Manir Muhammad Dan Iya ''Sardaunan Kware'' is a Nigeria politician who served as the Deputy
Governor of Sokoto State in the
People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to:
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(PDP) from 2018 to 2023. He hails from
Kware
Kware is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kware on the A1 highway.
It has an area of 554 km and a population of 133,899 at the 2006 census. It is led by a politician called Hon. Usman Mo ...
Local Government Area,
Sokoto State.
and is a Muslim by Religion.
Early life and education
Dan Iya, attended Magajin Gari Model Primary School,
Sokoto, from 1977 to 1983, and later proceeded to the Science Secondary School, Farfaru, between 1983 and 1989.
A BSc graduate of Economics Education from
Usmanu Danfodiyo University,
Sokoto, Dan Iya also obtained various certificates from different higher institutions of learning within and outside the state, which include a Higher Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the College of Administration, Sokoto, a professional Diploma in Public Account and Audit from Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Sokoto, a Diploma in Computer studies from the
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, a Diploma in Arabic from UDUS, a Certificate in Local Government Administration from the College of Administration, Sokoto, and both Junior and Senior Certificates in Arabic from UDUS.
Career
During ten years of work in the
Nigerian Civil Service, Dan Iya worked with Sokoto state Local Government Service Commission and got posted to Kware Local Government from 1992 to 2002. He also held various positions in the Account section of the Local Government before he resigned as Principal Accountant in 2002.
He entered politics in 2003 and was Kware Local Government Council Sole Administrator. In 2004, he was elected as Executive Chairman, Kware local government council, a position he held up to 2007. He was later Chairman and Managing Director of Manmodiya Nigeria Limited, and was a Special Advisor to former
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Barrister
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (born 10 January 1966) is a Nigerian politician who serves as the Governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria, having won election during the 2015 general elections and re-elected in the 2019 general elections. Tambuwal is a member ...
from 2011 to 2015. He was appointed as Legal Advisor of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sokoto state.
In 2015, Governor
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (born 10 January 1966) is a Nigerian politician who serves as the Governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria, having won election during the 2015 general elections and re-elected in the 2019 general elections. Tambuwal is a member ...
appointed Dan Iya as a member of Sokoto State Executive Council and Commissioner in charge of Ministry for local government and community development,
and oversees ministry for local government affairs, from 2019.
References
Politicians from Sokoto State
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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