In 1998, Abdullahi Adamu became a founding member of the PDP and served as governor of Nasarawa State under the umbrella for two terms
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Former governor of Nasarawa State and a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abdullahi Adamu, is set to be announced the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after six aspirants withdrew from the race for him.
The withdrawal of the other aspirants from the race paved the way for Abdullahi Adamu, who is President Muhammadu Buhari’s candidate for the APC top job.
Buhari had appealed to leaders of the APC and aspirants for the chairmanship position to withdraw for Abdullahi Adamu to save the party from implosion.
In a letter dated March 25, signed by former governor of Benue State, George Akume, addressed to the Chairman, APC Election Sub-Committee, the withdrawing aspirants were listed as ; Tanko Al-makura, former governor of Nasarawa State; Abulaziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara State; former governor of Benue State, George Akume; Sani Musa Muhammed; Etsu Muhammed; and Turaki Saliu Mustapha.
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The letter reads in part, “May I kindly refer to the appeal by Mr President for the chairmanship aspirants of our great party to agree to a consensus arrangement wherein our colleague Sen Abdullahi Adamu is made our consensus candidate for the chairmanship position and forward letters of withdrawal from the under listed aspirants to wit.
“The under listed aspirants referring to those aspirants mentioned above.”
About Adamu. (Culled from Wikipedia).
Abdullahi Adamu (born 23 July 1946) was governor of Nasarawa State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Abdullahi Adamu was born at Keffi, Nasarawa State, on 23 July 1946. He attended the Government Secondary School, Makurdi (1960–1962), the Government Technical College, Bukuru (1962–1965) and Kaduna Polytechnic (1965–1968). He returned to Kaduna Polytechnic for a Higher National Diploma in June 1971.
Adamu started work in 1967 with the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria. In 1971, he joined the Northern Nigeria Development Corporation (NNDC) Kaduna. In 1973, he joined AEK, a consultancy firm, where he was Project Manager for construction of Durbar Hotel and Murtala Mohammed Square, Kaduna. In October 1975, he was appointed the Executive Secretary of the Benue/Plateau Construction Company by the Benue/Plateau State government. From February 1980 – September 1983 he was Chairman of the Benue Cement Company, Gboko.
In 1987, he enrolled in the part-time degree programme of the University of Jos, obtaining an LLB (Hons) in 1992. He enrolled in the Nigerian Law School, Lagos where he obtained his BL and was called to the Bar as a solicitor and Advocate of Supreme Court of Nigeria in December 1993.
Adamu entered politics in 1977, and was elected to the Constituent Assembly, which drafted the constitution for Nigeria’s short-lived Second Republic (1979–1983). He was a pioneer member of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), the first Secretary-General of the NPN in Plateau State from December 1978, and chairman of the NPN in the Plateau from 1982 to 1983, when military rule began again. In 1994, he was appointed to the National Constitutional Conference by General Sani Abacha’s administration. In March 1995, Adamu was appointed a minister of state of the Works and Housing ministry, holding this position until November 1997. When the ban on political activity was lifted in 1997, he joined the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP). In 1998, Adamu became a founding member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
