Garba Nadama
{{Short description|Nigerian politician (1938–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| office1 = Governor of Sokoto State
| term_start1 = January 1982
| term_end1 = December 1983
| predecessor1 = Shehu Kangiwa
| successor1 = Garba Duba
| birth_date = 1938
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|5|4|1938|df=y}}
| 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm |title=Nigerian States|publisher=WorldStatesmen |accessdate=14 January 2010}}
Biography
Garba Nadama obtained a Ph.D. in history from Ahmadu Bello University in 1977.{{cite web |url=http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2005/nov/151.html |title=TRIBUTE TO DR. YUSUFU BALA USMAN |publisher=NigeriaWorld|author=Dr. Alkasum Abba |date=15 November 2005|accessdate=14 January 2010}}
Nadama was a fierce rival of Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau for the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) nomination for Sokoto deputy governor in 1979.{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200811100171.html|title=Dansadau - Bye to Politics of Integrity|author=Imam Imam |date=9 November 2008|publisher=ThisDay |accessdate=14 January 2010}} He was described as a quiet, urbane and principled conservative politician.{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200901140197.html?page=3
|title=Where Are Second Republic Governors? |author=Ademola Adeyemo |date=13 January 2009|publisher=ThisDay|accessdate=14 January 2010}} In July 1982, Sokoto State received a N96 million loan from the World Bank.{{cite web |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA352751.pdf
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604024406/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA352751&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
|url-status=live
|archive-date=4 June 2011
|title=Load for Sokoto State|publisher=Kaduna Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabo |date=15 July 1982 |accessdate=14 January 2010}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA364977.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604024538/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA364977&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Money Provided for Erosion in Sokoto State|publisher=Kaduna New Nigerian |date=7 December 1982 |author=Adebisi Adekunle |accessdate=14 January 2010}} On 8 March 1993, he commissioned a new transmitter for the Nigerian Television Authority in Gusau.{{cite web |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA363494.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604024945/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA363494&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=4 June 2011 |title=New Television Transmitter |publisher=US Department of Commerce |accessdate=14 January 2010 |date=30 March 1983}} The Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda (now in Zamfara State) was established during his tenure.{{cite web|url = http://fedpolykauran.com/index.htm |title = Welcome|publisher = Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda|accessdate = 21 March 2010}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Nadama left office after the 1983 military coup in which Major General Muhammadu Buhari took power.{{cite web|title=North-South Conflicts Evident in Shagari Trial, Press Repression|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA337954.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604025037/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA337954&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=4 June 2011|date=31 July 1985|publisher=Africa Confidential|accessdate=14 January 2010}}
Nadama became a member of the National Political Reform Council, and later became a prominent member of People's Democratic Party (PDP). Nadama became a director of Societe Generale Bank Nigeria (SGBN).{{cite web |url = http://globip.com/pdf_pages/african-vol4-article5.pdf |title = IMPACT OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION ON BANK PROFITABILITY IN NIGERIA |author = Uhomoibhi Toni Aburime|publisher = African Journal of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Banking Research Vol. 4. No. 4. 2009|accessdate = 14 January 2010 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091222091415/http://www.globip.com/pdf_pages/african-vol4-article5.pdf|archivedate = 22 December 2009}} In April 2008, he was deputy National Secretary of a committee to review recommendations for resolving internal differences in the PDP.{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200804010222.html|title=PDP - Ogbulafor Blasts Ali Over Ekwueme's Panel Report|author=Abiodun Adelaja|date=1 April 2008|publisher=Daily Champion|accessdate=14 January 2010}}
Nadama died on 4 May 2020 from COVID-19{{cite web | url=https://theeagleonline.com.ng/former-sokoto-governor-dies-during-protracted-illness-amid-rising-covid-19-cases/ | title=Former Sokoto Governor dies during protracted illness amid rising COVID-19 cases - | date=4 May 2020 }} and is survived by four wives and eighteen children.[https://punchng.com/former-sokoto-governor-dies-at-82/ Former Sokoto governor dies at 82]{{Cite web|title=As the light dims on Garba Nadama, Sokoto's second civilian governor|url=https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/as-the-light-dims-on-garba-nadama-sokotos-second-civilian-governor.html|last1=Muhammad|first1=Rakiya A.|last2=Sokoto|date=2020-05-17|website=Daily Trust|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-17}}
References
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Category:Governors of Sokoto State
Category:National Party of Nigeria politicians
Category:Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)