- ABU programme
- LL.B.; MBA
- Class year
- 1983
- Field
- Public service
- Recognition
- Governor of Katsina State (2007–2015)
Public service
Ibrahim Shehu Shema
Lawyer and administrator who governed Katsina State for two terms.
Their work
Ibrahim Shema practised law and served in party and national administrative roles before his election as Governor of Katsina State in 2007.
Across two terms to 2015 his administration concentrated on education, rural infrastructure and public-sector reform in one of the North-West’s most populous states.
Their ABU connection
Shema read law at Ahmadu Bello University, graduating in 1983, and later returned for an MBA, giving him two ABU credentials behind a career in law and government.
