Yahaya ABDULKARIM

Biographical record

Surname

ABDULKARIM

First Name

Yahaya

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

Monday, August 21, 1944

State of Origin

Sokoto State

Place of Birth

Talata Mafara, Zamfara State

Profession

Teacher
Politician

Previous Appointments

Teacher, Civil Service, North Western State Government; dg. Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning. Sokoto State, 1989; Elected Governor, Old Sokoto State, Third Republic 1991-92; min. of State, Ministry of Works (June 2005); Appointed to a sub-committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission to monitor a multi-billion naira developmental project that had been launched in the nine oil-producing states in 2002

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

National Republican Convention, Peoples Democratic Party;

Traditional Titles

Sarkin Rafin Sokoto

Awards and Honours

Officer of the Order of the Niger, 2000;