Nigerian politician (1947–2021)
Sanata[ 1] Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu (16 February 1947[ 2] – 17 August 2021) was a Nigerian politician who served as the deputy president of the Nigerian Senate from 2003 to 2007.
Early life and education
Mantu was born in Chanso village, Gindiri District,[ 3] Pyemland in the Northern Region of British Nigeria (now in Mangu , Plateau State, Nigeria).[ 4]
Mr. Mantu holds a B.A. (Hons.) degree in Political Science from the Washington International University . He was awarded Honourary Doctorate Degrees of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, University of Jos , Madonna University, Okija and University of Applied Sciences and Management Port Novo, Benin Republic.[ 3]
Career
Sales career
Ibrahim Mantu worked with the Public Works Department (PWD) Jos, as a stores requisition clerk from 1962 to 1963 before proceeding to the Gindiri Teachers College in 1964. He left Gindiri in 1967 and joined the Nigerian Tobacco Company , Zaria the following year as a quality controller. He moved to BEAM, a division of UAC Nigeria as a Kalamazoo specialist salesman in 1971.[ 3]
Political career
Mantu first joined politics in 1978 and two years later was elected as a Deputy State Chairman of the National Party of Nigeria in Plateau State. In 1993, he became Director General of the National Republican Convention Presidential Campaign Organisation.[ 5] In 1998, he was elected as the National Publicity Secretary of the United Nigeria Congress Party (now defunct) and was later elected senator on the platform of the same party. A year later, Ibrahim Mantu was re-elected as senator representing Plateau Central senatorial district on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party .[ 3]
He then served as Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate from 2003 to 2007 and was a member of the Senate of Nigeria from 1999 till 2007.[ 3]
Death
Mantu died from COVID-19 in August 2021.[ 6] He was laid to rest on 17 August 2021 at the Sheikh Khalid Mosque in Abuja.[ 5]
References
^ "Ibrahim Mantu: Tsohon mataimakin shugaban majalisar dattijan Najeriya ya rasu" . BBC News Hausa (in Hausa). 17 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2024 .
^ Agbakwuru, Johnbosco; Nanlong, Marie-Therese; Ogunnaike, James (18 August 2021). "Buhari, OBJ, Atiku, Lawan, Lalong, PDP, others mourn as Mantu dies at 74" . Vanguard . Retrieved 22 September 2024 .
^ a b c d e "Ex-Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, is dead" . 17 August 2021.
^ Adama, Dickson S. (8 November 2018). "Pyam Nation Moves To Revive Language, Publishes Books In Mother Tongue" . Jos . Retrieved 18 June 2024 .
^ a b "Ibrahim Mantu: Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari mourn passing of former deputy senate president" . BBC News Pidgin (in Hausa). 17 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2024 .
^ Alechenu, John; Baiyewu, Leke; Angbulu, Stephen; Abraham, James; Naku, Dennis; Charles, John; Olatunji, Daud (18 August 2021). "Buhari, Obasanjo, others mourn as Mantu dies of COVID-19" . The Punch . Retrieved 22 September 2024 .
External links
"Life and Times of Sen. Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu, CFR" . 17 August 2021.