Fidelis tapgun biography sample
The Governor Simon Lalong-led All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday described a former Governor of the state, Ambassador Fidelis Tapgun as the worse..
Fidelis Tapgun
Nigerian politician
Fidelis Naanmiap Tapgun was born on 1 November 1945 in Shendamm Town, plateau state.
He was elected governor of Plateau State during the Nigerian Third Republic.[1] Later he was Nigerian Ambassador to Kenya. He was appointed Federal Minister of Industry by President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Fidelis Naanmiap Tapgun was elected the second civilian governor of Plateau State during the Nigerian Third Republic.
Early career
Tapgun a graduate of Political Science (1974) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria was in the same class with Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila. Tapgun worked with the civil service for 27 years...He ran successfully for Governor of Plateau State on the Social Democratic Party platform, taking office in January 1992.
However, the National elections the next year were aborted by a military coup that led to General Sani Abacha taking power.[2]
After the return to democracy in 1999, he was appointed Ambassador to Kenya in 2000.
In February 2001, as Permanent Representative of the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the United Nations Environment Pr