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.
Ibrahim Mantu | |
|---|---|
| Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate | |
| In office 10 August 2001 – 5 June 2007 | |
| President | Anyim Pius Anyim Adolphus Wabara Ken Nnamani |
| Preceded by | Haruna Abubakar |
| Succeeded by | Ike Ekweremadu |
| Senator for Plateau Central | |
| In office 3 June 1999 – 5 June 2007 | |
| Succeeded by | Satty Davies Gogwim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 February 1947 Gindiri, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Plateau State, Nigeria) |
| Died | 17 August 2021 (aged 74) Abuja, Nigeria |
| Political party | Peoples Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Washington International University |
| Profession | Politician |
Early life and education
editMantu 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
editSales career
editIbrahim 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
editMantu 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
editMantu 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
edit- ^ "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
edit"Life and Times of Sen. Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu, CFR". 17 August 2021.