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Ahmed Makarfi

Senator for Kaduna North
In office 14 November 2011 – 6 June 2015
Preceded by	Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed
Succeeded by	Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi
In office 5 June 2007 – 6 June 2011
Preceded by	Dalhatu Tafida
Succeeded by	Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed
Governor of Kaduna State
In office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2007
Deputy	Stephen Shekari (1999–2005) Patrick Yakowa (2005–2007)
Preceded by	Umar Farouk Ahmed
Succeeded by	Namadi Sambo

Personal details
Born	Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi (1956-08-08) 8 August 1956 (age 68) Makarfi, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Kaduna State, Nigeria)
Political party	Peoples Democratic Party
Children	5
Occupation	Politician

Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi (born 8 August 1956) is a Nigerian politician who is a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. He was governor of Kaduna State from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007, and was elected Senator for Kaduna North senatorial district in April 2007. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Early life and education

Born in Makarfi, Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State (then part of the Northern Region), he attended primary school from 1965 to 1973. He then attended the Federal Government College Enugu from 1973 to 1978. In 1979, Makarfi was admitted to the School of Basic Studies at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He was a part-time Lecturer in the Department of Accounting from 1987 to 1993. During this time, he received a Master of Science degree in Accounting and Finance.

Career

Makarfi started his working career at the Nigeria Universal Bank, where he rose to the rank of Assistant General Manager. He held many ad hoc responsibilities during this period. In 1994, he was appointed to the Kaduna State Executive Council as Honorable Commissioner of Finance and Economic Planning before returning to the private sector.

He became a member of the Board of Trustees at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution in Abuja as well as its Director of Finance and Administration.

Makarfi was elected governor of Kaduna State in 1999 and won a second four-year term in 2003. In April 2007, he was elected Senator in the Nigerian Senate representing Kaduna North Senatorial District (which includes Makarfi, Kudan, Sabon gari, Zaria, Ikara, Soba, Lere and Kubau Local Government Areas). In the April 2011 elections, Makarfi ran for reelection on the PDP platform and was elected. In 2016, Makarfi was appointed PDP national Chairman at a Convention held in Port Harcourt.

PDP Crisis

In 2017, Makarfi was removed as PDP Chairman and Ali Modu Sheriff was declared chairman, but after a five-man Apex Court verdict, Makarfi was reinstated as National PDP Chairman.

In June 2018, Makarfi declared that he was joining "capable party men and women" in the contest for the main opposition's presidential nomination for the 2019 general election. He said it was only fair he joins the race after a wide consultation with his party's men and women and other stakeholders. Makarfi was one of the 12 candidates that contested for the PDP nomination at a convention held in Port Harcourt on 6 November 2018. Of the 12 candidates that ran for the nomination, four candidates including Makarfi himself were from North Western states. Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto State), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano State), Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto State) are the other candidates form the region. Analysts predicted that the huge number of candidates from the region would split delegate votes from the region among the contestants giving advantage to popular candidates from other regions over them. In the PDP primary, Makarfi clinched a distant 5th position behind Atiku Abubakar the winner of the election. The disappointing result from the primary ended his presidential run in 2019.

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v t e Governors of North Central / Kaduna State
North Central State	Abba Kyari Usman Jibrin
Kaduna State	Muktar Muhammed Ibrahim Mahmud Alfa Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa Abba Musa Rimi Lawal Kaita Usman Mu'azu Dangiwa Umar Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar Abubakar Tanko Ayuba Mohammed Dabo Lere Lawal Jafaru Isa Hameed Ali Umar Farouk Ahmed Ahmed Makarfi Namadi Sambo Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa Mukhtar Ramalan Yero Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai Uba Sani

Nigerian state governors 1999–2003 term

Abia	Orji Uzor Kalu (PDP)
Adamawa	Boni Haruna (PDP)
Akwa Ibom	Victor Attah (PDP)
Anambra	Chinwoke Mbadinuju (PDP)
Bauchi	Adamu Mu'azu (PDP)
Bayelsa	Diepreye Alamieyeseigha (PDP)
Benue	George Akume (PDP)
Borno	Mala Kachalla (APP)
Cross River	Donald Duke (PDP)

Delta	James Ibori (PDP)
Ebonyi	Sam Egwu (PDP)
Edo	Lucky Igbinedion (PDP)
Ekiti	Niyi Adebayo (AD)
Enugu	Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP)
Gombe	Abubakar Habu Hashidu (APP)
Imo	Achike Udenwa (PDP)
Jigawa	Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (APP)
Kaduna	Ahmed Makarfi (PDP)

Kano	Rabiu Kwankwaso (PDP)
Katsina	Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (PDP)
Kebbi	Adamu Aliero (APP)
Kogi	Abubakar Audu (APP)
Kwara	Mohammed Lawal (APP)
Lagos	Bola Tinubu (AD)
Nasarawa	Abdullahi Adamu (PDP)
Niger	Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)
Ogun	Olusegun Osoba (AD)

Ondo	Adebayo Adefarati (AD)
Osun	Adebisi Akande (AD)
Oyo	Lam Adesina (AD)
Plateau	Joshua Dariye (PDP)
Rivers	Peter Odili (PDP)
Sokoto	Attahiru Bafarawa (APP)
Taraba	Jolly Nyame (PDP)
Yobe	Bukar Ibrahim (APP)
Zamfara	Ahmad Sani Yerima (APP)

Nigerian state governors 2003–2007 term

Abia	Orji Uzor Kalu (PDP)
Adamawa	Boni Haruna (PDP)
Akwa Ibom	Victor Attah (PDP)
Anambra	Chris Ngige (PDP) (nullified) Peter Obi (APGA)
Bauchi	Adamu Mu'azu (PDP)
Bayelsa	Diepreye Alamieyeseigha (PDP) (impeached) Goodluck Jonathan (PDP)
Benue	George Akume (PDP)
Borno	Ali Modu Sheriff (ANPP)
Cross River	Donald Duke (PDP)

Delta	James Ibori (PDP)
Ebonyi	Sam Egwu (PDP)
Edo	Lucky Igbinedion (PDP)
Ekiti	Ayo Fayose (PDP) (impeached) Tunji Olurin (Administrator)
Enugu	Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP)
Gombe	Mohammed Danjuma Goje (PDP)
Imo	Achike Udenwa (PDP)
Jigawa	Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (APP)
Kaduna	Ahmed Makarfi (PDP)
Kano	Ibrahim Shekarau (ANPP)

Katsina	Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (PDP)
Kebbi	Adamu Aliero (APP)
Kogi	Ibrahim Idris (PDP)
Kwara	Bukola Saraki (PDP)
Lagos	Bola Tinubu (AC)
Nasarawa	Abdullahi Adamu (PDP)
Niger	Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)
Ogun	Gbenga Daniel (PDP)
Ondo	Olusegun Agagu (PDP)
Osun	Olagunsoye Oyinlola (PDP)

Oyo	Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja (PDP) (impeached) Christopher Alao-Akala (PDP) Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja (PDP) (reinstated)
Plateau	Joshua Dariye (PDP) (suspended) Chris Alli (administrator) Joshua Dariye (PDP) (reinstated)
Rivers	Peter Odili (PDP)
Sokoto	Attahiru Bafarawa (APP)
Taraba	Jolly Nyame (PDP)
Yobe	Bukar Ibrahim (APP)
Zamfara	Ahmad Sani Yerima (ANPP)

Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 6th National Assembly (2007–2011)

Abia	S Enyinnaya Abaribe Harcourt (PDP) C Nkechi Justina Nwaogu (PDP) N Uche Chukwumerije (PPA)
Abuja	FCT Adamu Sidi Ali (PDP)
Adamawa	S Grace Folashade Bent (PDP) C Jubril Aminu (PDP) N Mohammed Mana (PDP)
Akwa Ibom	NW Aloysius Akpan Etok (PDP) NE Effiong Dickson Bob (PDP) S Eme Ufot Ekaette (PDP)
Anambra	C Annie Okonkwo (PDP) S Ikechukwu Obiorah (PDP) N Joy Emodi (PDP) (annulled) 0 Alphonsus Obi Igbeke (ANPP)
Bauchi	C Mohammed A Muhammed (ANPP) N Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif (AD) S Bala Mohammed (ANPP)
Bayelsa	W Heineken Lokpobiri (PDP) E Nimi Barigha-Amange (PDP) C Emmanuel Paulker (PDP)
Benue	S David Mark (PDP) NW George Akume (PDP) NE Joseph Akaagerger (PDP)
Borno	C Kaka Mallam Yale (ANPP) N Maina Maaji Lawan (ANPP) S Omar Hambagda (ANPP)
Cross River	S Bassey Ewa-Henshaw (PDP) N Gregory Ngaji (PDP) C Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP)

Delta	S James Manager (PDP) N Patrick Osakwe (A) C Adego Erhiawarie Eferakeya (PDP)
Ebonyi	N Anthony Agbo (PDP) S Anyimchukwu Ude (PDP) C Julius Ucha (PDP)
Edo	S Ehigie Edobor Uzamere (PDP) C Odion Ugbesia (PDP) N Yisa Braimoh (PDP)
Ekiti	C Adefemi Kila (PDP) (Annulled) C Festus Olabode Ola (AC) N Ayodele S. Arise (PDP) S Sola Akinyede (PDP)
Enugu	N Ayogu Eze (PDP) E Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP) W Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)
Gombe	C Audu Idris Umar (PDP) N Kawu Peto Dukku (PDP) (died) 0 Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali S Tawar Umbi Wada (PDP)
Imo	E Chris Anyanwu (PDP) W Osita Izunaso (PDP) N Sylvester Anyanwu (PDP)
Jigawa	NE Abdulaziz Usman (PDP) NW Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (PDP) SW Mujitaba Mohammed Mallam (PDP)
Kaduna	N Ahmed Makarfi (PDP) S Caleb Zagi (PDP) C Mohammed Kabiru Jibril (PDP)

Kano	N Aminu Sule Garo (ANPP) (nullified) N Bello Hayatu Gwarzo (PDP) S Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (ANPP) C Mohammed Adamu Bello (ANPP)
Katsina	S Garba Yakubu Lado (PDP) C Ibrahim M. Ida (PDP) N Mahmud Kanti Bello (PDP)
Kebbi	S Abubakar Tanko Ayuba (PDP) C Adamu Aliero (PDP) 0 Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (PDP) N Umaru Argungu (PDP)
Kogi	E Nicholas Ugbane (PDP) C Otaru Salihu Ohize (AC) W Smart Adeyemi (PDP)
Kwara	C Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki (PDP) N Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa (PDP) S Simon Ajibola (PDP)
Lagos	E Adeleke Mamora (AC) W Ganiyu Solomon (AC) C Munirudeen Adekunle Muse (AC)
Nasarawa	W Abubakar Sodangi(PDP) N Patricia Akwashiki (ANPP) S Suleiman Adokwe (PDP)
Niger	E Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP) N Nuhu Aliyu Labbo (PDP) S Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)
Ogun	W Felix Kolawole Bajomo (PDP) C Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (PDP) E Ramoni Olalekan Mustapha (PRP)

Ondo	N Bode Olajumoke (PDP) C Gbenga Ogunniya (PDP) S Hosea Ehinlanwo (PDP)
Osun	W Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke (PDP) E Iyiola Omisore (PDP) C Simeon Oduoye (PDP)
Oyo	N Andrew Babalola (PDP) S Kamorudeen Adekunle Adedibu (PDP) C Teslim Folarin (PDP)
Plateau	N Gyang Dalyop Datong (PDP) S John Nanzip Shagaya (PDP) C Satty Davies Gogwim (PDP)
Rivers	E George Thompson Sekibo (PDP) SE Lee Maeba (PDP) W Wilson Asinobi Ake (PDP)
Sokoto	E Abubakar Umar Gada (PDP) N Ahmed Muhammad Maccido (PDP) S Umaru Dahiru (PDP)
Taraba	N Anthony George Manzo (PDP) C Dahiru Bako Gassol (PDP) S Joel Danlami Ikenya (PDP)
Yobe	N Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan (ANPP) E Bukar Ibrahim (ANPP) S Adamu Garba Talba (PDP)
Zamfara	W Ahmad Rufai Sani (ANPP) C Hassan Muhammed Gusau (ANPP) N Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (ANPP)

President: David Mark (PDP)
Deputy President: Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)

See also: Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 5th National Assembly (2003–2007); Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 7th National Assembly (2011–2015)

Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 7th National Assembly (2011–2015)

Abia	S Enyinnaya Abaribe Harcourt (PDP) C Nkechi Justina Nwaogu (PDP) N Uche Chukwumerije (PDP)
Abuja	FCT Philips Tanimu Aduda (PDP)
Adamawa	S Ahmed Hassan Barata (PDP) C Bello Mohammed Tukur (PDP) N Bindo Jibrilla (PDP)
Akwa Ibom	NW Aloysius Akpan Etok (PDP) NE Ita Enang (PDP) S Helen Esuene (PDP)
Anambra	C Chris Ngige (ACN) S Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba (PDP) N John Okechukwuemeka (PDP)
Bauchi	C Abdul Ahmed Ningi (PDP) N Babayo Garba Gamawa (PDP) S Adamu Gumba (PDP)
Bayelsa	W Heineken Lokpobiri (PDP) E Clever Ikisikpo (PDP) C Emmanuel Paulker (PDP)
Benue	S David Mark (PDP) NW George Akume (ACN) NE Barnabas Andyar Gemade (PDP)
Borno	C Ahmed Zanna (PDP) N Maina Maaji Lawan (ANPP) S Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC)
Cross River	S Bassey Otu (PDP) N Benedict Ayade (PDP) C Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP)

Delta	S James Manager (PDP) N Arthur Okowa Ifeanyi (PDP) C Akpor Pius Ewherido (DPP)
Ebonyi	N Christopher Nwankwo (PDP) S Sonni Ogbuoji (PDP) C Paulinus Igwe Nwagu (PDP)
Edo	S Ehigie Edobor Uzamere (ACN) C Odion Ugbesia (PDP) N Domingo Alaba Obende (ACN)
Ekiti	C Babafemi Ojudu (ACN) N Olubunmi Adetunbi (ACN) S Anthony Adeniyi (ACN)
Enugu	N Ayogu Eze (PDP) E Gilbert Nnaji (PDP) W Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)
Gombe	C Mohammed Danjuma Goje (APC) N Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali (PDP) S Joshua M. Lidani (PDP)
Imo	E Chris Anyanwu (APGA) W Hope Uzodinma (PDP) N Matthew Ifeanyi Nwagwu (PDP)
Jigawa	NE Abdulaziz Usman (PDP) NW Danladi Abdullahi Sankara (PDP) SW Abdulmumini M. Hassan (PDP)
Kaduna	N Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed (CPC) S Nenadi Usman (PDP) C Mohammed Saleh (CPC)

Kano	N Bello Hayatu Gwarzo (PDP) S Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (ANPP) C Basheer Garba Mohammed (PDP)
Katsina	S Abu Ibrahim (CPC) C Ahmed Sani Stores (CPC) N Hadi Sirika (CPC)
Kebbi	S Mohammed Magoro (PDP) C Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (PDP) N Isa Muhammed Galaudu (PDP)
Kogi	E Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja (PDP) C Nurudeen Abatemi Usman (PDP) W Smart Adeyemi (PDP)
Kwara	C Bukola Saraki (APC) N Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi (PDP) S Simon Ajibola (PDP)
Lagos	E Gbenga Bareehu Ashafa (ACN) W Ganiyu Solomon (ACN) C Oluremi Tinubu (ACN)
Nasarawa	W Abdullahi Adamu (APC) N Yusuf Musa Nagogo (CPC) S Suleiman Asonya Adokwe (PDP)
Niger	E Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP) N Ibrahim Musa (CPC) S Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)
Ogun	W Akin Babalola Kamar Odunsi (ACN) C Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara (ACN) E Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka (ACN)

Ondo	N Robert Ajayi Boroffice (LP) C Akinyelure Patrick Ayo (LP) S Boluwaji Kunlere (LP)
Osun	W Mudasiru Oyetunde Hussein (ACN) E Christopher Omoworare Babajide (ACN) C Olusola Adeyeye (ACN)
Oyo	N Hosea Ayoola Agbola (PDP) S Olufemi Lanlehin (ACN) C Ayoade Ademola Adeseun (ACN)
Plateau	N Gyang Datong (PDP) S Victor Lar (PDP) C Joshua Dariye (LP)
Rivers	E George Thompson Sekibo (PDP) S Magnus Ngei Abe (APC) W Wilson Asinobi Ake (APC)
Sokoto	E Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir (APC) N Ahmed Muhammad Maccido (PDP) S Umaru Dahiru (APC)
Taraba	N Aisha Jummai (APC) C Abubakar Umar Tutare (PDP) S Emmanuel G. Bwacha (PDP)
Yobe	N Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan (ANPP) E Bukar Ibrahim (ANPP) S Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere (ANPP)
Zamfara	W Ahmad Rufai Sani (ANPP) C Kabir Garba Marafa (ANPP) N Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (PDP)

ACN: Action Congress of Nigeria
ANPP: All Nigeria People's Party
APGA: All Progressives Grand Alliance
CPC: Congress for Progressive Change
DPP: Democratic People's Party
LP: Labour Party
PDP: People's Democratic Party

See also: Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 6th National Assembly (2007-2011)

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