Ibrahim Muhammed Kirikasama Explained

Ibrahim Mohammed Kirikasama
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Office1:Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Jigawa State North East District
Term Start1:29 May 1999
Term End1:29 May 2007
Successor1:Abdulaziz Usman
Birth Date:February 1952
Birth Place:Kiri Kasama LGA, Jigawa State, Nigeria
Party:All Nigeria People's Party
Nationality:Nigerian

Ibrahim Mohammed Kirikasama[1] (born February 1952) was elected Senator for the Jigawa North East constituency of Jigawa State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the All People's Party (APP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[2] He was reelected in April 2003 on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) platform for a second four-year term.[3] After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999 he was appointed to committees on Labour, Women Affairs, Agriculture, Information and Social Development & Sports.[4] His constituency contains the ecologically and economically important wetlands on the Hadejia River, threatened by changes to water release due to the upriver Tiga Dam.[5] [6] In a May 2006 debate on the proposal to allow President Olusegun Obasanjo to run for a third term of office, Kirikasama opposed the proposal, describing it as an attempt at "legalising the illegality and constitutionalising unconstitutionality".[7]

In the April 2007 elections, Kirikasama ran for governor of Jigawa State on the ANPP platform, but was defeated by Alhaji Sule Lamido on the People's Democratic Party by 523,940 votes to 260,055.[8] His selection as candidate had been resisted by the state chapter of the ANPP.[9] Kirikasama said he would not challenge Lamido's victory for "personal reasons".[10]

Notes and References

  1. [Kiri Kasama|Kirikasama]
  2. Web site: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY AND 7 MARCH 1999 . Psephos . 2010-06-21.
  3. Web site: Senators . Dawodu . 2010-06-21.
  4. Web site: Congressional Committees . Nigeria Congress . 2010-06-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091118151316/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm . 18 November 2009 . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Institutional Failures in the Management of Critical Water Resources: The Case of the Komadugu-Yobe Basin in Nigeria . 21 February 2006 . Hassan H. Bdliya . Julian Barr . Steve Fraser . 2010-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613101004/http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/des/seminar/water/seminar5/papers/10_Hassan_Bdliya.pdf . 13 June 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Sand Dunes Overrun Northern Settlements, Advance Southwards . ThisDay . 2004-08-03 . 2010-06-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050126041942/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2004/08/03/20040803est02.html . 26 January 2005 . dmy-all .
  7. Web site: Senators knock out third term • 44 against, 39 for • 21 reps for, 18 against . BASHIR UMAR . JAMES OJO . RAZAQ BAMIDELE . Daily Sun . 12 May 2006 . 2010-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070805034326/http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2006/may/12/national-12-05-2006-003.htm . 5 August 2007 . dead . dmy-all .
  8. Web site: How The Parties Fared . 30 April 2007 . The Source Magazine . 2010-06-21.
  9. Web site: Caucus Rejects ANPP Guber Flag Bearer in Jigawa. . Vanguard . 15 February 2007 . Abdulsalam Muhammad . 2010-06-21.
  10. Web site: Election Tribunals’ Update 2: 1st August 2008 . Michael Egbejumi-David . Point Blank News . 2010-06-21.