Mahmood Yakubu
| Mahmood Yakubu | |
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| Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission | |
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Assumed office October 21, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Amina Zakari |
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| Born | 1962 Bauchi State, Nigeria |
| Alma mater |
University of Sokoto University of Oxford Cambridge Commonwealth Trust |
Mahmood Yakubu is a Nigerian academic and current Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Subject to approval by the Council of State, Mahmood was appointed to office by President Muhammadu Buhari on 21 October 2015, succeeding Amina Zakari, who served as acting chairman.
Mahmood Yakubu was born in Bauchi State, Northern Nigeria. He completed his basic and secondary school education at Kobi Primary School and Government Teachers College, Toro, respectively. He proceeded to the University of Sokoto (now Usmanu Danfodiyo University), where he became the first and, to date, only Nigerian from the North to obtain a first-class degree certificate in history. In 1991, Mahmood graduated from the University of Oxford with a doctorate in philosophy, specializing in Nigerian history. The Bauchi State Government offered him a scholarship to study at both the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. He went on to become a three-time recipient of the Overseas Research Scholarship, and also won the Commonwealth Scholarship from the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
Yakubu is a lecturer, guerrilla warfare expert, and professor of political history and international studies at the Nigerian Defence Academy. Prior to his appointment as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood served as the executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, being appointed to office in 2007 by then-President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. During his tenure as secretary, a National Book Development Fund was established, supporting 102 journals of professional associations.
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