List of Nigerian Governors and the Courses They Studied in School

List of Nigerian Governors and the Courses They Studied in School 

To become a governor in Nigeria, the constitution stipulates that one must have been educated up to at least School Certificate Level or its equivalent.

However, the current state governors do not only haveSchool Certificates. Almost all of them have university degrees while some even have PhDs.

Governors from the southern states. Photo credit: Twitter/@IAOkowa

In this piece, I provide a list of Nigerian governors and the courses they studied. The data is sourced from a Premium Timesreport and other open sources.

Accounting

1. Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom State)

2. Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe State)

3. Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa State)

4. Yahaya Bello (Kogi State) 

5. Willie Obiano (Anambra State) 

6. Dapo Abiodun (Ogun State)

Law

7. Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo State)

8. Nyesom Wike (Rivers State)

9. Simon Lalong (Plateau State)

10. Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto State)

11. Ben Ayade (Cross Rivers State)

12. Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna State)

Engineering degrees

13. Babagana Zulum (Borno State)

14. Dave Umahi (Ebonyi State)

15. Seyi Makinde (Oyo State)

Business Administration

16. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu State)

17. Gboyega Oyetola (Osun State)

18. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos State)

History

19. Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti State) 

20. Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa State)

Medicine

21. Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta State)

Finance and International Business

22. Godwin Obaseki (Edo State)

Clinical Biochemistry

23. Chikezie Ikpeazu (Abia State)

English

24. Bala Mohammed (Bauchi State)

Political Science

25. Duoye Diri (Bayelsa State)

Personal Management 

26. Samuel Ortom (Benue State)

Economics

27. Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi State)

28. Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger State)

Maritime Management Technology (ordinary and higher diploma)

29. Hope Uzodinma (Imo State)

Architecture

30. Darius Ishaku (Taraba State)

International Relation

31. Mai Mala Buni (Yobe State)

Mechanical Technology

32. Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa State)

Science Education

33. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

Those whose courses are not publicly made available

34. Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina State)

35. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara State)

36. Bello Matawalle (Zamfara State)