Nasir Yusuf Gawuna (born 6 August 1967) is a Nigerian Health personnel, businessman and politician. In May 2022, he became the Governorship Candidate of

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for the 2023 Nigeria General Election. He is currently the Deputy Governor of

Kano State Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...

serving under Governor

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Early life And Education

Nasir Yusuf was born on 6 August, 1967, in

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Political career

Nasir Yusuf Gawuna was appointed by Dr

after the resignation of the former Deputy Governor Professor

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on 5 August 2018, Governor Ganduje also retained Gawuna as his running mate in the

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. before his appointment Gawuna was the

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, Ministry of Agriculture, since 2014 he was first appointed as a commissioner by former Governor of

Engineer

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. Gawuna is the Chairman of

Taskforce

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He was chairman of Nassarawa

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for 8 years under the defunct

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ANPP while

Ibrahim Shekarau Ibrahim Shekarau (born 5 November 1955) was a former Nigerian minister of education and two-term Governor of Kano State in Nigeria. He was elected in April 2003 and reelected in April 2007. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). H ...

was the Governor of

he work with all the three

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of the state.

Governorship

Gawuna in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Hassan Musa Fagge, on 18 April 2022 resigned as the Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources. in order for him to get the chance to join the race to Kano State Government House under the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC) 2022 Primary Election which is scheduled to hold on 18 May 2022 the incumbent Governor of Kano State Abdullahi Umar Ganduje Anointed Gawuna to be his Successor in 2023 Nigeria General Election, Governor Ganduje announce his decision at the stakeholders Meeting on Saturday 7 May 2022

References

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Early life And Education

Political career

Governorship

See also

References