Kashim Shettima’s Biography, Wikipedia, Age, Religion, Wife, Daughter, Net Worth, Income

Kashim Shettima’s Education

Between the years 1972 and 1978, Kashim Shettima attended the Lamisula Elementary School located in Maiduguri, Borno State. He received his primary education there. 1978 was the year that he completed his secondary education at Government Community Secondary School in Biu town, Borno State, and it was there that he earned his West African School Certificate (WASC). Between the years 1980 and 1983, Shettima attended the Government Science Secondary School in Potiskum, which is located in Yobe State. Following the completion of his secondary school, he enrolled in the University of Maiduguri in 1989. There, he majored in Agricultural Economics and received a degree with a Second Class Upper Division designation.

Immediately after completing his postsecondary education, he served in the Nigerian Agricultural Cooperative Bank in Calabar, which is located in the state of Cross River, for the duration of his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) obligation between the years 1989 and 1990. Shettima went on to pursue his Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics at the University of Ibadan (UI) in 1991 after completing his mandatory military service obligation. In 1993, upon the completion of his Master’s degree program, Shettima accepted a position as a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Maiduguri, which he had previously attended.

Kashim Shettima Career

Between the years 1991 and 1993, Kashim held the position of lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Maiduguri. After that, he went into the banking profession and spent the next four years working as the head of accounts for the company that was once known as the Commercial Bank of Africa Limited.

He was promoted to the position of deputy manager at the Kaduna branch of the African International Bank Limited. After that, in the year 2001, he transferred to Zenith Bank and quickly rose through the ranks to become the head of the primary branch in Maiduguri.

After receiving a promotion to the position of deputy general manager, he left the company in 2007 to accept a position as France’s commissioner in the state of Borno. In addition to that, he was a commissioner in the ministries of Education, Agriculture, and Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs respectively.

Under the administration of his predecessor, Governor Ali Modu Sheriff, Kashim was appointed to the position of Commissioner for Health. In 2011, he was elected to the position of governor after receiving a nomination from the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and going on to win the elections. After some time had passed, he was offered the position of chairman of the Northern States Governor’s Forum.

In 2019, he was victorious in the election for the Borno Central Senatorial District. In July of 2022, it was reported that he will be running alongside his principal, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the vice presidency of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the general election of 2023.