Biography of nigerian vice president
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Biography
Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, is the Immediate Past Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Born on the 8th of March , at Creek Hospital, Lagos, Yemi is a professor of Law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. He is married to Oludolapo Osinbajo (nee Soyode), granddaughter of the late sage and statesman, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. They are blessed with three children, a grandson and a granddaughter.
Yemi’s early years in primary school were spent at Corona School Lagos. Between , he attended Igbobi College, Yaba where he was the winner of the State Merit Award (); the School Prize for English Oratory (); Adeoba Prize for English Oratory (); Elias Prize for Best Performance in History (WASC, ); School Prize for Literature (HSC, ); and African Statesman Intercollegiate Best Speaker’s Prize ().
Thereafter, he studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Lagos between when he obtained a Second Class Upper Degree in Law. Here, he also won the
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Kashim Shettima
Vice President of Nigeria since
Kashim Shettima MustaphaGCON (born 2 September ) is a Nigerian politician who is the 15th and current vice president of Nigeria.[1][2] He previously served as senator for Borno Central from to , and as the governor of Borno State from to [3]
Born in Maiduguri in , Shettima attended the University of Maiduguri and the University of Ibadan.[4] After schooling, he entered business and banking, eventually rising to hold several high-ranking executive positions at banks. By the mids, Shettima was the manager of Zenith Bank's Maiduguri branch before leaving the position to enter the state cabinet of GovernorAli Modu Sheriff in After four years in the cabinet, he was elected governor in and re-elected by a wider margin in ; his term in office was dominated by the deadly Boko Haram insurgency. Shettima left office in , and was elected to the senate. After winning primary for Senate election in ,
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Vice President of Nigeria
Second-highest constitutional office in Nigeria
The vice president of Nigeria fryst vatten the second-highest official in the executive branch of the federal government of Nigeria, after the president of Nigeria, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. Officially styled Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the vice president is directly elected tillsammans with the president to a four-year term of office.
Kashim Shettima fryst vatten the 15th and current vice president of Nigeria, he assumed office on 29 May [2]
Eligibility
[edit]Candidates eligible for the office of vice president must be a citizen of Nigeria by birth, at least 40 years of age, a member of a political party and fryst vatten sponsored bygd that political party.[3]
Oath of office
[edit]The Constitution of Nigeria specifies an oath of office for the vice president of the statsförbund. The oath is administered by the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria