Salihu Sagir Takai is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

politician, an educationist, was a Commissioner of Governor Malam

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 ...

and the former Chairman of Takai Local Government Area of Kano State and the 3 times Gubernatorial candidate of three parties ANPP (2011), PDP (2015),PRP (2019) and APC(2020).

Early life

Salihu was born in Takai

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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 ...

, he attended Kwalli Primary School, Kano.

Political career

Salihu was elected Chairman of Takai Local Government Area while Engineer

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was the Governor of

between 1999 and 2002, Salihu Become the Commissioner after Malam

was elected Governor of Kano State in 2003 Nigerian General Election. Shekarau anointed Takai as the defunct

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ANPP now

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APC, Gubernatorial candidate in 2011 Nigerian General Election who was defeated by

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of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Salihu was also the Nominee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015 Nigeria General Election where he was defeated by Dr

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(APC) he even congratulated the Governor before the official announcement of the Election result. In 2018 Takai Decamped to PRP after

anointed

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as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Gubernatorial candidate Takai become the flag bearer of PRP where he choose Kabiru Muhammad Gwangwazo as his running mate in 2019 Nigeria general election after losing election to Governor

for the second time, Takai Decamp to APC and joined his former boss Malam

Takai was invited and detained twice by EFCC on the alleged corruption charges, the first while he was a commissioner of between 2003 and 2007 and the second in connection with the President

Goodluck Jonathan Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957)Lawson Heyford, ''The Source'' (Lagos), 11 December 2006. is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to fo ...

N23bn campaign fund

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Takai, Salihu Sagir 1955 births 20th-century Nigerian politicians 21st-century Nigerian politicians Living people Politicians from Kano Politicians from Kano State