Late governor yakowa biography of barack
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BIOGRAPHY OF SIR PATRICK IBRAHIM YAKOWA
It was in 1948, in a rural community in the Southern part of Kaduna State, in a village known as Fadan Kagoma, Unguwan Madaki that Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa was born to Chief Yakowa Jatau and Mrs. Rhori Yakowa.
Patrick was the third child and only male child out of fyra children; three were girls Mrs Regina Machu, Mrs Asabe Kogi (late), Sir Patrick (late), and Mrs Agnes Gabriel.
In 1956, at the age of seven, he was enrolled by his father in St. Paul’s Junior Primary School, Fadan Kagoma. In 1958 after completing primary two (2) in Fadan Kagoma, he proceeded to Magamiya Primary School and was there for two (2) years.
By 1961, He graduated to Secondary School a year before completing his Primary School because of his outstanding performance. This was made possible through the influence of his uncle whom he was living with at that time, who was a teacher and a ‘no nonsense’ man towards academic laziness, and also aided by the fact t
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PEOPLE AND POLITICS BY MOHAMMED HARUNA
Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa (1948 to 2012)
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Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, who died tragically in an helicopter crash last Saturday in the jungles of Bayelsa State, was a good man. inom first met him in 1971 through Mr. Aboki Galadima, his childhood friend who was to become his chief of staff as governor of Kaduna State. I was Galadima’s “fag” as a third year student in Government College, Bida, where he came to do his Higher School Certificate (HSC) from Government Secondary School, Abuja, both in Niger State.
When I first met Yakowa, himself and Galadima were undergraduates at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. I was a “Basico” (student of then two-year-old School of Basic Studies of the university established jointly by the then six Northern states to prepare secondary students from the region for direct admission). When we first met the man struck me as nice and somewhat withdrawn.
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Patrick Yakowa
Nigerian politician (1948–2012)
Patrick Yakowa | |
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| In office 20 May 2010 – 15 December 2012 | |
| Deputy | Mukhtar Yero |
| Preceded by | Namadi Sambo |
| In office 21 July 2005 – 20 May 2010 | |
| Governor | Namadi Sambo (2007–2010) |
| Preceded by | Stephen Shekari |
| Succeeded by | Mukhtar Yero |
| Born | Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa 1 December 1948 Fadan Kagoma, Jema'a, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Kaduna State, Nigeria) |
| Died | 15 December 2012(2012-12-15) (aged 64) Okoroba forest, Nembe, Bayelsa State, Nigeria |
| Resting place | Fadan Kagoma, Jema'a, Kaduna State, Nigeria |
| Political party | Peoples Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Amina Yakowa |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa (1 December 1948 – 15 December 2012) was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kaduna State from 2010 to 2012. He was appointed deputy governor of Kaduna State in July 2005, fo