahiru Mohammed
Dahiru Mohammed Deba | |
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Colonel Abu Ali | |
Succeeded by | James Kalau |
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Born | 24 September 1942 Deba, Gombe State, Nigeria |
Alhaji Dahiru Mohammed Deba (born 1942) is a Nigerian politician who was elected Governor of
Deba was born on 24 September 1942, in Deba, then in Bauchi State and now in Gombe State.[citation needed] He was given the traditional title of Wazirin Deba.[2]
Dahiru was elected governor in 1991 on the platform of the National Republican Convention (NRC).[3] His achievements as governor included construction of hospitals, including the
Dahiru together with his closest political associate Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan, a former Minister of Mines and Power in the Second Republic and also Baraden Gombe became the two active stalwarts of the Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN),in the newly created Gombe State but later fell apart because of collision in ambition to become the first elective Governor of the State. He assisted
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- ^ Ademola Adeyemo (10 November 2009). "Sixteen Years After - Where Are Babangida's Civilian Governors?". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ "Past Executive Council: Alhaji Dahiru Mohammed (1991–1993)". Bauchi State Government. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ "Almost condemned to a life of illiteracy". ThisDay. November 15, 2008. Retrieved 2010-03-29. [dead link]