Kabiru Alhassan Rurum is a Nigerian politician and businessman from Kano State who serves as the speaker of

Kano State House of Assembly Kano State House of Assembly is the state legislature of Kano State, Nigeria. The Kano State House of Assembly is one of the arms of Kano State Government which comprises the Executives, Judiciary and the legislatives, House of Assembly are the leg ...

from 2015 - 2017 and 2018 - 2019. He is the current member of the

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from

Rano Rano is a Local Government Area and headquarter of Rano Emirate council in Kano State, Nigeria. It's is a local government area in Kano State with administrative headquarters in the town of Rano. The LGA is a Hausa-Fulani community in the south ...

Bunkure Bunkure is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Bunkure. It has an area of 487 km and a population of 170,891 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 710. Bunkure local governm ...

Kibiya Kibiya is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kibiya. The traditional ruler of Kibiya is former Comptroller General of Immigration Senator Usman Kibiya Umar. It has an area of 404 km and a po ...

Federal Constituency in Kano State since 2019. Rurum is a traditional title holder from Rano Emirate as ''Turakin Rano''.

Early life and education

Kabiru was born on 1 January 1970 in Katanga quarters of Rurum in

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Kano State Kano (Hausa language, Hausa: ) is one of the 36 States of Nigeria, states of Nigeria, located in the Northern Region, Nigeria, northern region of the country. According to the national census done in 2006, Kano State is the List of Nigerian st ...

. He attended Rurum Central Primary School between 1977 and 1982, Government Junior Secondary Rurum, between 1983 and 1985 and then proceeded to the Government Grammar Secondary School, Rano between 1985 and 1988 where he obtained his SSCE certificate. He obtained his National Diploma in Administration Management at

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Ile – Ife in 2000 and his Advance Diploma from Federal College of Education, Kano in 2002. He has a good oratory command, excellent in judgement with a keen interest in community development.

Business

Kabiru started his business in

the Nigerian Center of Commerce before moving to

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. He was once the chairman of Mile 12 Perishable Market which become his breakthrough in politics. He started his political career in

from a Market Leader to the

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. He also hold the traditional title of "Turakin Hausawa of Kosofe Land".

Politics

Kabiru Was elected

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in Ward 'F' Ikosi/Ketu/M12/Maidan/Agiliti/Awode Elede of

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in 1997 after saving his term as a

representing Hausa Community in Lagos State and then returned to his home town

where he was appointed Supervisory

for Works in

Local Government Council where he served between 2000 and 2002 Kabiru was first elected as member of

to represent

constituency in

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where he won the election and become the Majority Leader in

. Kabiru become the Speaker of

after winning his second election in

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. Kabiru resigned from the speaker of the House due to the allegation against him, Kabiru make several attempt to impeached Yusuf Abdullahi Ata but Kano State Governor

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intervene and

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sacrifice his Deputy speaker seat to Kabiru to achieve peace in the house, Kabiru accepted and become the Deputy Speaker but on 30 July 2018 completed his mission with the help of 26 out of the 40 Members of

impeached Ata, based on the claim that he cannot run the affairs of the House, the motion was raised by Labaran Abdul Madari Member Representing Warawa Constituency and second by Abdullahi Chiromawa Member Representing

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/ Garum Mallam Constituency Kabiru replaced his successor to return to his Seat that is the Speaker while

returned as the Deputy Speaker and Baffa Babba Danagundi as the Majority leader. Kabiru was elected Member in the

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to represent

Federal constituency in the Nigerian House of Representative. Kabiru have a traditional title in Rano Emirate Council, Turakin Rano who was turbaned by the late Emir of Rano Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Ila the 2nd

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rurum, Kabiru Alhassan 1970 births Living people Politicians from Kano People from Kano State Businesspeople from Kano Candidates in the 2015 Nigerian general election 21st-century Nigerian businesspeople Nigerian Muslims Obafemi Awolowo University alumni Members of the 9th National Assembly (Nigeria) Members of the Kano State House of Assembly