Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya (born 9 October 1961) is a

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businessman and

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who has served as the governor of Gombe State since 2019.

Early life

Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya was born on 9 October 1961 in Jekadefari, Gombe,

Gombe State Gombe State (; ) is a States of Nigeria, state in North East (Nigeria), northeastern Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Borno State, Borno in the vicinity of Gongola River and Lake Dadin Kowa Dam, Dadin Kowa and Yobe S ...

. His father, Alhaji Yahaya Umaru, was a famous businessman.

Education

Yahaya attended the Central Primary School and the Government Science Secondary School in Gombe. He then studied at

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, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in

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in 1983.

Career

Yahaya has worked in both the public and the

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. He started his working career with the

Bauchi State Bauchi (Fula: ''Leydi Bauchi'' 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤦𞤢𞤵𞤷𞥅𞤭) is a States of Nigeria, state in the North East (Nigeria), North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered by Jigawa State, Jigawa to the north, Yobe State, Y ...

Investment and Property Development Company, where he was a principal accountant from 1984 to 1985. He was a managing director of A.Y.U Civil Engineering Company Ltd from 1993 to 1999. In 2003, he was appointed as Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development by Governor Muhammed Danjuma Goje.

Professional associations

Yahaya is a member of the following professional bodies: * Association of Nation Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), * Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM) * Chartered Institution of Taxation of Nigeria (ACITN)

Politics

Yahaya joined politics in 2003. In the governorship election in 2015, He was the flag bearer of the

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(APC) in

. On 1 October 2018, he won the

gubernatorial

primary election with the highest votes with 859 votes to beat his closest rival, Mohammed Jibrin Barde who polled 463 votes. On 9 March 2019, Yahaya was declared governor-elect of

at the 2019 Gombe State gubernatorial election. He scored a total number of 364,179 votes to defeat his closest rival of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Usman Bayero Nafada, who polled 222,868 votes. Governor Inuwa Yahaya of

won Saturday’s governorship election for a second term in office. Mr Yahaya of the

(APC) polled 342,821 votes to beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Muhammad Jibiri Barde, who scored 233,131 votes. The result declared by the Returning Officer of the

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(INEC), Maimuna Waziri, showed that the APC won the election with a margin of 74,493 votes.

Personal life

He is married to two wives and has seven children all residing in Gombe. His first son has married in 2022.

Traditional titles

Dan Majen Gombe Matawallen Kaltungo

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yahaya, Muhammad Inuwa 1961 births Living people Nigerian Muslims Governors of Gombe State People from Gombe State Ahmadu Bello University alumni All Progressives Congress politicians