Biographical overview
pp: Peoples Democratic Party; hob: swimming, tennis; off: Senate Chambers, National Assembly, Three Arms Zone, Abuja or 7B Ajayi Road, GRA, Kaduna, Kaduna State. was elected Senator for the Kaduna North constituency of Kaduna State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[1] He was reelected for a further four-year term in 2003.Tafida was a contender to be PDP candidate for governor of Kaduna State in the 2007 elections, but lost in the primaries.[6] After leaving the Senate, Tafida was appointed Nigeria High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, presenting his Letters of Credence to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 30 May 2008.[3] In March 2009 he noted a growth in applications for Nigerian visas at the High Commission, pointing out the importance of economic ties between the two countries despite the negative image due to oil field kidnappings, advance fee fraud and other problems.[14] In January 2010 he formally opened a new visa hall, which was expected to reduce delays in obtaining Nigerian visas.[15] In April 2010 Tafida reacted quickly when the BBC aired a documentary that showed Lagos as one huge slum.[16] His letter of protest to the BBC2 Controller noted "dismay and disappointment" about the documentary, and registered "strong rejection of this documentary as a deliberate distortion of life in Lagos"
Biographical record
- Title
- Ambassador
- Surname
- TAFIDA
- First Name
- Dalhatu
- Other Names
- Sarki
- Gender
- Male
- Source of Publication
- NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)
- Date of Birth
- 24 November 1940
- Status
- Alive
- State of Origin
- Kaduna State
- Place of Birth
- Zaria
- Father's Name
- Garba Tafida
- Father's Status
- N/A
- Mother's Name
- Badariyyatu Tafida
- Mother's Status
- N/A
- Marital Status
- Married
- Name of Spouse
- Salamatu Ndana Mohammed
- Number of Children (Male)
- 6
- Number of Children ( Female)
- 3
- Working Experience
- Senior House Officer at Ahmadu Bello University, (1967 - 1969)
Senior Registrar in Medicine in Katsina Specialist Hospital (1972 - 1973),
Consultant Physician to the Kaduna State Ministry of Health (1973 - 1976)
Permanent Secretary of the Kaduna State Ministry of Health (1976 - 1980).
personal physician to President Shehu Shagari (1980 - 1983)
Commissioner of Health, Commissioner of Agriculture
Commissioner of Education in Kaduna
Federal Minister of Health
Senator Federal Republic of Nigeria
Nigeria High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, - Education Level
- Tertiary
- Schools Attended with Dates
- Barewa College, Zaria (1954 - 1959).. Government College, Keffi (1960 - 1961),. College of Medicine, University of Lagos (1962-1967).. Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, England (1970 - 1971)..University of Liverpool, England (1971-1972),. Johns Hopkins University in the USA (1974).
- Have you ever been a member of any political party?
- N/A
- Traditional Titles
- Tafidan Zazzau
- Awards and Honours
- Order of the Federal Republic (OFR).
- Other Relevant Information
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalhatu_Tafida
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Source
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