Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mallam Ibrahim Wakkala Muhammad (Sarkin Malamai), was born to the family of a renowned Islamic scholar, Muhammad Liman, on September 12, 1966 in Gusau city, Gusau Local Government Area.
Mallam
Wakkala attended Danturai Primary School, Gusau from 1971 to 1978. He proceeded
to Government Secondary School, Shinkafi and obtained his West African School
Certificate Examination from 1978 to 1983.
He
then went to Federal School of Arts and Science, Sokoto from 1985 to 1986. In
1986, he attended Islamic African Centre, Khartoum, Sudan and obtained Diploma
in Education and Islamic Studies. In 1988, he gained admission into the
International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan to study Islamic Sharia. He
then returned to Islamic University Omdurman, Sudan for Masters degree in
Islamic Sharia between 1992 and 1995.
Mallam
Wakkala started his working career as a part-time hajj Operational Staff in
1988. He taught at Government Day Arabic Secondary School, Gusau from 1995 to
1999. His foray into politics started with the return to civilian
administration in the country in 1999. Wakkala was appointed as Commissioner in
the Ministry for Religious Affairs by the first civilian governor of Zamfara
state, Alhaji Ahmad Sani Yarima, between 1999 and 2007. Yarima then appointed
him as his senior legislative aide up to 2011. Wakkala was then nominated by
Governor AbdulAziz Yari to be his running mate in the 2011 governorship
election on the platform of the defunct ANPP.
Nigeria
Youth Advocacy for Good Governance Initiative (NYAGGI) describe His
Excellency Mal. Ibrahim Wakkala Mohammad the Deputy Governor of Zamfara
state as a father, a leader, An Epitome of Good leadership, role model,
pathfinder, a man with high level of integrity, and a working
encyclopedia to Nigeria Youth.
GOD
BLESS ZAMFARA STATE
GOD
BLESS NIGERIA
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