Garba Nadama (1938 – 4 May 2020) was a Nigerian politician who was the second civilian governor of

Sokoto State Sokoto ( Hausa: ; Fula: , ''Leydi Sokoto'') is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the extreme northwest of the country. It is bounded by Republic of the Niger to the north and west for 363 km (226 miles), and the states of Zamf ...

, Nigeria, in the short-lived

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, holding office from January 1982 to November 1983. He succeeded Shehu Kangiwa, who had died in a polo accident.

Biography

Garba Nadama obtained a Ph.D. in history from

Ahmadu Bello University The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) is a public research university located in Zaria, Nigeria, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was opened in 1962 as the University of Northern Nigeria. The university has four colleges, three schools, 18 faculties, ...

in 1977. Nadama was a fierce rival of Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau for the

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(NPN) nomination for Sokoto deputy governor in 1979. He was described as a quiet, urbane and principled conservative politician. In July 1982, Sokoto State received a N96 million loan from the

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. In December 1982, the Federal government provided N400,000 to Sokoto State to use in reducing gully erosion. Nadama described the amount as meager and insufficient to handle the problem. On 8 March 1993, he commissioned a new transmitter for the

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Gusau Gusau is a city in northwestern Nigeria. It is the capital of Zamfara State and also the name of the state's Local government areas of Nigeria#Zamfara State, Local Government Area of Gusau, which has an area of ² and a population of 383,162 as ...

. The Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda (now in

Zamfara State Zamfara (; ; Adlam script, Adlam: ) is a States of Nigeria, state in northwestern Nigeria. The capital of Zamfara state is Gusau and its current List of Governors of Zamfara State, governor is Dauda Lawal. Until 1996, the area was part of Soko ...

) was established during his tenure. Nadama left office after the 1983 military coup in which Major General

Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general, he was the military head of state of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 Augu ...

took power. Nadama became a member of the National Political Reform Council, and later became a prominent member of People's Democratic Party (PDP). Nadama became a director of Societe Generale Bank Nigeria (SGBN). In April 2008, he was deputy National Secretary of a committee to review recommendations for resolving internal differences in the PDP. Nadama died on 4 May 2020 from COVID-19 and is survived by four wives and eighteen children.

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