Mukhtar Shehu Idris’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Nigerian politician
Is Politician
From Nigeria
Type Politics
Gender male
Birth

4 April 1974

Age 46 years
Star sign Aries
Politics All Progressives Congress

Mukhtar Shehu Idris (born April 4, 1974) is a Nigerian administrator and politician. He is the Governor-elect of Zamfara State in the 2019 gubernatotial election under the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC).

Early life

He was born on April 4, 1974 in Tudun Wada, Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Education

After his primary education, he went to Government College Sokoto for his secondary education. He later studied at Bayero University Kano where he graduated with a BSc in Economics in 1997. In 2000, he returned to his alma mater where obtained a master’s degree in Banking and Finance. In 2003, he obtained a master’s degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. He added two master’s degree from Bayero University Kano in Development Studies (2005) and Treasury Management (2014).

Career

He served as a youth corps member at the Family Support Trust Fund. His first appointment was as an Assistant Supervisor with Chattered Bank Plc in Lagos from 1998 to 1999. He joined Northco Holdings as an Admin Officer in 1999 and moved to Intercellular Nigeria Plc as an Assistant Manager in 2001. He was the managing director of Flamingo Resource Ltd Kano from 2007 to 2011.

In 2011, he was appointed as the Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development by Governor Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari of Zamfara State and was made the Commissioner for Finance in 2015, a position he held till 2018.

Politics

His political career began in 2011 when he contested for the Gusau/Tsafe Federal Constituency of Zamfara State on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but was not given the ticket. He later defected to the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). He won the governorship primaries of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for Zamfara State in October 2018. Alhaji Mukhtar was elected as the Governor of Zamfara State at the 2019 gubernatotial elections held on March 9, 2019.

Personal life

He is married with children.

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