page_title: Shehu Shagari
section_title: Presidency
hierarchical_section_title: Shehu Shagari / Presidency
caption_attribution_description: English: Seal of the President of Nigeria
context_page_description: Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari GCFR was a Nigerian statesman who was the first democratically elected President of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by military head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1979 giving rise to the Second Nigerian Republic.
  An experienced politician, he briefly worked as a teacher before entering politics in 1951; and was elected into the House of Representatives in 1954. At various times between 1958 through independence of Nigeria in 1960 and 1975, he held a cabinet post as federal minister.
context_section_description: Shagari won the 1979 election with the help of his campaign manager, Umaru Dikko. The campaign had the support of many prominent politicians in the North and among southern minorities. The party's motto was "One Nation, One Destiny" and was seen as the party best representing Nigeria's diversity. Shagari ran for a second four-year term in 1983 and won the general election.
caption: Seal of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
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