Kabiru Alhassan Rurum

In this article, the surname is Alhassan Rurum, not Rurum.
Kabiru Alhassan Rurum
Turakin Rano
Member of the
House of Representatives of Nigeria
from Kano
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 June 2019
Preceded byMohammed Sani
ConstituencyRano/Bunkure/Kibiya
Speaker
Kano State House of Assembly
In office
30 July 2018 – 10 June 2019
Preceded byYusuf Abdullahi Ata
Succeeded byAbdulaziz Garba Gafasa
Majority leader of Kano State House of Assembly
Preceded byHamisu Chidari
Succeeded byYusuf Abdullahi Ata
Personal details
Born (1970-01-01) 1 January 1970 (age 54)
Rano
NationalityNigerian
Political partyNNPP (since May 2022)
Other political
affiliations
APC
PDP
ResidenceKano
Alma materFederal College of Education, Kano
Obafemi Awolowo University
OccupationPolitics
ProfessionBusiness
Websitehttps://kanoassembly.gov.ng/kabir-alhassan-rurum/

Kabiru Alhassan Rurum is a Nigerian politician and businessman from Kano State who serves as the speaker of Kano State House of Assembly from 2015 - 2017 and 2018 - 2019. He is the current member of the House of Representatives from Rano/Bunkure/Kibiya Federal Constituency in Kano State since 2019. Rurum is a traditional title holder from Rano Emirate as Turakin Rano.[1][2]

Early life and education

Kabiru was born on 1 January 1970 in Katanga quarters of Rurum in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State. He attended Rurum Central Primary School between 1977 and 1982, Government Junior Secondary Rurum, between 1983 and 1985 and then proceeded to the Government Grammar Secondary School, Rano between 1985 and 1988 where he obtained his SSCE certificate.

He obtained his National Diploma in Administration Management at Obafemi Awolowo University Ile – Ife in 2000 and his Advance Diploma from Federal College of Education, Kano in 2002. He has a good oratory command, excellent in judgement with a keen interest in community development.

Business

Kabiru started his business in Kano State the Nigerian Center of Commerce before moving to Lagos State. He was once the chairman of Mile 12 Perishable Market which become his breakthrough in politics. He started his political career in Lagos State from a Market Leader to the Councilor. He also hold the traditional title of "Turakin Hausawa of Kosofe Land".

Politics

Kabiru Was elected Councillor in Ward 'F' Ikosi/Ketu/M12/Maidan/Agiliti/Awode Elede of Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State in 1997 after saving his term as a Councillor representing Hausa Community in Lagos State and then returned to his home town Kano State where he was appointed Supervisory Councillor for Works in Rano Local Government Council where he served between 2000 and 2002

Kabiru was first elected as member of Kano State House of Assembly to represent Rano constituency in 2011 Nigerian General Election where he won the election and become the Majority Leader in Kano State House of Assembly.

Kabiru become the Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly after winning his second election in 2015 Nigerian general election.[3][4][5]

Kabiru resigned from the speaker of the House due to the allegation against him,[6][7][8] Kabiru make several attempt to impeached Yusuf Abdullahi Ata but Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje intervene[9][10][11][12][13] and Hamisu Chidari sacrifice his Deputy speaker seat to Kabiru to achieve peace in the house, Kabiru accepted and become the Deputy Speaker but on 30 July 2018 completed his mission with the help of 26 out of the 40 Members of Kano State House of Assembly impeached Ata, based on the claim that he cannot run the affairs of the House, the motion was raised by Labaran Abdul Madari Member Representing Warawa Constituency and second by Abdullahi Chiromawa Member Representing Kura/Garum Mallam Constituency[14][15] Kabiru replaced his successor to return to his Seat that is the Speaker while Hamisu Chidari returned as the Deputy Speaker and Baffa Babba Danagundi as the Majority leader.[16][14][17][18]

Kabiru was elected Member in the 2019 Nigerian general election[19] to represent Rano/Bunkure/Kibiya Federal constituency in the Nigerian House of Representative.[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]

Kabiru have a traditional title in Rano Emirate Council, Turakin Rano who was turbaned by the late Emir of Rano Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Ila the 2nd[28]

References

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  7. ^ "Kano Assembly Speaker resigns over Emir Sanusi probe – Premium Times Nigeria". premiumtimesng.com. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Photos: Kano state House of Assembly speaker, Kabiru Rumrum, resigns from office". Linda Ikeji's Blog. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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  20. ^ "National Assembly | Federal Republic of Nigeria". www.nassnig.org. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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  22. ^ "See list of elected House of Representatives members from Kano State". Daily Trust. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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  24. ^ "APC wins 19 out of 24 federal constituencies in Kano". Vanguard News. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  25. ^ Sorondinki, Ahmad (26 February 2019). "Kano Speaker, Rurum, Wins Reps Seat – Independent Newspaper Nigeria". Independent.ng. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  26. ^ "Assembly speakers, like civil servants, deserve life pension for serving their state – Rurum, Speaker, Kano Assembly". Punch Newspapers. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  27. ^ "Gbajabiamila names ex-Kano Speaker who made life pension law for himself as chairman House Committee on Pensions". Daily Nigerian. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  28. ^ Naija247news (2 May 2020). "Emir of Rano dies hours after hospitalisation". Naija247news. Retrieved 12 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)