Wayne attahiru jega biography
Wayne attahiru jega biography
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Attahiru Jega
Nigerian academic (born 1957)
Attahiru Muhammadu Jega (pronunciationⓘ) CON (born 11 January 1957) is a Nigerian academic and former vice-chancellor of Bayero University, Kano.[1] On 8 June 2010, he was nominated by then President Goodluck Jonathan as the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), subject to Senate confirmation, as a replacement for Professor Maurice Iwu, who was sacked two months earlier.[2] Jega tenure came to an end on 30 June 2015, handing over his position to Amina Zakari, according to a directive by president Muhammadu Buhari.[3]
Early life and academic career
Jega was born on 11 January 1957 in Jega, Northern Region, Nigeria.
He attended Sabon Gari Town Primary School, Jega, between 1963 and 1969, and proceeded to Government Secondary School, Birnin Kebbi, and then was admitted into Ahmadu Bello UniversityZaria's Bayero University College, Kano in 1974, graduating in 1979 with a