Abdulrahman Hassan Gimba (born 16 June 1945) became

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's Minister of Sports and Chairman of the National Sports Commission on 27 July 2007. He was dismissed on 29 October 2008, one casualty of a major cabinet reshuffle.

Background

Abdulrahman Gimba was born on 16 June 1945 in

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. He attended

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where he earned a law degree, and was called to the Bar in 1979. He was Registrar of the High Court of Justice,

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(1975–1980). He was appointed a member of the Federal Government Commission of Enquiry into the Warri Crisis in 1997. He served as Senior Counsel, and then Chief Draftsman of the

House of Assembly (1983–1989). Gimba was also Principal Partner, Summit Chambers, Chief Executive, Century Policy Consultants,

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and a member of the Northern Nigerian Strategic Analysis Group from 2005 to 2006.

Minister of Sports

Abdulrahman Gimba was appointed Minister of Sports on 27 July 2007. He was against having a Nigerian contingent at the

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since he believed that the trip would be a waste of tax payers' money. He formally withdrew Nigeria's bid to host to final phase of the 2010

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World Cup Qualifiers in Africa due to lack of funds. In October 2008 he was dismissed by President

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on 29 October 2008, with the Minister of Science and Technology

Alhassan Bako Zaku Alhassan Bako Zaku (born January 18, 1951) became Nigeria's Ministry of Science & Technology (Nigeria), Minister of Science and Technology in December 2007. He left office in March 2010 when acting president Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet ...

appointed supervising minister for the National Sports Commission. In December 2008,

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was appointed Minister of Youths, Sports and Social Development.

References

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