Salihu Sagir Takai is a

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politician, an educationist, was a commissioner of Governor Malam

Ibrahim Shekarau Ibrahim Shekarau (born 5 November 1955) is a former Nigerian minister of education and two-term Governor of Kano State in Nigeria. He was elected in April 2003 and re-elected in April 2007. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). ...

and the former chairman of

Takai Takai is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Takai to the north of the area on the A237 highway. It has an area of 598 km and a population of 202,743 at the 2006 census. The postal code of t ...

Local Government Area of Kano State and the 3 times Gubernatorial candidate of three parties ANPP (2011), PDP (2015),PRP (2019) and APC(2020).

Early life

Salihu was born in

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, he attended Kwalli Primary School, Kano.

Political career

Salihu was elected Chairman of Takai Local Government Area while Engineer

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was the Governor of

between 1999 and 2002, Salihu Become the Commissioner after Malam

was elected

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in 2003 Nigerian General Election. Shekarau anointed Takai as the defunct

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ANPP now

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APC, Gubernatorial candidate in 2011 Nigerian General Election who was defeated by

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of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Salihu was also the Nominee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015 Nigeria General Election where he was defeated by Dr

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(APC) he even congratulated the Governor before the official announcement of the Election result. In 2018 Takai Decamped to PRP after

anointed

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as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Gubernatorial candidate Takai become the flag bearer of PRP where he choose

Kabiru Muhammad Gwangwazo Kabiru Muhammad Gwangwazo is an activist, journalist and a Nigerian politician from Kano state, Nigeria. Early life and education Kabiru Muhammad was born on 13 April 1959 at Kachako of Takai Local Government Area of Kano State the first male ...

as his running mate in 2019 Nigeria general election after losing election to Governor

for the second time, Takai Decamp to APC and joined his former boss Malam

Takai was invited and detained twice by EFCC on the alleged corruption charges, the first while he was a commissioner of between 2003 and 2007 and the second in connection with the President

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N23bn campaign fund

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Takai, Salihu Sagir 1955 births 20th-century Nigerian politicians 21st-century Nigerian politicians Living people Politicians from Kano Politicians from Kano State