1. Jerry Gana, is a Nigerian scholar, politician and one time senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1983 then Director for the Directorate of Food, Roads and Infrastructure.
13 Facts About Jerry Gana
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Jerry Gana was the director of the Mass Mobilization for Social Justice and Economic Recovery, popularly known as MAMSER under Ibrahim Babangida, then Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, in the Interim National Government under Ernest Shonekan.
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Jerry Gana served as Political Adviser to Olusegun Obasanjo, before announcing plans to run for president in June 2006.
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Jerry Gana then attended Kings College of the University of Aberdeen University, Scotland.
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Jerry Gana obtained a Certificate of Education from the University of London and taught at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria from 1974 to 1986, rising to the post of a Professor in 1985.
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Jerry Gana was Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos until 2017.
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Jerry Gana was elected Senator in 1983, serving briefly until the military coup that brought General Muhammadu Buhari to power.
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Jerry Gana was appointed chairman of Mass Mobilisation for Social and Economic Recovery under General Ibrahim Babangida's government.
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Jerry Gana subsequently became a cabinet minister for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Information and Culture, Cooperation and Integration in Africa and again for Information and National Orientation.
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Jerry Gana ran unsuccessfully for president in 1992 on the Social Democratic Party platform.
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Jerry Gana was the founding national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in 1998.
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Jerry Gana resigned in July 2006 as special advisor to President Olusegun Obasanjo, and in August 2006 announced he would contend for the PDP candidature for the 2007 presidential elections.
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In 2018 Jerry Gana announced he would be running as a Social Democratic Party candidate for president in the 2019 Elections.