Ahmed Makarfi
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Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi (b. 8 August 1956) has been governor of Kaduna State in Nigeria since 29 May 1999. He is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP).
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 in 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 Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting. He returned to the Institute of Administration from 1985 to 1987, as a Lecturer in the Department of Business Administration. During this time, he received a Master of Science degree in Accounting and Finance.
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.
He was elected governor of Kaduna State in 1999 and won a second four-year term in 2003. His administration is widely admired for the huge strides it took in the development of infrastructure and maintenance of peace and tranquility in a state deeply divided on religious and ethnic lines.
Makarfi, a Muslim, is married and the father of four children. He is,at present,a serious contender for the 2007 presidential elections of Nigeria.
See: List of Governors of Kaduna State
