Saidu Barda

Sa'idu Barda
Governor of Katsina State
In office
January 1992 – November 1993
Preceded byJohn Jahaya Madaki
Succeeded byEmmanuel Acholonu
Personal details
NationalityNigerian
Political partyNational Republican Convention (1990s)
Other political
affiliations		United Nigeria People's Party (2000s)

Alhaji Sa'idu Barda is a Nigerian politician who was elected on the National Republican Convention (NRC) platform as Governor of Katsina State, Nigeria, holding office between January 1992 and November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic. He remained active in politics in the Nigerian Fourth Republic.[1]

Katsina State governor

In the December 1991 elections for governor of Katsina State, Barda defeated Umaru Yar'Adua, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate. Yar'Adua later went on to be elected president in April 2007.[2] Umaru's elder brother General Shehu Yar'Adua, then a prominent politician with presidential ambitions, had failed to give his full backing to Umaru's bid. Barda was favored by the military president at the time, General Ibrahim Babangida.[3]

Barda completed construction of a flour mill in Katsina, initiated in 1981, but later abandoned. In June 1993, Barda set up a committee on the Rehabilitation of Education "to look into the educational decadence in schools ... and proffer solutions." He also laid the foundation for the Othman Dan Fodio Institute, intended to be the first Islamic university in Nigeria but later abandoned.[4] Barda supported Babangida's annulment of the 12 June 1993 election of MKO Abiola as president, saying "blood will flow on an unprecedented scale" if the annulment were to be reversed.[5] The political struggles that followed the annulment led to the coup in which General Sani Abacha took power in November 1993, when all elected governors were dismissed.

Later political career

Barda was active in politics in the Nigerian Fourth Republic, becoming leader of the United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP). In January 2003, as chairman of the UNPP primary convention, Barda announced that Senator Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo would be the party's candidate in the April 2003 presidential elections.[6] In May 2003, Barda was a member of the Arewa Consultative Forum, a group of Northern political leaders.[7] In October 2009, Barda was at a meeting where former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari announced the formation of a new political alliance, the National Democratic Movement.[8] In 2010, Barda was deputy chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  2. ^ TIMOTHY OLA (March 9, 2010). "Missing President: Is Turai really to blame?". Daily Sun. Retrieved April 30, 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ SHEHU USMAN. "Obasanjo tears Yar'Adua's family apart". National Daily News. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  4. ^ Renée Ilene Pittin (2002). Women and work in northern Nigeria: transcending boundaries. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 37,356, 365. ISBN 0-333-98456-0.
  5. ^ Olatunji Dare (August 25, 2009). "Abiola: A legacy traduced". The Nation. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  6. ^ Chukwudi Nwabuko and Chuks Okocha (January 12, 2003). "Nwobodo, Nwachukwu Pick Presidential Tickets". ThisDay. Archived from the original on January 17, 2005. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  7. ^ Ali M. Ali; Agaju Madugba; Jare Ilelaboye; Lillian Okenwa; Tokunbo Adedoja (May 1, 2003). "Buhari Gives Conditions for Going to Court: Arewa divided over fresh polls". ThisDay. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  8. ^ Yusuf Alli (October 29, 2009). "We won't give up on Nigeria, says Buhari". The Nation. Archived from the original on October 31, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  9. ^ Idris Salisu (April 4, 2010). "Zamfara Workers Threaten Govt". Daily Independent. Retrieved April 30, 2010.


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