Malam Yahaya Abdulkarim was born on 21 August 1944 and is a Nigerian politician who was governor of Sokoto State, between January 1992 and November 1993, during General Ibrahim Babangida's attempted transition to democracy.
10 Facts About Yahaya Abdulkarim
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Yahaya Abdulkarim was born on 21 August 1944 in Talata Mafara, Zamfara State.
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Yahaya Abdulkarim joined the civil service of the North-Western State as a teacher, and held various positions before retiring in 1989 as Director-General in the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning of Sokoto State.
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Yahaya Abdulkarim was forced out of office in November 1993 by the military regime of General Sani Abacha.
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In 1992, Yahaya Abdulkarim signed the bill establishing the Talata Mafara Polytechnic, later renamed the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic.
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In September 2002, Yahaya Abdulkarim was appointed to a sub-committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission to monitor a multi-billion naira developmental project that had been launched in the nine oil-producing states.
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Yahaya Abdulkarim was appointed Minister of State for Works in president Olusegun Obasanjo's cabinet in July 2005.
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Yahaya Abdulkarim was later subject to a Senate inquiry into his conduct while in this office.
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Yahaya Abdulkarim was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Zamfara State on the People's Democratic Party platform in the April 2007 elections.
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In March 2008, Yahaya Abdulkarim led a delegation from Zamfara to ask the PDP national chairman, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, to prevent Gusau from interfering in the party's affairs.