List of governors of Gombe State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Gombe State, Nigeria. Gombe State was formed on 1 October 1996 from part of the old Bauchi State by the Sani Abacha military government.

Name Title Took office Left office Party Notes
Group Captain Joseph Orji Administrator 7 Oct 1996 Aug 1998 Military
Connel M I Bawa Administrator Aug 1998 29 May 1999 Military
Abubakar Habu Hashidu Governor 29 May 1999 29 May 2003 APP
Mohammed Danjuma Goje[1][2] Governor 29 May 2003 May 2011 PDP
Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo[3] Governor May 2011 29 May 2019 PDP
Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya[4][5] Governor May 2019 Incumbent APC


See also

References

  1. ^ "Gombe: When the past haunts the present - The Nation Newspaper". thenationonlineng.net. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  2. ^ "I'm still in APC, didn't partake in PDP primary - Goje". Punch Newspapers. 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  3. ^ "Dankwambo returns to Gombe, 3 years after". Daily Trust. 2022-04-03. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  4. ^ "Governor Yahaya of Gombe signs N154.9bn 2022 budget into law". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2021-12-18. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  5. ^ "Gombe 2023: Inuwa's journey of no return - The Nation Newspaper". thenationonlineng.net. Retrieved 2022-03-01.

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