Nasir Yusuf Gawuna

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Nasir Yusuf Gawuna
Kano State
Deputy Governor
Assumed office
19 September 2018
Preceded byProfessor Hafiz Abubakar
Commissioner
In office
2014–2018
GovernorAbdullahi Umar Ganduje
Chairman Nassarawa LGA
In office
2003–2011
Personal details
Born (1967-08-06) 6 August 1967 (age 54)
Kano, Northern Region,
NationalityNigerian
Political partyAll Progressive Congress
(2014 to present)
Other political
affiliations		All Nigeria Peoples Party
(1999 to 2014)
Spouse(s)Hafsatu Nasir Gawuna
ChildrenYahya, Fatima, Yusuf, Maryam, Hafsat.
OccupationPolitician, businessman

Nasir Yusuf Gawuna Health personnel, businessman and a politician who is the Deputy Governor of Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

Early life[]

Nasir Yusuf was born on 6 August 1967 in Gawuna quarters of Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State

Political career[]

Nasir Yusuf Gawuna was appointed[1] by Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje after the resignation of the former Deputy Governor Professor Hafiz Abubakar[2] on 5 August 2018, Governor Ganduje also retained Gawuna as his running mate in the 2019 Nigerian general election.[3] before his appointment Gawuna was the Commissioner Kano State, Ministry of Agriculture, since 2014 he was first appointed as a commissioner by former Governor of Kano State Engineer Rabiu Kwankwaso.[4]

Gawuna is the Chairman of Kano State Taskforce Committee on Covid-19[5]

He was chairman of Nassarawa Local Government Area for 8 years under the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party ANPP while Ibrahim Shekarau was the Governor of Kano State he work with all the three Governors of the state.[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kano Assembly confirms Gawuna as Deputy Governor". 18 September 2018.
  2. ^ "JUST IN: Kano Deputy Governor Hafiz Abubakar resigns". 5 August 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "2019: I'll retain Gawuna as running mate – Ganduje | Blueprint Newspapers Limited". 21 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Executive Council". 21 September 2017.
  5. ^ Agencies (22 April 2020). "Kano relaxes lockdown for one day". TODAY. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ^ Kano, Ibrahim Musa Giginyu (10 October 2020). "COVID-19: Over 35, 000 people to benefit from MSME survival fund in Kano". Daily Trust. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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