Garba Nadama | |
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Governor of Sokoto State | |
In office January 1982 – December 1983 | |
Preceded by | Shehu Kangiwa |
Succeeded by | Garba Duba |
Personal details | |
Born | 1938 |
Died | 4 May 2020 | (aged 81–82)
Political party | National Party of Nigeria |
Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University (PhD) |
Garba Nadama (1938 – 4 May 2020) was a Nigerian politician who was the second civilian governor of Sokoto State, Nigeria, in the short-lived Nigerian Second Republic, holding office from January 1982 to November 1983. He succeeded Shehu Kangiwa, who had died in a polo accident. [1]
Garba Nadama obtained a Ph.D. in history from Ahmadu Bello University in 1977. [2]
Nadama was a fierce rival of Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau for the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) nomination for Sokoto deputy governor in 1979. [3] He was described as a quiet, urbane and principled conservative politician. [4] In July 1982 Sokoto State received a N96 million loan from the World Bank. [5] In December 1982, the Federal government provided N400,000 to Sokoto State to use in reducing gully erosion. Nadama described the amount as meager and insufficient to handle the problem. [6] On 8 March 1993 he commissioned a new transmitter for the Nigerian Television Authority in Gusau. [7] The Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda (now in Zamfara State) was established during his tenure. [8]
Nadama left office after the 1983 military coup in which Major General Muhammadu Buhari took power. [1] [9]
Nadama became a member of the National Political Reform Council, and later became a prominent member of People's Democratic Party (PDP). [4] Nadama became a director of Societe Generale Bank Nigeria (SGBN). [10] In April 2008, he was deputy National Secretary of a committee to review recommendations for resolving internal differences in the PDP. [11]
Nadama died on 4 May 2020 from COVID-19 [12] and is survived by four wives and eighteen children. [13] [14]