Asheik Jarma

Asheik Jarma
Governor of Borno State
In office
1 October 1983 – 31 December 1983
Preceded byMohammed Goni
Succeeded byAbubakar Waziri

Asheik Jarma was elected Governor of Borno State, Nigeria in October 1983, holding office briefly until the military coup on 31 December 1983 that brought General Mohammadu Buhari to power.[1] He was elected on the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) platform.[2]

In the lead up to restoration of democracy in 1999, Jarma was a founding member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).[3] In April 2001 the PDP suspended Jarma from its board of trustees for one month for flirting with other political associations.[4] In November 2001 he was a member of the interim contact and mobilisation committee for the newly formed United Nigeria Democratic Party (UNDP).[5]

In July 2008 a Senate ad hoc committee probing a food crisis implicated Jarma among others for abandoning £11.4 million worth of silo contracts.[6] In October 2009 he denied that he had attended the kick-off meeting of the recently launched National Democratic Movement (NDM) and said he had always been a bona fide member of the PDP.[7] In December 2009 Jarma endorsed the PDP candidature of Ambassador Saidu Pindar for Borno Governor in the 2011 elections.[8]

  1. ^ "Borno State". Zaccheus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Libraries. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  2. ^ "Nigeria States". World Statesmen. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  3. ^ "Now, to Real Politics". ThisDay. 2002-06-23. Archived from the original on 2003-10-21. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  4. ^ Waheed Odusile (2001-04-26). "PDP Suspends Ume-Ezeoke, Marshal, Ibeshi: Asheik Jarma, Olawepo too". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-04-26.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ Chukwudi Nwabuko (2001-11-30). "UNDP Sets Up Committee for Membership Drive". ThisDay. Archived from the original on 2005-11-12. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  6. ^ Sufuyan Ojeifo (2008-07-19). "Senate C'ttee Indicts Tukur, Others over £11.4m Abandoned Silos". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-04-26.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ Muideen Olaniyi (29 October 2009). "I'm Not Part of NDM --Asheik Jarma". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  8. ^ Ahmed Mari (21 December 2009). "Borno - PDP, ANPP in Uncommon Guber Battle". Daily Champion. Retrieved 2010-04-26.