Kabir Garba Marafa

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Kabir Garba Marafa
Kabir Garba Marafa.jpg
Marafa in 2013
Senator for Zamfara Central
In office
June 2011 – June 2019
Preceded byHassan Muhammed Gusau
Succeeded byHassan Muhammed Gusau
Personal details
Born1962
NationalityNigerian
Political partyAll Progressive Congress (APC)
Alma materKaduna Polytechnic
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionChemical Engineer
Graduated from Kaduna Polytechnic.All Round Best Student.

Kabir Garba Marafa, CON is a Nigerian politician and a former senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing Zamfara Central senatorial Zone in the 7th and the 8th  Nigerian senate (2011 to 2019), and served as the Chairman of the senate joint committee on petroleum resuorces. He is a member of All Progressive Congress (APC).[1]

Early life and education[]

Marafa was born to the family of Alh Garba Marafa , the district head of Yandoton daji  and a descendent of Malam Sambo Dan Ashafa  (the founder of Gusau) on 16th September, 1962. Marafa attended the LEA Primary school in Yandoton daji from 1970 to 1976 and went on to government Technical school Gusau for secondary education where he obtained his GCE CERTIFICATE in  1981. He was admitted into  Kaduna polytechnic to study chemical engineering where  he graduated with a National Diploma in chemical in 1985.[2]

Marafa also went back to obtain his HND from 1989 to 1991 at the same school and also PGD in International relations and diplomacy in 2001.[3]

Career[]

Upon completing his ND in chemical engineering, he was employed by the NNPC kaduna  and worked for some years after wich he quit to venture into royal exotic furniture business and restaurants business known as the food palace.[4]

Politics[]

Marafa participated in the 2007 PDP primary elections in zamfara state and got the ticket for the zamfara central senatorial zone but lost to the ANPP candidate Hassan Muhammad Nasiha. In 2009 when the zamfara state governor Mamuda ALiyu Shinkafi dumped ANPP to PDP,[5] marafa served as Commissioner for water resources , commissioner of education and commissioner for water resources respectively after which he dumped the PDP when he was invited by ANPP promising to give him the senate ticket.

Election to the senate[]

Marafa contested against the incumbent senator for zamfara central senator Hassan Muhammad nasiha and won in the april 2011 elections. He served as the vice chairman senate committee on petroleum downstream during the 7th senate , marafa was re-elected in 2015 to serve second term in the senate, marafa vehemently supported the election of senator Ahmed Lawan as senate president and he became the most outspoken critic of saraki,[6][7]  he was appointed chairman senate committee on petroleum downstream by president of the senate bukola saraki in july 2016.[8]

Bills and motions sponsored[]

Marafa Sponsored motions on the issue of banditry and the insecurity in zamfara state in the senate where on one occasion he lamented that his zone is under siege and if the senate did not give attention to the issue he would  resigned.[9][10]

He sponsored the Presidential Initiative on Zamfara (PIZAMS) bill for which the senate allocated the sum of 10 billion naira in the 2019 budget, he also co-sponsored the 2019 Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).[11][12]

Awards and honours[]

Marafa was conferred with the National Honour COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF NIGER CON in 2014 by president goodluck ebele jonathan(link) alongside  The service chiefs nad the APC chairman.[13]

He was bestowed  the Traditional title of ‘’Marafan Gusau’’  in 2010 by the Emir of Gusau, Dr Muhammad Kabir Danbaba, OFR for beign a distinguished member of the gusau royal family.[14]

2019 elections[]

In 2018, Marafa ran for the governorship nomination of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Zamfara State but lost as a result of internal crisis in the party. The party at the time was factionalized with one faction under his control and the other was in the grip of then Governor Abdul-aziz Yari. The factions conducted parallel primaries[5] but Independent National Electoral Commission recognised the candidates produced by Yari's faction. But Marafa had argued that the party did not conduct valid primaries[15][16] and challenged the legality of the primaries purportedly conducted by Yari's faction up to the Supreme Court. On 24 May, the court ruled that the primaries conducted by Yari's faction were illegal and annulled it invalidating the election of all APC candidates in the 2019 general elections in Zamfara State.[17][8] The apex court ruled that the votes received by the APC in the 2019 polls were void because it did not present candidates at the election having failed to conduct valid primaries. 

[18][19]

References[]

  1. ^ "Welcome to "Naija Tell It": Biography of Kabir Garba Marafa". Welcome to “Naija Tell It“. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  2. ^ Babah, Chinedu (2017-09-18). "MARAFA, Sen Kabir Garba". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  3. ^ "Kabir Garba biography, net worth, age, family, contact & picture". www.manpower.com.ng. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  4. ^ "Dailytrust News, Sports and Business, Politics | Dailytrust". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  5. ^ a b "Zamfara APC crisis: Gov. Yari organises parallel primary". The Sun Nigeria. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  6. ^ "APC did not Conduct primaries in Zamfara - Marafa insists". Businessday NG. 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  7. ^ "APC Senator Marafa Insists Party Didn't Conduct Primaries In Zamfara". Independent Newspaper Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  8. ^ a b "Appeal Court vindicated our position on Zamfara APC primaries — Marafa". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  9. ^ "Marafa commends Presidency's comment on Zamfara killings". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  10. ^ "Zamfara govt. criticizes Marafa over comments on security". Vanguard News. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  11. ^ "Senators lament worsening insecurity in Zamfara, allocate N10bn to IDPs | Premium Times Nigeria". 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  12. ^ "Zamfara govt. criticizes Marafa over comments on security". Vanguard News. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  13. ^ Odunsi, Wale (2014-09-18). "Jonathan to confer National Award on Service Chiefs, APC Chairman, others September 29". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  14. ^ "Emir of Gusau, Kabir Danbaba, dies at 88". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  15. ^ "APC did not Conduct primaries in Zamfara - Marafa insists". Businessday NG. 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  16. ^ "APC Senator Marafa Insists Party Didn't Conduct Primaries In Zamfara".
  17. ^ "Supreme Court Sacks Zamfara APC Candidates, Says Party Held No Primaries". Channels Television. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  18. ^ "Zamfara ANPP guber candidate warns PDP against intimidation". People's Daily. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  19. ^ Umar, Shehu (6 January 2011). "Nigeria: Zamfara - The Gladiators Are Ready". allAfrica. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
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