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It will curiosity you to note that Nigeria which is being referred to as the “Giant of Africa” is made up of 36 States along with the Federal Capital Territory. It is break up into six geopolitical zones and has two primary areas. The six geopolitical zones embody; South-East, South-West, South-South, North-East, North-West, and North-Central. Invariably, the two primary areas or zone is the North and South. The full of the South has 16 states whereas the complete of the North has 19 states.
Northern Governors
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Southern Governors
It will curiosity you to note that presently in the complete of the South all the governors are Christians. The governor-elect of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke is a Christian whereas the outgoing governor, Oyetola Adegboyega is a Muslim. By the time he fingers over, it implies that all the governors inside the South could be Christians. In the North, many would depend on the equivalent incident to play out. It will curiosity you to note that out of all the 19 states inside the North, 16 governors are Muslims whereas solely three are Christians.
Below is the guidelines of the three governors which could be Christians inside the North.
1. Governor Simon Lalong – Plateau State
Simon Lalong is the Executive Governor of Plateau State. The state is located inside the North-Central part of the nation. It is a Christian dominant state that operates on a Christian-Christian ticket. The governor was born on fifth May 1963 in Shendam LGA. He is a lawyer and a politician. He shortly jettisoned his licensed career to affix politics in 1998. He contested the seat of the member of the Plateau State House of Assembly representing the Shendam Constituency and beneath the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
In 2000, he turned the Speaker of the assembly till 2006. He later decamped from the PDP to affix the All Progressives Congress, APC. In 2015, he turned the governorship candidate of the APC. He later acquired the governorship election and was sworn in as governor of Plateau State on twenty ninth May 2015. In the 2019 gubernatorial election, he was reelected as a result of the governor of the state have scored an entire of 595,582 votes to defeat his closet rival, Gen. Jeremiah Husseini of the PDP who scored an entire of 546, 813 votes.
2. Governor Samuel Ortom – Benue State
Samuel Ortom is the Executive Governor of Benue State. The state is located inside the North-Central part of Nigeria. It can be a Christian dominant state that operates a Christian-Christian ticket. Ortom was born on April twenty third, 1961 in Guma LGA of Benue State. Before venturing into politics, he was a big-time businessman that has labored with completely totally different organizations and rose to the rank of a supervisor.
He began his political career in 1991. Under the platform of the Social Democratic Party, he acquired the competitors for the Chairmanship in Guma LGA and acquired. Thereafter, he served in quite a few political positions. In 2011, he was appointed Minister of State, Industry, Trade, and Investment. He served till 2014. He resigned the appointment in October 2014 to contest for the governor of Benue State beneath the platform of the PDP.
When he misplaced the social gathering’s ticket, he decamped to the APC the place he finally acquired the governorship election on April 11, 2015. He was re-elected as governor on 29 May 2019. He later defected once more to the PDP when he was having some political challenges.
3. Governor Darius Ishaku – Taraba State
Darius Ishaku is the Executive Governor of Taraba State. The State is located inside the Northeastern part of the nation the share of Muslims and Christians inside the state is almost 60:40. The state presently operates a Christian-Muslim ticket. Governor Ishaku was born on thirtieth July 1954 in Ussa LGA Taraba State. He is an architect by profession. He was beforehand the Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs.
In 2015, he resigned his appointment to contest the Taraba State gubernatorial election. After worthwhile the election, he had a vital courtroom battle alongside along with his opponent who challenged his victory in courtroom. In early 2016, the courtroom declared him the winner of the gubernatorial election. In 2019, he was effectively re-elected as a result of the governor of Taraba State. He is a spiritual Christian.
These are the one three present serving Northern governors that Christians. The remaining 16 governors are Muslim.
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