MOHAMMAD GONI DIES @ 78

                                                                           

   

The former governor of Borno state, Alhaji Muhammad Goni is dead.He died on Wednesday after a brief illness, according to a source.

Mohammed Goni,born in 1942 in Kareto, Mobbar Local Government Area, Borno State.He attended Maiduguri Middle School (1953–55), Borno Provincial Secondary School (1956–61), Provincial Secondary School, Kano (1962–63) and the Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1964–87), where he gained a BA (Administration), specialising in international affairs.

Mohammed Goni was elected as the first civilian governor of the former Borno State, on the platform of the Great Nigeria Peoples Party (GNPP), and was in office from October 1979 to September 1983.

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