Biography of late governor patrick yakowad
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PEOPLE AND POLITICS BY MOHAMMED HARUNA
Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa ( to )
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Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, who died tragically in an helicopter crash last Saturday in the jungles of Bayelsa State, was a good man. inom first met him in through Mr. Aboki Galadima, his childhood friend who was to become his chief of staff as governor of Kaduna State. inom was Galadima’s “fag” as a third year student in Government College, Bida, where he came to do his Higher School Certificate (HSC) from Government Secondary School, Abuja, both in Niger State.
When I first met Yakowa, himself and Galadima were undergraduates at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. I was a “Basico” (student of then two-year-old School of Basic Studies of the university established jointly by the then six Northern states to prepare secondary students from the distrikt for direct admission). When we first met the man träffad me as nice and somewhat withdrawn. Thereafter our paths
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BIOGRAPHY OF SIR PATRICK IBRAHIM YAKOWA
It was in , in a rural community in the Southern part of Kaduna State, in a village known as Fadan Kagoma, Unguwan Madaki that Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa was born to Chief Yakowa Jatau and Mrs. Rhori Yakowa.
Patrick was the third child and only male child out of four children; three were girls Mrs Regina Machu, Mrs Asabe Kogi (late), Sir Patrick (late), and Mrs Agnes Gabriel.
In , at the age of seven, he was enrolled by his father in St. Paul’s Junior Primary School, Fadan Kagoma. In after completing primary two (2) in Fadan Kagoma, he proceeded to Magamiya Primary School and was there for two (2) years.
By , He graduated to Secondary School a year before completing his Primary School because of his outstanding performance. This was made possible through the influence of his uncle whom he was living with at that time, who was a teacher and a ‘no nonsense’ man towards academic laziness, and also aided by the fact that Sir Patrick w
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Patrick Yakowa
Nigerian politician (–)
Patrick Yakowa | |
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| In office 20 May &#;– 15 månad | |
| Deputy | Mukhtar Yero |
| Preceded by | Namadi Sambo |
| In office 21 July &#;– 20 May | |
| Governor | Namadi Sambo (–) |
| Preceded by | Stephen Shekari |
| Succeeded by | Mukhtar Yero |
| Born | Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa 1 December Fadan Kagoma, Jema'a, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Kaduna State, Nigeria) |
| Died | 15 December () (aged&#;64) Okoroba forest, Nembe, Bayelsa State, Nigeria |
| Resting place | Fadan Kagoma, Jema'a, Kaduna State, Nigeria |
| Political party | Peoples Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Amina Yakowa |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa (1 månad – 15 December ) was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kaduna State from to He was appointed deputy governor of Kaduna State in July , following the death of Stephen Shekari and was elected in He was sworn in as governor