Senator Mohammed D. Alkali (born 17 January 1950) was elected Senator for the Jigawa North West constituency of

Jigawa State Jigawa State (Hausa: ''Jihar Jigawa'' (Fula Leydi Jigawa 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤮𞤤 𞤶𞤭𞤺𞤢𞤱𞤢) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. Created in 1991 from the northeastern-most region of Kan ...

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at the start of the

Nigerian Fourth Republic The Fourth Republic is the current republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999, it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Second Republic, which was in place between 1979 and ...

, running on the

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(PDP) platform. He served from 29 May 1999 until May 2003.

Early life and career

Alkali was born on 17 January 1950 at Gumel town, in

Gumel Gumel or Gumal (as the natives call it) is a city and traditional emirate in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Geography Gumel is located 120 km northeast of Kano, and lies about 20 km south of Nigeria's northern border with Niger. As of 2007 the ...

local government area of Jigawa state. He was an Agricultural Instructor with the Northern Nigeria Ministry of Agriculture in Kano Province before going into private business. He worked at Messrs Umaru Na’Abba & Sons Limited, and later became chairman and managing director of Amasons International Limited. He was also on the board of Jos Steel Rolling Company and the Gumel Emirate Foundation. Alkali was given the traditional title of Sarduana of Gumel.

Senator 1999 – 2003

After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, Alkali was appointed to committees on Aviation, Police Affairs, Transport (vice-chairman), Tourism & Culture and Local & Foreign Debts. He was appointed Chairman of the Senate Committee on Special Projects. In this role, in September 2001, he called out for Federal assistance to victims of a flood disaster in

Ringim Ringim is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ringim, the LGA has an area of 1,057 km² and a population of 192,024 at the 2006 census. History Ringim emirate came into being in Nov ...

Local Government, Jigawa State.

Political career

Alkali was PDP candidate for governorship of Jigawa State in the 2003 elections, sponsored by then Minister for Foreign Affairs,

Sule Lamido Sule Lamido was born on (30 August 1948) served as Foreign Affairs Minister of Nigeria from 1999 to 2003. He was elected governor of Jigawa State in April 2007. He is a member of the former ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He ran successful ...

. Lamido's decision to ignore the recommendations of a PDP screening committee gave rise to violent protests. He was defeated by

Ibrahim Saminu Turaki Alhaji Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (born 14 July 1963) is a Nigerian actuary and politician. He served as the executive governor of Jigawa State from 1999 to 2007. Prior to that, he was the Jigawa state chairman of the defunct Social Democratic P ...

of the

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(ANPP). Alkali claimed that the ANPP had rigged the election and said he would challenge the result until "justice is seen to be done". In May 2005, he was appointed a Federal Commissioner and Deputy Chief Whip in the presidency's Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission chaired by Alhaji Hamman A. Tukur. He held this post until 12 May 2010, when his five-year tenure expired. Alkali aspired to be PDP candidate for Jigawa State governor in 2007, but the party selected Sule Lamido in his place, and Lamido went on to be elected. In April 2009, after he had announced plans to run for Jigawa Governor in the 2011 elections, the Gumel Emirate Council removed his title of "Sarduana Gumel". This decision may have been due to pressure from Lamido. Alkali had not stated which party platform he would run on, but a spokesman for the Jigawa State chapter of the PDP said they would not endorse Alkali.

References

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