Mallam Isa Yuguda (born 15 June 1956) was
Governor
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of
Bauchi State
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,
Nigeria
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. He was first elected in April 2007, on the
All Nigeria Peoples Party
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Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ...
(ANPP) platform.
In April 2009, he changed allegiance from the ANPP to the
People's Democratic Party (PDP).
Yaguda was reelected governor on 28 April 2011.
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Background
Isa Yuguda (CON) is an ethnic Fulani
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, born on June 15, 1956, in Yuguda. He studied at the North East College of Arts & Science in Maiduguri
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(1974–1976) and then at Ahmadu Bello University
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, Zaria
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(1976–1979), graduating with a BSc in Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...
. He obtained a master's degree in Business Administration in 1998 at the University of Jos
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History
What became the University of Jos was established in November 1971 from the satellite campus of the University of Ibadan. ...
in Plateau State.Savannah Bank
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An investor, International Resource Associates of London, bought 67.35% of the shares of Savannah Bank ...
working as a credit manager in Sokoto
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(1986–1987) and then as a manager in Abuja (1987–1991). He moved to Inland Bank as acting general manager (1991–1992) and then managing director and chief executive (1992–1999). He was managing director and chief executive of NAL Merchant Bank (1999 - June 2000).[
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Federal minister
In June 2000, Yuguda was appointed Minister of State for Transport in the government of President Olusegun Obasanjo
Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, , ( ; yo, Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its presid ...
. He was moved to the Ministry of Aviation
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(May 2003 - June 2005).[
In December 2003, visiting the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, he expressed concern at the delays in constructing the new terminal and threatened to cancel the contract.
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Bauchi State governor
In April 2007, Yuguda contested and won the gubernatorial race of Bauchi State on the platform of All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP). He was sworn in on May 29, 2007.[
Yaguda was reelected governor on 28 April 2011.
He gained 771,503 votes. He was followed by Alhaji Yusuf Tuggar of ]Congress for Progressive Change
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It was the 63rd political party to be founded in the country.
In February 2013, the party merged with the ...
(CPC) with 238,426 votes, former Senator Baba Tela of the Action Congress of Nigeria
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(ACN) with 157,237 votes and Senator Suleiman Nazif
Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif (born 14 April 1970) was elected Senator for the Bauchi North constituency of Bauchi State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007. He was elected on the Action Congress (AC) platform.
Nazif attended the Federal Polytech ...
of the All Nigeria People's Party
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Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ...
(ANPP) with 102,093 votes.[
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Personal life
He has four wives: Hajiya Aisha Isa Yuguda, Hajiya Hauwa Abiodun Isa Yuguda, Hajiya Mariya Isa Yuguda, and Hajiya Nafisa Isa Yuguda.
The fourth and most recent, Nafisat, is the daughter of the former Nigerian president, Late Umaru Yar'Adua
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.
Mariya is the daughter of a Second Republic Senator, Late Ahmadu Danyami. During an interview with BBC Africa radio, he was questioned on the newly signed Nigerian anti-gay bill, he stated that "I am not gay, so my son will never be gay". He went further to explain that he will resign from office, if it ever happened but assured the interviewer that "gay blood does not flow in his family".
APC
In 2016, Yuguda announced his decision to leave the PDP. He switched to the APC in December 2018, Yuguda announced his decision to join the APC at a press conference held at the NUJ Secretariat, through his former Commissioner for Religious Affairs and Community Relations, Salisu Ahmed Barau. Yuguda explained that he joined the APC in other to continue to contribute to the development of the state.
See also
* List of Governors of Bauchi State
References
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Living people
Nigerian Muslims
1956 births
Governors of Bauchi State
Ahmadu Bello University alumni
University of Jos alumni
Federal ministers of Nigeria
Peoples Democratic Party state governors of Nigeria
All Nigeria Peoples Party politicians
Yar'Adua family