Rabiu Kwankwaso
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Mohammed Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is a Nigerian politician
who was Governor of Kano State
from 1999 to 2003.
He was reelected for a second term as Governor on 26 April 2011.
Local Government Area of Kano State in 1956. He was re-elected as Kano state governor on 27 April 2011 and will be sworn in on 29 May 2011 for a second term in office.
His father Musa Salihu was the village head of Kwankwaso. Young Rabiu attended Kwankwaso Primary School, Gwarzo Boarding Senior Primary School, Wudil Craft School and Kano Technical College before proceeding to Kaduna Polytechnic for his tertiary education. He also did his post-graduate studies in the United Kingdom.He was an active Student leader during his school days and was an elected official of the Kano State Students Association. He started work in 1975 with WRECA. He joined partisan politics in the aborted Third Republic where he contested elections to the House of Representatives.He became the Deputy Speaker. He belonged to the Peoples Front faction of the SDP Led by Late General Shehu Yar'adua. During the 1995 Constitutional Conference He was elected to be one of the representatives from Kano at that time he belonged to the Peoples Democratic Movement led by Late Shehu Yar'adua. He joined the PDP in 1998 under the platform of Peoples Democratic Movement in Kano led by Mallam Musa Gwadabe,Senator Hamisu Musa and Alh. Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila.The group were able to have symphatisers from the PSP group such as Alh. Datti Wudilawa and ANC such as Mallam Abba Dabo who all supported his candidature.He therefore had a landslide victory in the primary elections. The People's Democratic Movement consisted of majority of the Tabo Faction of the P.R.P. and a few loyalists of the Santsi faction of the P.R.P. such as Alh.Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila their Secretary and Alh. Dodo Fagge and a host of others hence Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is now seen as the heir apparent to the political Dynasty of Mallam Aminu Kano.
between 1999 and 2003, under the flag of the People's Democratic Party
(PDP). He lost re-election to Malam Ibrahim Shekarau whom he removed from the highest civil service position of permanent secretary to a Lecturer in a higher institution(College of Arts and Science, Kano). His tenure as the Governor of Kano State was very eventful because there were several groups opposed to his high handed governorship, and his attempt at supporting president Obasanjo who hails from a different tribal group. His party the PDP also became split between his supporters and those who opposed him.
in President Olusegun Obasanjo's cabinet in 2003. In 2007, he was appointed as the Presidential Special Envoy to Somalia
and Darfur
by the Obasanjo administration after losing the bid from his party to contest the 2007 general governorship election. He continued to use his influence at the Federal level to undermine his opponents especially the Kano State Government. He resigned his ministerial position to contest the election in 2007 but he lost because he had been indicted by a Government White Paper.His running mate in the elections Alh.Ahmed Garba Bichi contested the elections with Alh.Jibril Gwale as a running mate.
Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is now the party leader in Kano and is currently nominated into the party's most powerful political circle in PDP, the Board of Trustees. Recently, he has also been shortlisted for ambassadorial appointment by the Yar'adua administration.But refuse to accept the ambassadorial which consider the position stoneblock for dominating his political rivalry of his home state but later 2009 accept to serve as a board member representing Northwest region of Nigeria in the Niger Delta Development Commission(NNDC).He is presently one of the leading politicians in Kano with a large followership.
In late 2007, his term became controversial as he awarded Mallam Musa Rabiu a $500 million dollar contract to set up oil factories all over the state.
Kwankwaso was reelected for a second term as Governor on 26 April 2011. He won with a difference of sixty three thousand plus votes, his party successfully won 3/4 of the house of assemble seats, by winning 30 out of the total 40 seats in the state. Some youths are begging him to contest for president in the forth coming election.
Politician
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who was Governor of Kano State
Kano State
Kano State is a state located in North-Western Nigeria. Created on May 27, 1967 from part of the Northern Region, Kano state borders Katsina State to the north-west, Jigawa State to the north-east, Bauchi State to the south-east and Kaduna State to the south-west...
from 1999 to 2003.
He was reelected for a second term as Governor on 26 April 2011.
Background
Mohammed Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was born in Kwankwaso village of MadobiMadobi
Madobi is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Madobi.It has an area of 273 km² and a population of 136,623 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 711....
Local Government Area of Kano State in 1956. He was re-elected as Kano state governor on 27 April 2011 and will be sworn in on 29 May 2011 for a second term in office.
His father Musa Salihu was the village head of Kwankwaso. Young Rabiu attended Kwankwaso Primary School, Gwarzo Boarding Senior Primary School, Wudil Craft School and Kano Technical College before proceeding to Kaduna Polytechnic for his tertiary education. He also did his post-graduate studies in the United Kingdom.He was an active Student leader during his school days and was an elected official of the Kano State Students Association. He started work in 1975 with WRECA. He joined partisan politics in the aborted Third Republic where he contested elections to the House of Representatives.He became the Deputy Speaker. He belonged to the Peoples Front faction of the SDP Led by Late General Shehu Yar'adua. During the 1995 Constitutional Conference He was elected to be one of the representatives from Kano at that time he belonged to the Peoples Democratic Movement led by Late Shehu Yar'adua. He joined the PDP in 1998 under the platform of Peoples Democratic Movement in Kano led by Mallam Musa Gwadabe,Senator Hamisu Musa and Alh. Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila.The group were able to have symphatisers from the PSP group such as Alh. Datti Wudilawa and ANC such as Mallam Abba Dabo who all supported his candidature.He therefore had a landslide victory in the primary elections. The People's Democratic Movement consisted of majority of the Tabo Faction of the P.R.P. and a few loyalists of the Santsi faction of the P.R.P. such as Alh.Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila their Secretary and Alh. Dodo Fagge and a host of others hence Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is now seen as the heir apparent to the political Dynasty of Mallam Aminu Kano.
Governor
He was elected as the Executive Governor of the northern Nigerian state of KanoKano
Kano is a city in Nigeria and the capital of Kano State in Northern Nigeria. Its metropolitan population is the second largest in Nigeria after Lagos. The Kano Urban area covers 137 sq.km and comprises six Local Government Area - Kano Municipal, Fagge, Dala, Gwale, Tarauni and Nassarawa - with a...
between 1999 and 2003, under the flag of the People's Democratic Party
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
(PDP). He lost re-election to Malam Ibrahim Shekarau whom he removed from the highest civil service position of permanent secretary to a Lecturer in a higher institution(College of Arts and Science, Kano). His tenure as the Governor of Kano State was very eventful because there were several groups opposed to his high handed governorship, and his attempt at supporting president Obasanjo who hails from a different tribal group. His party the PDP also became split between his supporters and those who opposed him.
Later career
His 2003 bid to serve for a second term was unsuccessful.Despite his termondous achievements in the areas of Education,Rural Electrification and Health.He was able to establish a State University of Technology at Wudil,He introduced Free Feeding for Primary School Students in the State which led the United Nations to recognise his effort in that direction.His electrification programme in the rural areas recorded a great success.He was able to give the Federal Government a property that was turned into the Nigerial Law School at Bagauda.He built a number of bridges in the rural areas and introduce free natal programme for pregnanent mothers. He was then appointed as the Minister of DefenceDefence Minister of Nigeria
The Minister of Defence of Nigeria is a senior cabinet official in the Nigerian Federal Executive Council in charge of the Nigerian Ministry of Defence...
in President Olusegun Obasanjo's cabinet in 2003. In 2007, he was appointed as the Presidential Special Envoy to Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
and Darfur
Darfur
Darfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur...
by the Obasanjo administration after losing the bid from his party to contest the 2007 general governorship election. He continued to use his influence at the Federal level to undermine his opponents especially the Kano State Government. He resigned his ministerial position to contest the election in 2007 but he lost because he had been indicted by a Government White Paper.His running mate in the elections Alh.Ahmed Garba Bichi contested the elections with Alh.Jibril Gwale as a running mate.
Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is now the party leader in Kano and is currently nominated into the party's most powerful political circle in PDP, the Board of Trustees. Recently, he has also been shortlisted for ambassadorial appointment by the Yar'adua administration.But refuse to accept the ambassadorial which consider the position stoneblock for dominating his political rivalry of his home state but later 2009 accept to serve as a board member representing Northwest region of Nigeria in the Niger Delta Development Commission(NNDC).He is presently one of the leading politicians in Kano with a large followership.
In late 2007, his term became controversial as he awarded Mallam Musa Rabiu a $500 million dollar contract to set up oil factories all over the state.
Kwankwaso was reelected for a second term as Governor on 26 April 2011. He won with a difference of sixty three thousand plus votes, his party successfully won 3/4 of the house of assemble seats, by winning 30 out of the total 40 seats in the state. Some youths are begging him to contest for president in the forth coming election.