Yohanna Dickson Explained

Yohanna Mamman Dickson
Office1:Administrator of Taraba State
Term Start1:9 December 1993
Term End1:22 August 1996
Predecessor1:Jolly Nyame
Successor1:Amen Edore Oyakhire
Birth Date:28 December 1950
Birth Place:Kaningkon-Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Nigeria[1]
Death Place:Kaduna State, Nigeria

Colonel (rtd) Yohanna Mamman Dickson (28 December 1950 – 14 July 2015) was Administrator of Taraba State, Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[2]

In April 2001, Dickson was named a member of the steering committee of the newly formed United Nigeria Development Forum (UNDF), a political group headed by several former military governors.[3] In the April 2003 elections, Dickson was an unsuccessful candidate running on the United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP) platform for the Kaduna South senatorial seat.[4]

Dickson challenged the result, saying the winner, Isaiah Balat of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), was not qualified to run for election.[5]

Dickson later transferred to the PDP. In January 2009 he was appointed chairman of a seven-member disciplinary committee of the Kaduna State PDP chapter.[6] He was appointed chairman of the Kaduna State Water Board.[7] In August 2009, while inspecting a new water supply in the Zaria Regional Water Supply Scheme, Dickson said that the state would deal severely with contractors who failed to deliver on schedule and according to specifications.[8]

Dickson died on 14 July 2015, aged 64, in Kaduna State, Nigeria.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taraba hall of fame. Osuntogun. Abiodun. 23 October 1995. Segab. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Nigerian States. WorldStatesmen. 19 May 2010.
  3. Web site: The Return of Abacha Boys . Kola Ologbondiyan and Agaju Maduba . ThisDay . 29 April 2001 . 19 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200611/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2001/04/29/20010429cov02.html . September 27, 2007 .
  4. Web site: Nigeria: Prominent politicians lose seats in national assembly. Vanguard (Nigeria). 14 April 2003. 19 May 2010.
  5. Web site: Where Are the Aggrieved?. Newswatch. Felix Umoru. 18 May 2003. 19 May 2010.
  6. Web site: Kaduna PDP Sets Up Disciplinary C'ttee. Daily Trust. Murjanatu M. Abba. 22 January 2009. 19 May 2010.
  7. Web site: Board Members. Kaduna State Water Board. 19 May 2010.
  8. Web site: Kaduna urges water contractors. 10 August 2009. 19 May 2010.
  9. http://leadership.ng/news/447635/ex-taraba-military-gov-dickson-dies-at-65 Gov Dickson dies