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Zamfara state

Zamfara State > State Governor

Zamfara State Map - Local Government areas

  • Date Created October 01, 1996
  • Capital Gusau
  • Governor Bello Muhammed Matawalle
  • Land Area 39,762 sq km (15,352 sq mi)
  • Population 3,278,873
  • GDP $4.12 billion

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Zamfara 2023 Presidential Election Results

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Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle

Bello Matawalle

Bello Matawalle was born February 12, 1969, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara, Matawalle attended Maradun Township Primary School finishing in 1979. He attended Yaba College of Technology, Lagos and later went to Thames Valley University, London. He was elected into the House of Representatives by his constituents Bakura/Maradun in May 2003 on the platform of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). The Supreme Court later pronounced that the votes cast for the APC in the election as wasted and ordered that the candidate with the second highest votes be sworn in on Wednesday. This is because the APC failed to conduct a primary election for all the candidates in Zamfara State.

 

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