Ibrahim Shettima Kashim

Biographical record

Surname

Kashim

First Name

Ibrahim

Other Names

Shettima

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

2 September 1966

State of Origin

Borno

Place of Birth

Maiduguri

Name of Spouse

Hajia Nana Shettima

Number of Children (Male)

1

Number of Children ( Female)

2

Profession

Politician
Banker

Working Experience

Head of accounts unit, Commercial Bank of Africa Limited in Ikeja, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria from 1993 to 1997.
In 1997 he crossed over to the African International Bank Limited as a Deputy Manager and rose to become a Manager in 2001
He moved to the Zenith Bank as head of its main branch in Maiduguri. At the Zenith Bank he rose to Senior Manager/Branch Head; Assistant General Manager (AGM)/Zonal Head (North-East), Deputy General Manager/Zonal Head (North-East) before he stepped out of the Zenith Bank as a General Manager in 2007.
Lecturer at the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Maiduguri in 1993.
From 1989 to 1990, he worked for the Nigerian Agricultural Cooperative Bank in Calabar as part of his National Youth Service (NYSC)

Schools Attended with Dates

• Shettima attended Lamisula Primary School in Maiduguri from 1972 to 1978 • Government Community Secondary School, Biu in southern part of Borno State from 1978 to 1980, transferred to Government Science Secondary School, Potiskum in 1983 • (BSc) in Agricultural Economics, University of Maiduguri in 1989. • (MSc) in Agricultural Economics at the University of Ibadan in 1991.

Present Appointment

Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Previous Appointments

• Commissioner of the Borno State Ministry of Finance and Economic Development..
• Commissioner in the Ministries of Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Education, Agriculture and later Health
• Shettima won the governorship election in Borno State with 531,147
• winner of the Borno Central Senatorial District election, 2019
• Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum, an umbrella group of Governors in the 19 States in northern Nigeria.

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

Yes

If "Yes", please state the party(ies) and offices you have held with dates

• January 2011 ANPP primaries, Engineer Modu Fannami Gubio was selected as candidate for the governorship
• Selected in a second primary in February 2011

Awards and Honours

• Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON) (25 May 2023)
• Shettima emerged the 2014 Governor of the Year.
• Leadership, Governor of the Year, 2015,
• Nigeria Union of Journalists, national body; Governor of the Year, 2015.
• NewsWatchTimes n; Governor of the Year, 2015
• Vanguard newspapers); Governor of the Year, 2016
• Tell magazine; 2017 Zik Prize for Leadership;
• Kaduna NUJ Award for courage and exceptional leadership (2017),
• FCT NUJ Merit Award for exceptional Leadership, 2017

Outstanding Achievements

• Shettima emerged the 2014 Governor of the Year.
• Leadership, Governor of the Year, 2015,
• Nigeria Union of Journalists, national body; Governor of the Year, 2015.
• NewsWatchTimes n; Governor of the Year, 2015
• Vanguard newspapers); Governor of the Year, 2016
• Tell magazine; 2017 Zik Prize for Leadership;
• Kaduna NUJ Award for courage and exceptional leadership (2017),
• FCT NUJ Merit Award for exceptional Leadership, 2017

Other Relevant Information

Mr Shettima became the governor without setting out to be one. He was brought in as a replacement after the winner of the governorship candidate of the All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP) Modu Fannami-Gubio was shot dead by Boko Haram insurgents in January 2011..

As Governor of Borno State, he efficiently managed challenges arising from the Boko Haram insurgency which he inherited in 2011. With the approval of the National Security Adviser and the Nigerian Army in 2013, his government formalized establishment of youth volunteers called the Civilian JTF.

The volunteers have played very significant role in supporting the military in ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgents. He approved salaries, kits and patrol vehicles for the civilian JTF while at the same time giving so much support to the Nigerian Armed Forces.

He led in mobilization of community based intelligence gathering and the provision of hundreds of patrol vehicles and material logistics to the military in particular and to all other security agencies. In September, 2014, Maiduguri, the seat of Government became very vulnerable to being occupied by insurgents. The fear was so intense that notable residents relocated their families to Abuja. However, amidst such fright, Governor Kashim Shettima who was out of the country for an official assignment, returned to Maiduguri in a show of courage and patriotism. On his return, the Governor mobilized residents towards rising up in defense of their ancestry.

Although Maiduguri didn’t fall, the insurgents succeeded in occupying 20 out of the 27 local government areas of the State before the Nigerian Armed Forces liberated them between 2015 and 2016.

He was coordinating and leading the temporary accommodation, rehabilitation and resettlement of victims of the Boko Haram insurgents. With peace building, Governor Kashim Shettima has been championing Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement of victims. He has focused so much attention on expansion and remodeling of existing schools and the building of new boarding primary and junior secondary schools to cater for over 50, 000 unaccompanied orphans whose parents were killed by insurgents across the 27 local government areas of the State.

Source

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http://biography.hi7.co/

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ , https://ejesgist.com/ , https://www.idomavoice.com/ , http://biography.hi7.co/