Thursday 30 May 2013

Mamman Kontagora Is Dead Age 69


 Mamman Kontagora Is Dead Age 69
A former army general and major player during Nigeria's decades of military rule, Mamman Kontagora (b. April 20, 1944), died on Wednesday night at the National Hospital Abuja, according to a statement by the Governors Forum.
Major-General Mamman Tsoho Kontagora hailed from Kontagora, Kontagora Local Government in Niger State.

It would be recalled that Kontagora was Military Administrator of the Abuja Federal Capital Territory during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalam Abubakar, handing over control to a civilian governor in May 1999.

Kontagora was among the first intake of officers when the Nigerian Defense Academy opened in 1964. He was appointed Minister of Works and Housing in the Babangida government.

In 1991, he issued regulations on pollution abatement and effluent limitations covering all industries, with heavy fines for non-compliance. However, follow-up by the government on infractors was limited.

In December 1991, he announced plans to draw up guidelines by early 1992 to control oil pollution.

The Sani Abacha government appointed Kontagora sole administrator of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1995 -- after a major conflict at the university.

He remained in charge until some time after the death of Abacha. Kontagora was appointed Administrator of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on 22 August 1998. The brief period when Kontagora was in charge of the FCT saw a boom in construction of housing and infrastructure.

Kontagora ceded a strategic plot next to the International Conference centre to the Abuja Horticultural Society to develop as a world standard park, now the Abuja International Peace Park, finally opened in 2003.

Kontagora was a candidate to represent the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 elections for FCT Senator, but was defeated in the primaries by Isa Maina, who went on to be elected. In October 2004 Kontagora announced that he would be a candidate to contest the 2007 presidential elections on the PDP platform. He was cleared as a candidate by the PDP, but was defeated by Umaru Yar'Adua, who went on to be elected.

He was the Chairman Implementation Sub-Committee: Kontagora Emirate Education Development Committee (KEEDEC), Chairman Government College Kaduna Management Board, appointed Deputy Chairman of the Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) Committee (inaugurated on the 14th February 2012 by President Jonathan), GCFR.
Source. Naij.com 

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