Ibrahim Kuta Explained

Idris Ibrahim Kuta
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Office1:Minister of Mines and Steel
Term Start1:1983
Term End1:1983
Birth Date:1 October 1942
Birth Place:Minna, Niger State, Nigeria
Death Date:1 March 2008
Party:People's Democratic Party (PDP)
Office:Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Niger East Senatorial District
Succeeded:Dahiru Awesu Kuta
Termstart:29 May 1999
Termend:29 May 2007
Office2:Deputy Speaker House of Representatives (Nigeria)
Termstart2:1979
Termend2:1983
Nationality:Nigerian
Death Place:at his Abuja residence
Resting Place:Mina
Profession:Quantity Surveyor

Idris Ibrahim Kuta (1 October 1942– 1 March 2008) was elected Senator for the Niger East constituency of Niger State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[1]

Kuta was born on 1 October 1942 in Minna, Niger State. He qualified as a Quantity Surveyor and worked in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.He served as Commissioner of Health and Commissioner of Commerce in Niger State from 1976.He was Secretary and also two-time chairman of the Nigeria Polo Association, and mounted and sponsored the dominant Kaduna Stable polo team.Kuta was deputy speaker of the House of Representatives in the Nigerian Second Republic from 1979 to 1983.He served briefly as Minister for Mines and Steel in 1983.[2]

He also served as a Senator in Nigerian Third Republic on the platform of the National Republican Convention until 1993.After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Rules & Procedures, Aviation (Committee Chairman), Works (Committee Chairman), Banking & Currency, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture and Privatization.[3] He was reelected in 2003, but in 2007 lost the PDP primary election to Dahiru Awaisu Kuta, who went on to be elected.[4] Kuta died on 1 March 2008 in his residence in Abuja, and was buried in Minna.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY AND 7 MARCH 1999 . Psephos . 2010-06-23.
  2. Web site: Late Emir Kabir, Senator Kuta live on . Ernest Ekpenyong . April 5, 2009 . Daily Sun . 2010-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100205184120/http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/sports/2009/apr/05/sports-05-04-2009-004.html . February 5, 2010 . dead .
  3. Web site: Congressional Committees . Nigeria Congress . 2010-06-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091118151316/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm . 2009-11-18 .
  4. Web site: Why I want to be Senate president – Comrade Awaisu Kuta . AKIN ALOFETEKUN, Minna . May 23, 2007 . Daily Sun . 2010-06-23 . dead . https://archive.today/20080229190434/http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/politics/2007/may/23/politics-23-05-2007-004.htm . February 29, 2008.
  5. Web site: Senator Kuta Buried in Minna . Daily Trust . Aideloje Ojo, Minna & Abdul-Rahman Abubakar . 3 March 2008 . 2010-06-23.