“I prefer to be remembered as a good Nigerian who served his country to the best of his ability.”
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Shehu Shagari
Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari was a Nigerian politician who was the first democratically elected president of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by military head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1979, which gave rise to the Second Nigerian Republic.
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politics · President of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983 · politician · minister · also Shehu Shagari, Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, Shagari
Born 25 February 1925 · Died 28 December 2018 · Q380668
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2026· 5 entries
“Politics should not be a do-or-die affair.”
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“I have always believed that Nigeria can work if we have the right leadership.”
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“Nigeria, as we speak now, is not a nation. Our neighbour, Ghana is a nation. There is a very big difference between a nation and a country. In a nation, you have a sense of nationhood; in a country, you just have a sense of geographical space without a sense of nationhood.”
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“It is the role of the government to promote national integration.”
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2018· 1 entry
Died 2018-12-28.
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1983· 3 entries
Shagari created the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria at Ikot Abasi
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And won the general election before later being overthrown and arrested by General Muhammadu Buhari in a military coup on 31 December 1983
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Shagari issued an executive order mandating immigrants without proper immigration documents to leave the country or they would be arrested according to the law
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1981· 2 entries
Affected the finances of the Nigerian government
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A mass literacy campaign was launched, and in 1982 a 6–3–3–5 system of education was introduced
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1980· 5 entries
Which was mean to meet the water needs of the future city
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With the oil revenue, Shagari finished building the Kaduna refinery, which started operating that year
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“s non-alignment policy and took part in the Russian Olympics despite lobby by the Carter Administration which sent the famous boxer Mohammed Ali to Nigeria. Shagari refused to see Mohammed Ali during his lobby tour. Nigeria had border disputes with Chad and Cameroun which nearly led to war situation but which Shagari cautiously avoided. Shagari”
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The Volkswagen Assembly Plantvin Oyo State, Peugeot Automobile in Kaduna State, FIAT in Kano State and Styer in Bauchi State
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During Zimbabwe's independence celebration, President Shagari pledged $15 million at the celebration to train Zimbabweans in Zimbabwe and expatriates in Nigeria
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1979· 3 entries
Career landmark: President of Nigeria (1979–1983).
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Which gave rise to the Second Nigerian Republic
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Shagari was chosen by the party as the presidential candidate for general election that year, which he won the 1979 election with the help of his campaign manager, Umaru Dikko
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1978· 1 entry
Shehu Shagari was a founding member of the National Party of Nigeria
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1976· 1 entry
Shagari initiated the Nigeria Trust Fund in African Development Bank with the sum of $100 million in order to assist poor African countries to finance some of their developmental projects
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1971· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Finance of Nigeria (1971–1975).
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1967· 1 entry
Was appointed the secretary for Sokoto Province Education Development Fund
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1966· 1 entry
By Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
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1963· 1 entry
Shagari was Nigeria's delegate to CPA meeting in Kuala Lumpur
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1962· 1 entry
Led the delegation to ECA meeting in Addis Ababa to the commission's third meeting, the first which Nigeria attended as a full member where he strongly urged for price stabilization arrangement for tropical products
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1961· 1 entry
Led the delegation to the tenth anniversary of Libya's independence
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1960· 1 entry
And 1975, he held a cabinet post as a federal commissioner
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1958· 1 entry
Shagari was appointed parliamentary secretary (he left the post in 1959) to the Nigerian prime minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, and that year he also served as the federal minister for commerce and industries
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1954· 1 entry
Shehu Shagari was elected into his first public office as a member of the federal House of Representative for Sokoto west
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1951· 1 entry
When he became the secretary of the Northern People's Congress in Sokoto, Nigeria, a position he held until 1956
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1950· 1 entry
Shagari, a young teacher at 25, was nominated by a British district officer H
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1945· 1 entry
When as a teacher he founded a youth group called Youth Social Circle in Sokoto and became its secretary
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-02-25.
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