PEOPLES GENERAL AT GLANCE..... Who amongst you could beat these details..... BIO-DATA NAME:-Muhammad Buhari DOB:- 17th December 1942 NATIONALITY:- Nigerian STATE OF ORIGIN:- Katsina State HOME TOWN:- Daura MARITAL STATUS:- Married EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND..... a) Elementary School, Daura ~ 1948-1952 b) Katsina Model School, Katsina ~1953 c) Katsina Provincial School (now Government College Katsina)~1956-1961 MILITARY CAREER/TRAINING: a) Military Training School, Kaduna ~1963 b) Officers Cadet School, Aldershot (UK)~Oct.63 c) Platoon Commanders Course Nigerian Military College, Kaduna ~1964 d) Mechanical Transport Officer?s Course Army Mechanical Transport School, Borden (United Kingdom) ~1965 e) Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (India) ~1973 f) United States Army War College ~ 1979-1980 MILITARY APPOINTMENT/EXPERIENCE: a) Platoon Commander, 2nd Infantry Bat. 63-64; b) Mech Trans. Officer, Lagos Garrison, 64-65 c) Transport Coy Commander, 2nd Brigade,65-66 d) Batt Adjutant/Commander, 2nd Brigade,66-67 e) Brigade Major, 2nd Sector, 1st Infantry Division, April to July, 1967 f) Brigade Major, 3rd Infantry Div, 67-68 g) Acting Commander, 4th Sector, 1st Div!68-70 h) Commander, 31st Infantry Brigade, 70-71 i) Assistant Adjutant-General, 1st Infantry Div. Headquarters, 71-72 j) Colonel, General Staff, 3rd Infantry Division Headquarters,1974 -1974 k) Acting Director Supply & Transport, Nigeria Army Corps Hqts,1974-1975 l) Military Secretary, Army Hqts. 1978-1979 m) GOC, 4th Infantry Div.~1980-1981 n) GOC, 3rd Armored Div. ~ 1981-1983. POLITICAL APPOINTMENT/EXPERIENCE: a) Military Gov., North Eastern State ~75-76 b) Fed Commissioner for Petroleum ~ 76-78 c) Chairman, NNPC ~ 1978-1978 d) Member, Supreme Military Council, ~ 78-79 e) Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces ~ Dec 1983 - Aug. 85 f) Executive Chairman, PTF ~ 1995-1999 AWARDS AND MEDALS: a) GCFR: Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria b) DSM: Defence Service Medal c) NSM: National Service Medal d) GSM: General Service Medal e) LSGCM: Loyal Service and Good Conduct Medal f) FSS: Forces Service Star g) CM: The Congo Medal. HONORARY DEGREES: a) Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) ATBU, Bauchi ~ 1994 b) Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) University of Calabar ~ 1996 c) Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa) Benue State University ~ 1998 Dear Electorates, I present to you, a purposeful and incorruptible leader, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI, GCFR
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