Bashir Dalhatu
Bashir Dalhatu | |
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| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
| In office 1997–1998 | |
| President | Sani Abacha |
| Preceded by | Baba Gana Kingibe |
| Succeeded by | Musa Yakubu |
| Minister of Power and Steel | |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| President | Sani Abacha |
| Succeeded by | Baba Gana Kingibe |
| Minister of Transport and Aviation | |
| In office August 1993 – November 1993 | |
| President | Ernest Shonekan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 November 1949 Dutse, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria) |
| Political party | National Party of Nigeria (1979–1983) Peoples Democratic Party (founding member) All Nigeria Peoples Party (until 2006) Advanced Congress of Democrats (March–September 2006) Action Congress of Nigeria (2006–2007) |
| Children | 9 |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University |
Bashir Dalhatu (born 12 November 1949) is a Nigerian lawyer, civil servant and politician who served in the Interim National Government as Minister of Transport and Aviation in 1993; in General Sani Abacha's government as Minister of Power and Steel from 1993 to 1997 and Minister of Internal Affairs from 1997 to 1998.[1]
Life
Bashir Dalhatu was born in Dutse on November 12, 1949. His great-grand father was Wazirin Gaya Abubakar, his grand father was a judge called Alkali Dalhatu, his father was a judge called Alkali Muhammadu Mu'Allayiddi. He attended Dutse Junior Primary School 1956-1959, Sumaila Senior Primary School together with Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila 1960-1962, and Rumfa College in Kano from 1963 - 1967 and Abdullahi Bayero College. In 1972, he received a bachelor's degree in law from the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, and was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar in 1973.[2]
Dalhatu joined the civil service, serving in the Kano State Ministry of Works and Survey and Ministry of Agriculture, before later moving to the Ministry of Justice as state counsel. He later founded a private practice B. M. Dalhatu & Co. in Kano.[3]
In 1978, he was elected into the Constituent Assembly that produced the 1979 Constitution. At the conclusion of the assembly, he became one of the founding members of the National Party of Nigeria where, between 1979 and 1983, he was the Kano State assistant secretary, state secretary and later, assistant national legal advisor.[4]
In 1993, Dalhatu served in the Interim National Government as Minister of Transport and Aviation. He was also a government minister in General Sani Abacha's government as Minister of Power and Steel from 1993 to 1997; and Minister of Internal Affairs from 1997 to 1998, and later married Abacha's daughter.[5]
He later became a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party,[6] before leaving to contest for Governor of Jigawa State under the All Nigeria Peoples Party.[7] In 2006, in opposition to President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dalhatu founded the Advanced Congress of Democrats, before later merging the party with the Action Congress of Nigeria, where he was the national secretary until resigning in 2007, after the party refused to join the President Umaru Yar'Adua's national government.[8] Dalhatu was a member of the 2014 National Conference. In 2015, he became the chairman of the New Nigeria Development Corporation.[9] In 2018, he became the Waziri (chief adviser to the Emir) of the Dutse Emirate.[10]
See also
References
- ^ "Nigeria: Abacha's Son-In-Law". Tempo (Lagos).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Nda-Isiah, Jonathan (15 November 2019). "PMB Greets Wazirin Dutse, Bashir Dalhatu On 70th Birthday". Leadership.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Maliki, Anthony (2017-11-19). "Bashir Dalhatu promoted Wazirin Dutse". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "ALHAJI BASHIR DALHATU". The Peace Institute. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Nigeria: What Looting Has Joined Together..." Tempo (Lagos). 12 July 1999.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ BabaGboin (2008-12-30). "PDP and the 2011 Challenge - Any Hope for Nigeria?". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ Sanda, Juclit (6 February 2003). "Court Declares Dalhatu Jigawa ANPP Candidate". ThisDay.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Nigeria: The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), including its structure, name of president and principal leaders; treatment of its members by the authorities (2008-February 2012)". Refworld. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ Bashir, Misbahu (23 May 2015). "Dalhatu Appointed NNDC Board Chairman". Daily Trust.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Mudashir, Ismail (2018-12-08). "'Wazirin Dutse didn't attain status by accident'". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-04-21.