Garba Nadama Explained

Garba Nadama
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Office1:Governor of Sokoto State
Term Start1:January 1982
Term End1:December 1983
Predecessor1:Shehu Kangiwa
Successor1:Garba Duba
Birth Date:1938
Party:National Party of Nigeria
Alma Mater:Ahmadu Bello University (PhD)

Garba Nadama (1938 – 4 May 2020) was a Nigerian politician who was the second civilian governor of Sokoto State, Nigeria, in the short-lived Nigerian Second Republic, holding office from January 1982 to November 1983. He succeeded Shehu Kangiwa, who had died in a polo accident.[1]

Biography

Garba Nadama obtained a Ph.D. in history from Ahmadu Bello University in 1977.[2]

Nadama was a fierce rival of Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau for the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) nomination for Sokoto deputy governor in 1979.[3] He was described as a quiet, urbane and principled conservative politician.[4] In July 1982 Sokoto State received a N96 million loan from the World Bank.[5] In December 1982, the Federal government provided N400,000 to Sokoto State to use in reducing gully erosion. Nadama described the amount as meager and insufficient to handle the problem.[6] On 8 March 1993 he commissioned a new transmitter for the Nigerian Television Authority in Gusau.[7] The Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda (now in Zamfara State) was established during his tenure.[8]

Nadama left office after the 1983 military coup in which Major General Muhammadu Buhari took power.[1] [9]

Nadama became a member of the National Political Reform Council, and later became a prominent member of People's Democratic Party (PDP).[4] Nadama became a director of Societe Generale Bank Nigeria (SGBN).[10] In April 2008, he was deputy National Secretary of a committee to review recommendations for resolving internal differences in the PDP.[11]

Nadama died on 4 May 2020 from COVID-19[12] and is survived by four wives and eighteen children.[13] [14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nigerian States. WorldStatesmen . 14 January 2010.
  2. Web site: TRIBUTE TO DR. YUSUFU BALA USMAN . NigeriaWorld. Dr. Alkasum Abba . 15 November 2005. 14 January 2010.
  3. Web site: Dansadau - Bye to Politics of Integrity. Imam Imam . 9 November 2008. ThisDay . 14 January 2010.
  4. Web site: Where Are Second Republic Governors? . Ademola Adeyemo . 13 January 2009. ThisDay. 14 January 2010.
  5. Web site: Load for Sokoto State. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604024406/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA352751&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf . live . 4 June 2011 . Kaduna Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabo . 15 July 1982 . 14 January 2010.
  6. Web site: Money Provided for Erosion in Sokoto State. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604024538/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA364977&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf. live. 4 June 2011. Kaduna New Nigerian . 7 December 1982 . Adebisi Adekunle . 14 January 2010.
  7. Web site: New Television Transmitter . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604024945/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA363494&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf . live . 4 June 2011 . US Department of Commerce . 14 January 2010 . 30 March 1983.
  8. Web site: Welcome. Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda. 21 March 2010.
  9. Web site: North-South Conflicts Evident in Shagari Trial, Press Repression. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604025037/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA337954&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf. live. 4 June 2011. 31 July 1985. Africa Confidential. 14 January 2010.
  10. Web site: IMPACT OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION ON BANK PROFITABILITY IN NIGERIA . Uhomoibhi Toni Aburime. African Journal of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Banking Research Vol. 4. No. 4. 2009. 14 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091222091415/http://www.globip.com/pdf_pages/african-vol4-article5.pdf. 22 December 2009.
  11. Web site: PDP - Ogbulafor Blasts Ali Over Ekwueme's Panel Report. Abiodun Adelaja. 1 April 2008. Daily Champion. 14 January 2010.
  12. Web site: Former Sokoto Governor dies during protracted illness amid rising COVID-19 cases - . 4 May 2020 .
  13. https://punchng.com/former-sokoto-governor-dies-at-82/ Former Sokoto governor dies at 82
  14. Web site: As the light dims on Garba Nadama, Sokoto's second civilian governor. Muhammad. Rakiya A.. Sokoto. 2020-05-17. Daily Trust. en-GB. 2020-05-17.

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