Adamu Ciroma (20 November 1934 – 5 July 2018) was a Nigerian politician and Governor of the

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, born to a Bole family in

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. He was a member of the

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Second Republic career

In 1979, Ciroma was one of the

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(NPN) presidential aspirants who contested in the party's presidential primary, in which he was supposedly sponsored by the faceless Kaduna Mafia, a rumored group of northern intellectuals, serving officers and

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s stationed around

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. He came third in the primary, behind Shehu Shagari and

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, his candidacy having been partly financed by Hamza Rafindadi Zayyad, the head of the New Nigeria Development Company. Ciroma was briefly the secretary of the NPN and he later served at various times as Minister for Industries, Agriculture and Finance. As a senior cabinet minister in the Shagari administration, he played pivotal roles in the implementation of the president's agenda especially in the areas of food production and working with international agencies to develop an Agricultural Development Project (ADP). In September 1983, he was made the chairman of a presidential transition committee, which further demonstrated the trust the president had in his capabilities. The committee was mandated to make proposals on how to re-structure the

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which was going through a crisis of confidence.Quentin Peel, "President's party wins majority in Nigerian Assembly", Financial Times, September 6, 1983

Fourth Republic career

Ciroma was a founding member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He served as

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in the government of

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from 1999 to 2003. Currently, his wife

Maryam Ciroma Hajia Maryam Inna Ciroma (born 11 September 1954) was appointed Nigerian minister of Women Affairs in July 2005 by President Olusegun Obasanjo. She was replaced by Saudatu Bungudu when President Umaru Yar'Adua swore in his cabinet in July 2007. ...

holds the position of PDP National Women leader in Nigeria.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ciroma, Adamu 1934 births 2018 deaths Central bankers National Party of Nigeria politicians Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians Federal ministers of Nigeria Governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria Finance ministers of Nigeria People from Yobe State