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Attahiru Jega (Attahiru Muhammadu Jega) was born on 11 January, 1957 in Jega, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Kebbi State, Nigeria), is a Nigerian academic (born 1957). Discover Attahiru Jega's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

Popular As Attahiru Muhammadu Jega
Occupation Academic · professor
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 11 January, 1957
Birthday 11 January
Birthplace Jega, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Kebbi State, Nigeria)
Nationality Nigeria

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1957

Attahiru Muhammadu Jega (born 11 January 1957) is a Nigerian academic and former vice-chancellor of Bayero University, Kano.

Jega was born on 11 January 1957 in Jega, Kebbi State.

1963

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 The Ahmadu Bello University Zaria's Bayero University College, Kano in 1974, graduating in 1979 with a Second Class Upper Division BSc degree in Political Science.

1981

He worked as a teaching assistant at Bayero University, then won a fellowship at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois in the United States (1981–1984) where he earned a Ph.D.PhD in Political Sciences.

1984

He returned to the Political Science Department Bayero University in 1984 as a lecturer.

1990

Jega is a former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and was an opponent of the Babangida military government in the early 1990s.

Politically leaning towards the left, as ASUU President he was closely associated with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and continued that connection throughout his career.

1992

Other appointments included visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos (March 1992 – March 1993), visiting Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Stockholm, Sweden (1994), Deputy Vice-chancellor (Academic), Bayero University (1995–1996) and director, Centre for Democratic Research and Training, Bayero University (2000–2004).

2005

Jega was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University in 2005.

He is currently a member of the International Elections Advisory Council.

2008

Jega was appointed a member of the Justice Mohammed Uwais Electoral Reform Committee, which submitted a report on 11th of December 2008 with recommendations that included establishing commissions to deal with Electoral Offences, Constituency Delimitation and Political Parties Registration and Regulation.

The committee also recommended proportional representation and that the INEC head should be appointed by the judiciary rather than the President.

2010

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 foProfessorProfessoror Maurice Iwu, who vacated the post on 28 April 2010.

On 29 April 2010, he was invited as a guest lecturer for the NLC May Day celebration where he presented a paper on 50 Years of Nationhood: Challenges of Good Democratic Governance, Credible Election and the Working Class.

He is widely seen as an astute intellectual with a strong sense of ethics and morality.

2011

Reactions to the announcement from a broad spectrum of political leaders and organisations were positive, although some voiced concern that it could be too late to implement real reforms before the 2011 elections.

2015

Jega retired on 30 June 2015, handing over his position to Amina Zakari according to a directive by President Muhammadu Buhari.

On the 28 of March 2015, under his leadership, elections were conducted in what Nigerians and the World see as free, fair and credible which declared the APC Presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari as winner defeating the Incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.

Jega, ahead of the 2023 Nigerian general elections formed a political opposition named Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP) alongside other past and present political stakeholders.

Jega's nomination as INEC chairman was approved at a meeting of the National Council of State called by President Jonathan and attended by former heads of state Yakubu Gowon, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ernest Shonekan, Olusegun Obasanjo and Shehu Shagari.

The Senate President David Mark, Speaker of the House of Representatives Oladimeji Bankole, and most of the state Governors were also in attendance.

Unanimous approval by the council of the nominee for this critical appointment avoided controversy about whether or not the President should appoint the chairman of the INEC.

During the campaigning for the 2015 Nigerian general election, Attahiru Jega "faced fierce criticism from both the opposition and the ruling party."

Nonetheless, a 23 March 2015 article in Vanguard asserted that "most experts believe Jega will seek to declare an accurate result as quickly as possible, regardless of any political interference he may face."

On 3 April 2023, the Kano State Executive Council appointed Jega Pro Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education (SRCOE), in Kumbotso, Kano State.