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Governors Of Plateau State ...
This is a list of administrators and governors of Plateau State Nigeria. During the military era, governors were generally referred to as Military Administrators and were subject to changes and postings as the powers from the centre dictated. See also *States of Nigeria *List of state governors of Nigeria References *{{cite web , url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm , title=Nigerian Federal States , publisher=WorldStatesmen , accessdate=2009-11-30 * Plateau In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; : plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plateau State
Plateau is a northern states of Nigeria, Nigerian state. It is located in the north-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria and includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and Tourism". The state has a population of around 4.7 million people. Its capital city is Jos. Geography Boundaries Plateau State is located in the north-central zone out of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. With an area of , the state has an estimated population of about three million people. It is located between latitude 8°24' N and 10°30' N and longitude 8°32' E and 10°38' E. The state is named after the Jos Plateau, a mountainous area in the north of the state with rock formations. Bare rocks are scattered across the grasslands, which cover the plateau. The altitude ranges from around to a peak of above sea level in the Shere Hills range near Jos. Years of tin and columbite mining have left the area strewn with deep gorges and lakes. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Mana
Mohammed Mana (born 7 October 1950) was military Administrator of Plateau State between December 1993 and August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. He was elected Senator for Adamawa North in 2007 on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. Background Mana was born on 7 October 1950. He attended the Government College, Keffi. He obtained a diploma in Petroleum Technology from the United States Army, US Army Quartermaster School in 1976. In 1987, he obtained a diploma in Public administration, Public Administration from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Military career As Governor of Plateau State, in 1994, Lt. Col. Mohammed Mana set up a commission to look into the Ethnic group, inter-ethnic conflict in Jos. The problems were due to friction between the Berom people, Berom, Anaguta, and Afizere tribes on the one hand, and the Hausa people, Hausa-Fulani tribes on the other hand. Riots had been triggered by Mana's appointment of a Hausa man as "car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of State Governors Of Nigeria
Nigeria has 36 States of Nigeria, states that each elect a governor to serve as chief executive of the state government. The sole federal district, the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), Federal Capital Territory, is headed by a minister appointed by the President of Nigeria, president to oversee the administration. In the event of a vacancy, the governor is succeeded by the second-highest-ranking state official; the deputy governor. , there are 23 states with All Progressives Congress, APC governors, 10 states with Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria), PDP governors, 1 state each with All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Labour Party (Nigeria), Labour and New Nigeria People's Party, NNPP governors. The current gubernatorial term ends and new term begins in May for most states, two to three months after their election. Governors are elected for a term of four years (maximum of two terms). All 36 governors are members of the Nigeria Governors' Forum, a non-partisan organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States Of Nigeria
Nigeria is a federation of 36 states, each of which is a semi-autonomous political unit that shares power with the federal government as enumerated under the Constitution of Nigeria, Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In addition to the states, there is the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in which the capital city of Abuja is located. The FCT is not a state, but a territory of the federal government, governed by Federal Capital Territory Administration, an administration headed by List of ministers of the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), a minister. Each state is subdivided into Local government areas of Nigeria, local government areas (LGAs). There are 774 local governments in Nigeria. Under the Nigerian Constitution, the 36 states enjoy substantial autonomy but are not sovereign entities, as ultimate authority lies with the federal government. Amendments to the constitution can be proposed by the National Assembly, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is one of the Multi-party system, two Major party, major contemporary List of political parties in Nigeria, political parties in Nigeria, along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Congress (APC). Its policies generally lie towards the centre-center-right of the political spectrum. It won every presidential election between 1999 and 2011. Until the Nigerian presidential election, 2015, 2015 elections, it was the governing party in the Nigerian Fourth Republic, Fourth Republic, although sometimes amid a few controversial electoral circumstances. History In 1998, the PDP in its first presidential primary election held in Jos, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria nominated former military leader Olusegun Obasanjo who had just been released from detention as political prisoner as the presidential candidate in the elections of February 1999, with Atiku Abubakar (Governor-Elect of Adamawa State and a former leading me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb Mutfwang
Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang (born 12 March 1965) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who is the current List of governors of Plateau State, governor of Plateau State since 2023. He is a former Chairman of Mangu, Nigeria, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. Mutfwang was sworn in as governor on 29 May 2023. Early life and education Caleb Mutfwang was born on 12 March 1965 in Wussasa, Zaria. He had his primary education at LEA Primary School Ampang-West, Mangu LGA from 1973 to 1977 and went to Boys Secondary School, Gindiri graduating in 1982. Mutfwang worked briefly with the then Federal Office of Statistics (Nigeria), Federal Office of Statistics and the defunct Nigerian Bank for Commerce of Industry (NBCI) before continuing his educational pursuit at the School of Preliminary Studies, Keffi from 1983 to 1984. He attended the University of Jos between 1984 and 1988 and the Nigerian Law School from 1988 which qualified him to be called to the Nigerian Bar Association, Nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Progressives Congress
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, the party came to power following the victory of party candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election. This marked the first time in Nigerian history that an opposition party unseated a governing party and power was transferred peacefully. In 2015, the APC won the majority of seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives, although it fell shy of winning a super-majority to override the ability of PDP to block legislation. During Buhari's first term, waves of defections led the party to lose its federal legislative majorities in 2018, with both Senate President Bukola Saraki and House Speaker Yakubu Dogara among the dozens of lawmakers that defected to the PDP. Nonetheless, Buhari was reelected in the 2019 genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Bako Lalong
Simon Bako Lalong (born 5 May 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who has served as the senator representing the Plateau South senatorial district since 2023. He previously served as the minister of labour and employment in 2023, and as the governor of Plateau State from 2015 to 2023. Education After his elementary and secondary schools education in Shendam Local Government Area, Lalong proceeded to the School of Preliminary Studies (S.P.S) Keffi, passing out in 1986. He then continued to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, graduating in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in law. This was immediately followed by the Law School in Lagos, where he was also called to the Bar. He later obtained a master's degree in law from the University of Jos, in 1996. Professional career Lalong's professional career as an attorney lasted between 1992, the year following his graduation from law school, and 1998, the dawn of Nigeria's new democracy. During this period he worked with a few law firms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonah David Jang
Jonah David Jang (born 13 March 1944) is a former Nigerian military officer and politician who served as the senator representing the Plateau North senatorial district from 2015 to 2019. He previously served as the governor of Plateau State from 2007 to 2015, and as military governor of Benue and Gongola States. In 2015, Jang ran and won the Plateau North senatorial district seat as his term as governor drew to a close. In 2018, Jang declared his senate seat vacant and said it was time for the people of Plateau North to decide who would represent them at the red chamber. Jang was at the time making nocturnal political consultations to run for the presidential ticket of the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 presidential election. Early life Jonah David Jang was born on 13 March 1944 in Du, Jos South local government area of Plateau State. In 1965, he enlisted as an Air Force Officer Cadet at the Military Training School in Kaduna. He was given f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Botmang
Chief Michael Botmang (1938 – 18 January 2014) was a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Plateau State from 2006 to 2007, following the impeachment of Joshua Dariye. He served as Deputy Governor of Plateau State, deputy governor of Plateau State from 1999 to 2004; 2004 to 2006; and from April to May 2007 under Dariye. On 9 September 2001, there were riots in Jos between Christians and Muslims. As acting governor, Botmang drafted both the police and the army to help return the state capital to order. On 13 November 2006, Botmang was sworn in as governor of Plateau State following the impeachment of Joshua Dariye. He held that position until 27 April 2007, when the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Supreme Court ordered the reinstatement of Dariye with immediate effect. Upon assuming office, he became the first governor of Plateau State of Berom people, Berom origin. In July 2008, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Botmang on a 31-count charge of frau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress (APC). Its policies generally lie towards the center-right of the political spectrum. It won every presidential election between 1999 and 2011. Until the 2015 elections, it was the governing party in the Fourth Republic, although sometimes amid a few controversial electoral circumstances. History In 1998, the PDP in its first presidential primary election held in Jos, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria nominated former military leader Olusegun Obasanjo who had just been released from detention as political prisoner as the presidential candidate in the elections of February 1999, with Atiku Abubakar (Governor-Elect of Adamawa State and a former leading member of the Social Democratic Party (Nigeria), Social Democratic Party) as his running mate. They won the presidential election and were inaugurated on 29 May 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Dariye
Joshua Chibi Dariye (born 27 July 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing the Plateau Central senatorial district from 2011 to 2019. He previously served as the governor of Plateau State from 1999 to 2004; 2004 to 2006; and from April to May 2007. Background In Horop, Mushere, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. Dariye was a businessman before becoming a politician. He was a strong mobilizer for the election of President Olusegun Obasanjo in the People's Democratic Party Primaries in 1999 as well as Obasanjo's re-election in 2003. At a regional level, he has chaired the Governors' forum of the States in Northern Nigeria. Political life As Governor During his time as governor, he was arrested in London, England on 20 January 2004, with large sums of money. Serving governors have immunity from criminal prosecution and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), an anti corruption agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
