Fidelis Tapgun
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Fidelis Naanmiap Tapgun | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Plateau State | |
| In office January 1992 – 23 October 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Joshua Madaki |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Adewole Adejumo |
| Federal Minister of Industry | |
| In office 7 July 2005 – 10 January 2007 | |
| Succeeded by | Aliyu Modibbo Umar |
| Personal details | |
| Party | People's Democratic Party (PDP) |
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.
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 Programme, he attended a Commonwealth Consultative Group on Environment in Nairobi.[3] Tapgun was Director-General of the Obasanjo-Atiku Campaign Organisation between 2002 and 2003, helping ensure that Obasanjo was reelected in the April 2003 elections.[4] On 14 August 2003, he formally said farewell to Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki at State House, Nairobi.[5]
President Olusegun Obasanjo declared a six-month state of emergency in Plateau State on 18 May 2004. Tapgun was among elders who argued that the state of emergency should last longer, to give time to restore lasting peace.[6]