Mallam Isa Yuguda was born on 15 June 1956 and is the former Governor of Bauchi State, Nigeria.
15 Facts About Isa Yuguda
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Isa Yuguda was first elected in April 2007, on the All Nigeria Peoples Party platform.
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Isa Yuguda is an ethnic Fulani, born on June 15,1956, in Yuguda.
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Isa Yuguda obtained a master's degree in Business Administration in 1998 at the University of Jos in Plateau State.
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Isa Yuguda moved to the Savannah Bank working as a credit manager in Sokoto and then as a manager in Abuja.
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Isa Yuguda moved to Inland Bank as acting general manager and then managing director and chief executive.
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Isa Yuguda was managing director and chief executive of NAL Merchant Bank.
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In June 2000, Isa Yuguda was appointed Minister of State for Transport in the government of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Isa Yuguda was moved to the Ministry of Aviation.
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Isa Yuguda was followed by Alhaji Yusuf Tuggar of Congress for Progressive Change with 238,426 votes, former Senator Baba Tela of the Action Congress of Nigeria with 157,237 votes and Senator Suleiman Nazif of the All Nigeria People's Party with 102,093 votes.
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Isa Yuguda went further to explain that he will resign from office, if it ever happened but assured the interviewer that "gay blood does not flow in his family".
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In 2016, Isa Yuguda announced his decision to leave the PDP.
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Isa Yuguda switched to the APC in December 2018, Yuguda announced his decision to join the APC at a press conference held at the NUJ Secretariat, through his former Commissioner for Religious Affairs and Community Relations, Salisu Ahmed Barau.
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Isa Yuguda explained that he joined the APC to continue to contribute to the development of the state.
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Isa Yuguda is at present the Chairman, Board of Trustees of APC Professionals Forum, a key think-tank of professionals in Nigeria's ruling party.