Babagana Umara Zulum

Babagana Umara Zulum (born August 26, 1969) is a Nigerian professor and politician. He was elected as the governor of Borno State in the governorship election of March 9, 2019 under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC).[1][2] [3]He was sworn in as governor of Borno State on May 29, 2019.

Babagana Umara Zulum
Governor of Borno State
Assumed office
29 May 2019
Preceded byKashim Shettima
Personal details
Born (1969-08-26) 26 August 1969
Mafa
NationalityNigerian
Political partyAll Progressive Congress (APC)
Websitewww.zulum.ng

Early life

Babagana was born in August 26, 1969 in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State.[4]

Education

After elementary schooling in Mafa Primary School from 1975 to 1980 and secondary education in Government Secondary School, Monguno from 1980 to 1985, he studied at the University of Maiduguri, where he obtained a degree in Agriculture Engineering after which he served as a youth corps member with Katsina State Polytechnic.[4] He proceeded to the University of Ibadan from 1997 to 1998, where he obtained a master's degree in Agriculture Engineering. In 2005, he enrolled for a PhD in Soil and Water Engineering with the University of Maiduguri which he completed in 2009.[4]

Career

Babagana's first appointment was in 1989 with Borno State Civil Service as an Assistant Technical Officer in the State's Ministry of Agriculture.[4] In 1990, Babagana moved into Borno State Unified Local Government Service as Senior Field Overseer and later Principal Water Engineer. In 2000, he took up an appointment with the University of Maiduguri as an assistant Lecturer where he rose to the rank of Professor. Babagana was Deputy Dean and Acting Dean, Faculty of Engineering in 2010 and 2011 respectively. In 2011, Babagana Umara was appointed the Rector of Ramat Polytechnic. Meanwhile, he retained his teaching position in the University of Maiduguri.[4] In 2015, he was made Commissioner of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement by Governor Kashim Shetima of Borno State, a position he held till 2018.[5]

Politics

On October 1, 2018, he won the gubernatorial primaries of the All Progressive Congress for Borno State.[6] Professor Babagana was elected to the Office of the Governor of Borno State at the 2019 governorship election held on March 9, 2019 with 1175440 votes.[1][2][7]

Zulum's convoy was attacked by Boko Haram insurgents on July 29, 2020 on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway. Five people were killed including three policemen[8]

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References

ALGONI ADAM GUDUSU

  1. Published. "APC's Zulum wins Borno Gov poll with 1,175,440 votes". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  2. Abubakar, Uthman; Omirin, Olatunji (2019-03-11). "JUST IN: Zulum wins Borno governorship election". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  3. guardian.ng https://guardian.ng/tag/babagana-umara-zulum/. Retrieved 2020-05-28. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Shettima endorses Prof. Umara-Zulum successor". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  5. "Boko Haram: Borno reconstructs 60% of houses destroyed in Bama – Commissioner". The Eagle Online. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  6. "Borno, Nasarawa APC endorse Zulum, Sule". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  7. "Scooper - Nigeria Politics News: Meet The 5 Best Governors In Nigeria". m.scooper.news. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  8. siteadmin (2020-07-29). "BREAKING: Boko Haram Attacks Convoy Of Borno Governor, Zulum, In Baga". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
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