If there is any member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) who decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and rose to be one of the powerful members of APC, it is Abdullahi Adamu, a two-term governor of Nasarawa State.
His sojourn to Nigeria’s political landscape did not start in when he was a founding member of PDP, but as far back as the s.
Who is Abdullahi Adamu?
Born on July 23, , in Keffi, Abdullahi Adamu was a foundation member of PDP and was the party’s governorship candidate in Nasarawa state during the elections.
He defeated his rivals was sworn in on May 29, , as the first executive governor of Nasarawa State. The state was among the six states that were created by the military regime of Gen Sani Abacha on October 1,
In the general elections, Adamu contested again under the PDP and was re-elected for a second term.
Academic Qualifications
From to , he attended the Government Secondary School, Makurdi before proceeding to the Government Technical College, Bukuru, where he completed his secondary school education.
At year-old, Abdullahi Adamu obtained an Ordinary National Diploma (OND)
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Who is Christopher Walken?
"I don't need to be made to look evil, I can do that on my own," says actor Christopher Walken. During nearly five decades in show business, the actor has certainly delivered more than his fair share of compelling turns as evil characters and tragic victims haunted by unnameable terrors.
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Profile: Abdullahi Adamu emerges APC national chairman
ABDULLAHI Adamu, a two-time former Nasarawa State Governor, has emerged as the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
With his emergence, he joins the long list of Nigerians to preside over the affairs of the party since its inception in February
The former Nasarawa State Governor was adopted as a consensus candidate by over 7, delegates at the national convention of the party held in Eagles Square, Abuja on Saturday.
Adamu&#;s election was endorsed by the party delegates as four frontline contestants who had earlier indicated interest to seek the office stepped down for him hours before the election kicked off.
They include a former governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al-Makura; former Benue governor and current Minister of Special Duties, George Akume; a senator for Niger East, Sani Musa; former Deputy Chairman of the defunct CPC and former Zamfara governor Abdulaziz Yari.
Adamu takes over the office from the former Edo state governor Adams Oshiomole who was sacked by the party while Mai Mala Buni, current Yobe governor-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) wa
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Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu was born on July 6, at Keffi. He started his education at the age of 7 at Abdu Zanga Primary School, Keffi and completed at the Laminga Senior Primary School in His Post-Primary education started at the now Government Secondary School, Makurdi from , from where he proceeded to Government Technical College, Bukuru from - Because of his strong desire for Western education, and blessed with a sharp calculating mind, he proceeded to the Kaduna Polytechnic where he read and obtained a National Diploma in Building and Civil Engineering and graduated in He had a short employment after the diploma course with the National Electric Power Authority as a maintenance supervisor. Later he left for a Higher National Diploma at Kaduna Polytechnic and completed in After the course, he took up appointment with the Northern Nigeria Development Corporation (NNDC) Kaduna. Thereafter, he moved to the private sector where he became a Consultant Area Manager with AEK, a firm of consultants. In , he was appointed the Exe
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