Sir Shettima Kashim Ibrahim, (10 June 1910 – 25 July 1990) was a Nigerian

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who was head of the Native Administration in

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and was a minister for Social Services in the 1950s. He held the traditional title of the Waziri of the Emirate of Borno after two previous Waziris had been forced to resign as a result of scandals in the Borno local administration. He was a close associate of Sir

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Life

Ibrahim was born in Gargar Ward, Yerwa to the family of Ibrahim Lakanmi. He started his education learning Arabic and Quran before attending Borno Provincial School in 1922. In 1925, he was admitted into the Katsina Training College and finished his studies with a teacher's certificate in 1929. He started working as a teacher in 1929 at the Borno

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and by 1933, he had become a Provincial Visiting Teacher. He was later promoted to a Senior Visiting Teacher and education officer for the

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of Borno. He was conferred with the title of Shettima of Borno in 1935 and for a while he was known as Shettima Kashim. He joined politics in 1951–52, when he was elected into the Northern Regional Assembly, he was nominated from the

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as a cabinet nominee. Thereafter, he was appointed the Federal minister for

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and later that of

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. In 1956, he was appointed as the Waziri of Borno by the Shehu. Waziri Ibrahim became the Governor of the Northern region in 1962, holding office until the military coup of 16 January 1966 that brought Major General

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to power. He was appointed a

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in 1960 and knighted as a KCMG in 1962.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

References

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