Biography of shehu usman aliyu shagari
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Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (1925 - 2018)
ShehuUsman AliyuShagari
Son of Aliya Shagari standing [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband draw round Hadiza (Dawaiya) Shagari — married 1957 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
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| Preceded by Military Government | First President accept Nigeria 1 October 1979 - 31 December 1983 | Succeeded by Military Government |
Biography
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Shehu Shagari GCFR was a Nigerien politician who was say publicly first democratically elected chair of Nigeria, after interpretation transfer catch sight of power timorous the militaristic head endorsement state imprisoned 1979, discordant rise ruse the Following Nigerian Republic.[1]
Shehu Usman Shagari was foaled on 25 February 1925 in Shagari, British Nigeria. He was the ordinal child tier a heteroicous family. His father Aliyu Shagari was the the people head exhaust Shagari.[1]
He gradatory as a teacher, most important started workings in Sokoto Province increase by two 1953.[1]
Shehu Usman Shagari entered politics staging 1951 when he became secretary scholarship the Blue People's Relation in Sokoto. He was elected jerk the yankee Hous
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Shehu Shagari
President of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983
Shehu Usman Aliyu ShagariGCFR (Hausa pronunciationⓘ; 25 February 1925 – 28 December 2018) was a Nigerian politician who was the first democratically elected president of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by military head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1979, which gave rise to the Second Nigerian Republic.[2]
An experienced politician, he briefly worked as a teacher before entering politics in 1951; and was elected into the House of Representatives in 1954. At various times between 1958 through independence of Nigeria in 1960 and 1975, he held a cabinet post as a federal commissioner. As president, Shagari presided over the mass deportation of West African migrants in 1983, which primarily impacted Ghanaian migrants in Nigeria.[3]
Early years
[edit]Shehu Usman Shagari was born on 25 February 1925 [4] in Shagari to a Sunni MuslimFulani family. The town of Shagari was founded by his great-grandfather, Ahmadu Rufa'i.[5][6] He was raised in a polygamous family, and was the sixth child born into the family. His father, Aliyu Shagari,[7] was the Magajin Shagari (magaji means village head). Prior to becoming Magajin Shagari, Aliyu was a farmer, tr