Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya (born October 9, 1961) is a

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businessman and politician. He is the Executive

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Gombe State Gombe State ( ff, Leyddi Gommbe 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤺𞤮𞤥𞥆𞤦𞤫) is a state in northeastern Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by the state of Borno and Yobe, to the south by Taraba State, to the southeast by Adamawa State ...

elected on 9 March 2019, under the platform of the

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(APC).

Early life

He was born on October 9, 1961 in Jekadafari,

. 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

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Al ...

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, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting in 1983.

Career

Yahaya has worked in both the public and the private sector. He started his working career with the

Bauchi State Bauchi State (Fula: ''Leydi Bauchi'' 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤦𞤢𞤵𞤷𞥅𞤭) is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the ea ...

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

(APC) in

. On October 1, 2018 he won the

gubernatorial

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primary election with the highest votes with 859 votes to beat his closest rival, Mohammed Jibrin Barde who polled 463 votes. On March 9, 2019, Yahaya was declared as the Governor-elect of Gombe State 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 Senator Usman Bayero Nafada (born 2 January 1961) is a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria representing Dukku/Nafada Federal Constituency of Gombe state, and a former senator for the Gombe North senatorial district i ...

, who polled 222,868 votes.

Personal life

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

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