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General
BUHARI
Muhammadu
Retired soldier, former military Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Muhammadu Buhari is viewed as honest and straightforward, a novelty in the Nigerian political landscape. His support is based on this reputation, a support which limits his ability to make political compromises. Although he lost three elections, in , and , amid allegations of widespread irregularities, Buhari was still very popular with the grassroots especially in the Northern part of Nigeria. While his campaigns remained below the radar screen and he was hampered by the lack of access to the billions of Naira that classical analysts saw as the lubricant for Nigerian elections, he enjoyed something that few other Nigerians enjoy: genuine spontaneous grassroots support. In August , after General Murtala Mohammed took power, he appointed Buhari as Governor of the North-Eastern State, to oversee social, economic and political improvements in the state. In March , the then Head of State, General Olusegun Obasanjo appointed Buhari as the Federal Commissioner (position now c
Life history of Nigerian president,Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari was born on December 17,
, in Daura, Katsina State, to his father Adamu
and his mother, Zulaihat. He’s the twenty-third
child of his father. Buhari was raised by his mom,
after his father died.
General Muhammadu Buhari is one of the most
notorious figures in Nigeria because of his past.
Even though he is most widely recognized for
being Head of State of Nigeria between and
, this has been long ago and since then he
has changed significantly.
Now General Mohammed Buhari is a new man that
ran for president once again. However, unlike the
last times when his efforts proved to be generally
unsuccessful, this time Muhammadu Buhari finally
managed to achieve his dream and be elected as a
president of Nigeria through a public vote.
According to the schedule, he will take office on
the 29th of May This is the first time since
Nigeria gained independence in that an
incumbent elected government will peacefully
transfer its power to an elected member of the
opposition. This just shows how much the times
have changed for the country and for this person.
The 29th of May will truly be a histori
Muhammadu Buhari
( )
The current President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, was born on December 17, , in Daura, Katsina, Nigeria. His parents were Mallam Hardo Adamu and wife, Zulaihat. He was the 23rd child of his father. At the age of 19, Buhari enrolled in the Nigeria Military Training College at Kaduna, Kaduna state. From to he attended officer cadet training at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot, England. In , he then took the Mechanical Transport Officers’ Course at the Army Mechanical Transport School in Borden, England before going on to the Defence Services Staff College, in Wellington, India in and finally to the United States Army War College in Washington, D.C. from to
In Buhari was involved in the military coup that ousted Yakubu Gowon and brought General Murtala Mohammed to power. He was appointed the military governor of the North-Eastern State (Bornu) by Murtala in In March , Buhari was appointed head of the Federal Commission for Petroleum and Natural Resources. When the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was created in , Buhari was also appointed as its chairman, a position he held until
On December 31, , a military coup ousted President She
President Muhammadu Buhari
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Personal Life
President Buhari was born on 17thDecember, in Daura, Katsina State to Adamu and Zulaiha Buhari. President Buhari was raised by his mother, following the death of his father when he was about four years old. He had his primary school education in Daura and Maidua from to , before proceeding to Katsina Middle School in Subsequently, he attended the Katsina Provincial Secondary School (now Government College, Katsina) from –, where he earned his West African School Certificate. President Buhari was married to Safinatu Yusuf from to , and since to Aisha Halilu. He is blessed with ten children.
The inauguration of General Muhammadu Buhari as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29, was historic as it marked the first time in the country’s history that a victorious opposition candidate was taking over from an incumbent President.
Military Career
He joined the Nigerian Army in when he was admitted to the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna. He underwent the Officer Cadets training at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot, En
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