Mohammed Nasir Idris (born 6 August 1965) is a Nigerian unionist, educationist, politician who serves as the current

governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...

Kebbi State Kebbi State (; Fulfulde: Leydi Kebbi 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤫𞤦𞥆𞤭) is a state in northwestern Nigeria, bordered to the east and north by the states of Sokoto and Zamfara, and to the south by Niger State while its western border ...

. He previously served as national president of the Nigerian Union of Teachers and deputy president of the

Nigeria Labour Congress The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is an umbrella organization for trade unions in Nigeria. History The Nigerian Labour Congress was founded in December 1978, as a merger of four different organisations: the Nigeria Trade Union Congress (NTUC) ...

. On 17 April 2023, Idris was pronounced winner of the 2023 Kebbi State gubernatorial election by

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(INEC).

Early life and education

Nasir Idris was born on the 6 August 1965, in

Birnin Kebbi Birnin Kebbi is a city located in Northwestern Nigeria It is the capital city of Kebbi State and headquarters of the Gwandu Emirate. As at 2007 the city had an estimated population of 125,594 people. Kebbi is mostly a Hausa and Fulani state, wit ...

local government area of

. He attended The Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi between 1994 and 2003, and Usmanu Danfodio University,

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

, between 2006 and 2009 for his MBA. Idris holds a

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in Education and has written various academic papers on education.

Career

In 2018, Idris was elected the president of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) as well as the deputy president of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). He is a former chairman of NUT, Kebbi State, former chairman of NLC, Kebbi State and former National Treasurer of NUT. In May 2022, Mr. Idris emerged as the Kebbi state

All Progressives Congress The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, t ...

(APC) governorship candidate at the APC governorship primary election. On 17 April 2023, Idris was declared the winner of the 2023 Kebbi State gubernatorial election by

(INEC).

References

{{KebbiStateGovernors Living people 1965 births Nigerian Muslims People from Kebbi State Zarma-Songhai people