Alhaji Dahiru Mohammed Deba (born 1942) is a Nigerian politician who was elected Governor of
Bauchi State,
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
between January 1992 and November 1993 during the
Nigerian Third Republic
The Third Republic was the planned republican government of Nigeria in 1993 which was to be governed by the Third Republican constitution.
Founded (1993)
The constitution of the Third Republic was drafted in 1989. General Ibrahim Badamasi B ...
, leaving office after the military coup that brought General
Sani Abacha
Sani Abacha (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who ruled as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1993 until his death in 1998. He seized power on 17 November 1993 in the last successful c ...
to power.
Deba was born on 24 September 1942, in
Deba
Deba may refer to:
Geography
* Deba (crater), a crater on Mars
* Deba (river), a river in the Basque Country
* Deba, Gipuzkoa, a town in the Basque Country
* Deba, Gombe, a town in the Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria
...
, then in Bauchi State and now in
Gombe State
Gombe State ( ff, Leyddi Gommbe 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤺𞤮𞤥𞥆𞤦𞤫) is a state in northeastern Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by the state of Borno and Yobe, to the south by Taraba State, to the southeast by Adamawa State ...
.
He was given the traditional title of Wazirin Deba.
Dahiru was elected governor in 1991 on the platform of the
National Republican Convention
The National Republican Convention was a Nigerian political party established by the government of General Ibrahim Babangida and ultimately disbanded by the military regime of General Sani Abacha in 1993.
Alignment
The party was organized to cat ...
(NRC).
His achievements as governor included construction of hospitals, including the
Alkaleri
Alkaleri is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Alkaleri (or Alkalere) on the A345 highway in the north of the area at.
The northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude passes through the LG ...
General Hospital and Primary Health Centres at Dambam, Zambuk, Bambam and Burra, and the foundation for the Gombe Referral Hospital. His government built two new state hotels at
Jama'are
Jama'are is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Jama'are. It has an area of 493 km and a population of 176,883 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 751.
It is populated by a Ful ...
and
Ningi. He launched the 200 million Naira Education Trust Fund.
His tenure was cut short in November 1993 when General Sani Abacha seized power.
Dahiru together with his closest political associate Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan, a former Minister of Mines and Power in the Second Republic and also Baraden Gombe became the two active stalwarts of the Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN),in the newly created Gombe State but later fell apart because of collision in ambition to become the first elective Governor of the State.
He assisted
Danjuma Goje
Mohammed Danjuma Goje (born 10 October 1952) was a former Governor of Gombe State, Nigeria under the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), taking office on 29 May 2003 during the 2003 Gombe State gubernatorial election. He is now a me ...
, who later became governor of
Gombe State
Gombe State ( ff, Leyddi Gommbe 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤺𞤮𞤥𞥆𞤦𞤫) is a state in northeastern Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by the state of Borno and Yobe, to the south by Taraba State, to the southeast by Adamawa State ...
, in the 1998 senatorial elections held by Abacha, which were annulled after Abacha's death.
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References
1942 births
Living people
Governors of Bauchi State
National Republican Convention politicians
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