Deputy Governor of Borno State

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Deputy Governor of Borno State
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since 29 May 2019
Executive Branch of the Borno State Government
Style
StatusSecond highest executive branch officer
Member of
  • Borno State Executive Branch
  • Borno State Cabinet
Seat Maiduguri
NominatorGubernatorial candidate
Appointer Direct popular election or, if vacant, Governor via House of Assembly confirmation
Term length Four years
renewable once
Constituting instrument Constitution of Nigeria
Inaugural holderAli Abubakar Jatau (Fourth Republic)
SuccessionFirst
Website bornostate.gov.ng

The deputy governor of Borno State is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Borno State, Nigeria, after the governor of Borno State, and ranks first in line of succession. The deputy governor is directly elected together with the governor to a four-year term of office.

Contents

Umar Usman Kadafur is the current deputy governor, having assumed office on 29 May 2019. [1]

Qualifications

As in the case of the Governor, in order to be qualified to be elected as deputy governor, a person must:

  • be at least thirty-five (35) years of age;
  • be a Nigerian citizen by birth;
  • be a member of a political party with endorsement by that political party;
  • have School Certificate or its equivalent.

Responsibilities

The deputy governor assists the governor in exercising primary assignments and is also eligible to replace a dead, impeached, absent or ill Governor as required by the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria. [2]

List of deputy governors

NameTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyElectedGovernor
Ali Abubakar Jatau29 May 199929 May 20034 years All Peoples Party 1999 Mala Kachalla
Adamu Shettima Yuguda Dibal29 May 200329 May 20118 years All Nigeria Peoples Party 2003
2007
Ali Modu Sheriff
Zannah Umar Mustapha
(1966–2015)
29 May 201115 August 20154 years, 78 days All Progressives Congress 2011
2015
Kashim Shettima
Usman Mamman Durkwa 17 October 201529 May 20193 years, 224 days All Progressives Congress
Umar Usman Kadafur
(born 1976)
29 May 2019Incumbent5 years, 67 days All Progressives Congress 2019
2023
Babagana Zulum

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References

  1. "Prof. Zulum sworn in as Borno Gov". The Punch . 29 May 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  2. "State Executive". Nigeria Law. Retrieved 20 January 2024.