Ibrahim Shema

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Ibrahim Shehu Shema
Governor of Katsina State
In office
29 May 2007 – 29 May 2015
Preceded byUmaru Musa Yar'Adua
Succeeded byAminu Bello Masari
Personal details
Born (1957-09-22) 22 September 1957 (age 66)
People's Democratic Party (PDP)
EducationLLB (1983), MBA (1998)
Alma materAhmadu Bello University, Zaria
ProfessionLaw

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2007 general elections.[1]
He was re-elected for another four-year term on 28 April 2011, running on the
People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.[2] His second four-year term ended on 29 May 2015 after which he handed over to Aminu Bello Masari, elected governor on the platform of All Progressives Congress
.

Background

Ibrahim Shema was born on 22 September 1957 at

Nigeria Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos. While practicing law, he studied for a Master of Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University, which he obtained in 1998.[1]

Political career

Shema was the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice (August 1999 - May 2003) during

People's Democratic Party (PDP) Special Committee on the Anambra Crisis. He then served as the deputy national chairman (North-west zone) of the People's Democratic Party (September 2005 - November 2006), At the same time, serving as Chairman of the PDP National Disciplinary Committee, and Chairman, Governing Council, Peoples Democratic Institute. Shema also served as Chairman, National Reconciliation Committee for the South-South PDP (May to June 2006). He also served as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) from December 2005 to November 2006, when he won the PDP's ticket to contest the 2007 gubernatorial elections in Katsina State
.

Governor of Katsina State

Location of Katsina state in Nigeria

Ibrahim Shema was elected Governor of Katsina State on 12 April 2007, as successor to

Umaru Yar'Adua
, who had been elected president. He took office on 29 May 2007. Shema has been described as a "stingy governor," for his refusal to open the State's vault for Katsina politicians, a characteristic he shares with his predecessor, Umaru Musa Yar'adua .[3]

Shema was reelected for another four-year term on 28 April 2011, running on the

People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. Shema won 1,027,912 votes, followed by Masari of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) with 555,769 votes. The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate came third with 19,990 votes.[2]

Criticisms

A PDP leader in Katsina, Tasiu Umar Mashi, died in November 2009, in the office of the Katsina State Commissioner of Police, Danazumi Doma. Controversy over the circumstances leading to his death stirred up tensions between rival PDP factions, one supporting Shema and the other led by the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr. Abba Sayyadi Ruma. In December 2010, Shema again won the Peoples democratic party's governorship primaries, in a contest in which he was the only candidate.[4]

Personal life

He married to Fatima Ibrahim Shema, they have children, three men and one woman together.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema of Katsina". Nigeria Governors Forum. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Guber Polls - PDP Shocks the North". Leadership. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  3. ^ ISMAIL OMIPIDAN (23 August 2009). "North -West 2011: The storm gathers". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  4. ^ Imam Imam (24 November 2009). "In Katsina, Tasiu's Death Sparks Off Controversy". ThisDay. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  5. ^ https://aminiya.dailytrust.com/hajiya-fatima-ibrahim-shema-hakuri-sirrin-nasarar-rayuwa/
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