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| Waziri Ibrahim with TOS Benson and Nikita Khruschev |
Waziri Ibrahim was born on February 26, 1929 in Yerwa, Maiduguri in present day Borno State to the family of Ibrahim Ibn Mohammed. He attended Damaturu Elementary School (1936-1939), the Maiduguri Middle School (1940-1943) and Kaduna College, 1944-1947. He worked for the United African Company before his sojourn in politics which began in 1959 when he won a seat to the House of Representatives. He started out at UAC as a special entrant in 1948 and rose to become a cashier and storekeeper at U.AC.'s, Maiduguri branch in 1951. He then worked at Jos in 1952 before becoming a labour and staff manager for the Benue area in 1953. By the time he left the firm, he was the Kaduna district manager.
During the first republic, Waziri was first appointed the federal minister of health, before taking over the Economic Development ministry in 1962. In 1960, he was part of the Nigerian delegation to the United Nation's when the country was accepted as the 99th member of the U.N. In 1962
He founded and was the presidential candidate of the Great Nigeria Peoples Party (GNPP) in the 1979 and 1983 Presidential Elections in Nigeria
He Is most associated with Politics without bitterness
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