Bashir Dalhatu

Bashir Dalhatu (born 12 November 1949) is a Nigerian lawyer, civil servant and politician who served in the Interim National Government as Minister of Transport and Aviation in 1993; in General Sani Abacha's government as Minister of Power and Steel from 1993 to 1997 and Minister of Internal Affairs from 1997 to 1998.[1]

Waziri

Bashir Dalhatu
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
1997–1998
PresidentSani Abacha
Preceded byBaba Gana Kingibe
Succeeded byMusa Yakubu
Minister of Power and Steel
In office
1993–1997
PresidentSani Abacha
Succeeded byBaba Gana Kingibe
Minister of Transport and Aviation
In office
August 1993 – November 1993
PresidentErnest Shonekan
Personal details
Born (1949-11-12) 12 November 1949
Dutse, Northern Region, British Nigeria
(now Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria)
Political partyNational Party of Nigeria
(1979–1983)
Peoples Democratic Party
(founding member)
All Nigeria Peoples Party
(until 2006)
Advanced Congress of Democrats
(March–September 2006)
Action Congress of Nigeria
(2006–2007)
Children9
Alma materAhmadu Bello University
Net worthUS$6.3 billion (2020)

Life

Bashir Dalhatu was born in Dutse on November 12, 1949. He attended Rumfa College in Kano. In 1972, he received a bachelor's degree in law from the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, and was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar in 1973.[2]

Dalhatu joined the civil service, serving in the Kano State Ministry of Works and Survey and Ministry of Agriculture, before later moving to the Ministry of Justice as state counsel. He later founded a private practice B. M. Dalhatu & Co. in Kano.[3]

In 1978, he was elected into the Constituent Assembly that produced the 1979 Constitution. At the conclusion of the assembly, he became one of the founding members of the National Party of Nigeria where, between 1979 and 1983, he was the Kano State assistant secretary, state secretary and later, assistant national legal advisor.[4]

In 1993, Dalhatu served in the Interim National Government as Minister of Transport and Aviation. He was also a government minister in General Sani Abacha's government as Minister of Power and Steel from 1993 to 1997; and Minister of Internal Affairs from 1997 to 1998, and later married Abacha's daughter.[5]

He later became a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party,[6] before leaving to contest for Governor of Jigawa State under the All Nigeria Peoples Party.[7] In 2006, in opposition to President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dalhatu founded the Advanced Congress of Democrats, before later merging the party with the Action Congress of Nigeria, where he was the national secretary until resigning in 2007, after the party refused to join the President Umaru Yar'Adua's national government.[8] Dalhatu was a member of the 2014 National Conference. In 2015, he became the chairman of the New Nigeria Development Corporation.[9] In 2018, he became the Waziri (chief adviser to the Emir) of the Dutse Emirate.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Nigeria: Abacha's Son-In-Law". Tempo (Lagos).
  2. Nda-Isiah, Jonathan (15 November 2019). "PMB Greets Wazirin Dutse, Bashir Dalhatu On 70th Birthday". Leadership.
  3. Maliki, Anthony (2017-11-19). "Bashir Dalhatu promoted Wazirin Dutse". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  4. "ALHAJI BASHIR DALHATU". The Peace Institute. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  5. "Nigeria: What Looting Has Joined Together..." Tempo (Lagos). 12 July 1999.
  6. BabaGboin (2008-12-30). "PDP and the 2011 Challenge - Any Hope for Nigeria?". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  7. Sanda, Juclit (6 February 2003). "Court Declares Dalhatu Jigawa ANPP Candidate". ThisDay.
  8. Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Nigeria: The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), including its structure, name of president and principal leaders; treatment of its members by the authorities (2008-February 2012)". Refworld. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  9. Bashir, Misbahu (23 May 2015). "Dalhatu Appointed NNDC Board Chairman". Daily Trust.
  10. Mudashir, Ismail (2018-12-08). "'Wazirin Dutse didn't attain status by accident'". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-04-21.



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