Mala Kachalla

{{Infobox officeholder

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|office1 = Governor of Borno State

|deputy1 = Ali Abubakar

|term_start1 = 29 May 1999

|term_end1 = 29 May 2003

|predecessor1 = Lawal Haruna

|successor1 = Ali Modu Sheriff

|birth_date = November 1941

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|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|04|18|1941|11|01}}

|party = All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP)

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Mala Kachalla (November 1941 – 18 April 2007) was governor of Borno State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003.{{cite web | last=Habib | first=Alhaji Mohammed | title=Baa Mala Kachalla: In memory of 4th Civilian Governor of Borno State | website=Widely Read Magazine | date=2021-04-18 | url=https://northeaststarlive.com/baa-mala-kachalla-in-memory-of-4th-civilian-governor-of-borno-state/ | access-date=2023-06-07 | archive-date=14 July 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714194616/https://northeaststarlive.com/baa-mala-kachalla-in-memory-of-4th-civilian-governor-of-borno-state/ | url-status=dead }}

Background

Mala Kachalla was born in 1941 in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.

Borno Governor

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Mala Kachalla was elected as governor of Borno State in April 1999 during the 1999 Borno State gubernatorial election, running for the All People's Party (APP), which was renamed All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) due to a factional split. His election was financed by Ali Modu Sheriff, who became Senator for Borno Central.{{cite web

|url=http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/politics/2009/june/16/politics-16-06-2009-002.htm

|title=Opposition parties have fizzled out in Borno – Yusuf Adamu, ANPP scribe

|author=TIMOTHY OLA

|date=16 June 2009

|publisher=Daily Sun

|accessdate=2009-12-13}}

In August 2000, Borno State decided to adopt Sharia law. Mala Kachalla reassured Christians by emphasising that Sharia, which includes punishments like amputation and flogging, would only apply to Muslims.{{cite web

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/887355.stm

|date=19 August 2000

|title=Nigeria's Borno state adopts Sharia

|author=Barnaby Phillips

|publisher=BBC News

|accessdate=2009-12-13}}

In February 2001, he established a Sharia Implementation Committee, which investigated the practical steps involved in introducing Sharia law in the state.{{cite web

|url=http://www.sharia-in-africa.net/media/publications/sharia-implementation-in-northern-nigeria/vol_2_13_chapter_2_supp_borno_post.pdf

|title=INTERIM REPORT OF THE SHARIA IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE [BORNO STATE]

|publisher=University of Bayreuth

|accessdate=2009-12-13}}

After receiving the report, Mala Kachalla said the Sharia legal system would come into force in June 2001. Applying only to Muslims, the laws would ban gambling, alcohol and prostitution, among other vices.{{cite web

|url=http://www.islamonline.net/english/News/2001-04/10/article3.shtml

|title=Eleventh Nigerian State To Launch Islamic Law

|date=9 April 2001

|publisher=IslamOnline

|accessdate=2009-12-13}}

In February 2002, riots broke out in Lagos between Hausa and Yoruba groups, during which houses were destroyed and over 100 people died, including women and children. Mala Kachalla met with the Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu and broadcast appeals to both sides to end the violence.{{cite web

|url=http://www.cleen.org/LER%20Magazine%20April%20-%20June%202002.pdf

|title=Living in Crises

|author=MIKAIL MUMUNI

|publisher=Law Enforcement Review

|date=April–June 2002

|accessdate=2009-12-13

|archive-date=25 July 2011

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725180132/http://www.cleen.org/LER%20Magazine%20April%20-%20June%202002.pdf

|url-status=dead

}}

In September 2002 Mala Kachalla said there were conflicting border claims in the Lake Chad area, and that Nigeria was losing control of some island villages there. He said there was no clear cut demarcation between Borno, Chad and Cameroon, and that the region was plagued by armed rebels and trafficking in illicit arms and children.{{cite web

|url=http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=34503

|title=Border issues around Lake Chad cause concern

|date=13 September 2002

|publisher=UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

|accessdate=2009-12-13}}

In November 2001 police fired at workers in Maiduguri protesting against the withholding of their wages, a breach of a previous pay agreement. The Borno State Police Commissioner imposed a state of emergency.{{cite web

|url=http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/nov2001/lab-n22.shtml

|title=Police shoot strikers in Nigeria

|date=22 November 2001

|publisher=International Committee of the Fourth International

|accessdate=2009-12-13}}

According to the Nigeria Labour Congress President in Borno State, when Mala Kachalla left office leave grant had not been paid for two years, health and hotel workers were on strike, shoe factory workers could not get their terminal benefits and even pensioners had outstanding arrears.{{cite web

|url=http://www.news.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1992:you-just-cant-keep-a-dormant-system-where-people-are-exiting-and-the-ones-that-are-in-are-not-being-trained&catid=51:labour-report&Itemid=125

|title=You just can't keep a dormant system where people are exiting and the ones that are in are not being trained

|author=FRANCIS OKEKE

|date=1 July 2009

|publisher=Daily Trust

|accessdate=2009-12-13

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