Name Aminu Shagali | Role Politician | |
Aminu Abdullahi Shagali is a Nigerian politician.
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Early life and education
Shagali was born on 13 February 1980, the fifth child of Alhaji Abdullahi Shagali and also the fifth to Hajia Zulaihat Shagali. He attended Bako Zuntu Nursery and Primary School, Zaria (1986–1993), Federal Government College, Daura in Katsina State (1993–1999), and Kaduna State Polytechnic, Zaria (now Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic) where he sat for the Interim Joint Matriculation Board examamination in 2000.
Shagali studied Political Science at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, and completed a master's degee in public administration at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 2008. He was a successful business man before joining politics in 2010. He obtained a doctoral degree (PhD) in rural development at the University of Bakhtalruda, Sudan.
Career
Shagali's colleagues elected him Speaker of the 5th State Assembly on 8 June 2015. He is a member representing Sabon Gari constituency in the Kaduna State House of Assembly since 2011. He was elected under the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), one of the opposition political parties founded by his mentor Muhammadu Buhari.
In 2013, five political parties including the CPC merged and formed the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party that won the Nigerian general elections, 2015.
On 11 April 2015, Shagali was re-elected to represent his constituency in the state parliament.
Between 2011 and June, 2015, Shagali held many key positions in the Assembly; he was Deputy Minority Leader and Chairman, House Committee on Science and Technology, Deputy Chairman, House committee on Hajj and Islamic affairs, and Deputy Chairman House Committee on Economic Planning.
Personal life
Shagali is married with four children.