Ibrahim Nock
| Alhaji Ibrahim Nock | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1929 Nok, Jaba, Kaduna State, Nigeria |
| 26 September 2018 (aged 88–89)26 September 2018 (aged 88–89) | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Nigerian |
| 💼 Occupation | Trade unionist; Politician; Public servant; Businessman; Traditional ruler |
| Known for | Union Activism; Politics; Secretary-General of NTUC; Secretary-General of Northern Federation of Labour; District Head of Nok |
| Title | Wamban Jaba |
| 🏛️ Political party | Natonal Party Of Nigeria (NPN) |
| Movement | Northern Civil Service Union; Nigerian Trade Union Congress; Northern Nigeria Society; Northern; Independent United Labour Congress; Federation of Labour; Northern Progressive Front; National Party Of Nigeria |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | 2 |
| 👶 Children | 23 |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) |
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Mallam Ibrahim Nok (1929 – 26 September 2018) was a Nigerian trade unionist,[1] Businessman,[2] public servant, Politician, and traditional leader from Nok, Jaba Local Government Area, Kaduna State. Over four decades career span.
Early life and education
Ibrahim Nock was born in 1929 into the royal family of Tifato Audu Magaji, the Kpop Nok, and Saraki Audu Magaji in the then Jama'a Federation Native Authority, now Nok District in present-day Jaba Local Government Area, Kaduna State, Nigeria.[2] He began his formal education in Nok in 1939, attended Zaria Middle School (now Alhudahuda Secondary School). Then he enrolled in the Kaduna Trade Centre (c. 1946–1951). In 1954, he furthered his technical education at the College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering in Chelsea, United Kingdom, where he received training in aeronautical and automobile engineering.[2][3]
Business, Technical and early career
From 1952 to 1953, Nok worked as an Artisan Grade II (also called Grade U in some sources) at the Samaru Research Centre, Department of Agriculture, Zaria.[3] In 1955 he moved to the Mokwa Agricultural Research Centre. Between 1955 and 1958, he was a Technical Instructor at the Bukuru Trade Centre. He then became Foreman Grade I with the Nigerian Electricity Supply Company at Kura Falls (1958-1959), during which period his engagement with trade unionism intensified. [3] He was the Managing Director of the Company he founded, the Nocko International Agency Nigeria Limited.
Trade union leadership
While at Kura Falls, Nock became active in the Northern Civil Service Union. In 1959, he was appointed Field Organising Secretary of the Northern Civil Service Union, a post he held until 1963.[3] He served as Vice-President of the Nigerian Trade Union Congress (NTUC) from 1960 to 1961 and then as Secretary-General of NTUC from 1962 to 1964.[4][5] Subsequently, after internal realignments, he became Secretary-General of the Northern Federation of Labour from 1964 until about 1967, when labour activities were severely curtailed under military rule. [3] He also served as the chairman of Northem Nigeria Society[6] He was the administrative Secretary[7] of the Independent United Labour Congress (IULC) but in 1962 he left the IULC after the IULC and United Labour Congress (ULCN) merged to formed the Nigeria Workers Council (NWC) as a result of NWC joining the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (IFCTU) which gave it a religious dimension, so Malam Ibrahim Nok left and then formed the Northern Federation of Labour (NFL)[8][9][10][11] and then affiliated NFL with the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions which also gave NFL a religious dimension at the time.[8] He served as the Secretary General Of the Northern Federation of Labour (NFL)[12][13]
He played a key role in forming the Northern Progressive Front, a labour body aligned with the Northern People’s Congress (NPC), which provided a political protection umbrella for workers, especially following the general strikes of the mid-1960s.[14][15][3]
Nok also was the Nigerian Soviat Friendship and Cultural Association in 1960s where he served as the National President of the Association.[16]
Nok represented Nigerian labour internationally, including attendance at the International Labour Conference in Moscow in 1961, and visits to the Soviet Union, China, Eastern Europe, Japan, UK, USA, Philippines, Canada, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and across many African countries in the course of union work.[3][17][18][19]
Public service
Following the creation of new states in 1967 by the General Gowon regime, Nok was appointed Commissioner for Establishment and Training in the then North-Central State (now Kaduna state and Katsina state), serving until around 1970. He also served as the Commissioner of Internal Affairs of the North Central State[20][21]. From 1980 to 1983 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the then Ife University now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife Teaching Hospital and Chairman of its Establishment and Training Committee. [3]
Traditional leadership
In 1990 Nock was turbaned with the title Wamban Jaba and as District Head of Nok. [3]
Family and Death
Mallam Ibrahim Nock died on 26 September 2018.[3]
References
- ↑ Jarman, Robert L. (2003). China Political Reports 1961-1970: 1963-1964. Archive Editions. ISBN 978-1-84097-020-3. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Orimoloye, S. A. (1977). Biographia Nigeriana: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Nigerians. G. K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-8049-3. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 "NOK, Alhaji Ibrahim – BLERF". 3 November 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ↑ Company, Johnson Publishing (15 February 1962). Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. Search this book on
- ↑ Richards, Yevette (15 October 2000). Maida Springer: Pan Africanist And International Labor Leader. University of Pittsburgh Pre. ISBN 978-0-8229-7263-1. Search this book on
- ↑ "Public Collections (Regulations) Ordinance Collections REGISTERED DURING JULY-DECEMBER 1961" (PDF). Official Gazette of Federal Republic of Nigeria. 49 (4): 74. 01-18 – via Archive of Africa Gazettes. More than one of
|pages=and|page=specified (help); Check date values in:|date=, |year= / |date= mismatch(help) - ↑ Affairs, United States Bureau of International Labor (1962). Directory of Labor Organizations, Africa. U.S. Government Printing Office. Search this book on
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Funmi, Adewumi (December 2007). "Unity and division: The dialectics of the Nigerian trade union movement" (PDF). Global Journal of Business Management. 1 (1): 001–009 – via Global Science Research Journals.
- ↑ Commission, Nigeria Wages and Salaries Review (1964). Report of the Commission on the Review of Wages, Salary, and Conditions of Service of the Junior Employees of the Governments of the Federation and in Private Establishments, 1963-64. Federal Republic of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Information, Print. Division. Search this book on
- ↑ Offiong, Daniel A. (1983). Organised Labour and Political Development in Nigeria. Centaur Press. ISBN 978-978-2316-01-1. Search this book on
- ↑ Africa Special Report: Bulletin of the Institute of African American Relations. The Institute. 1963. Search this book on
- ↑ Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1964). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. Search this book on
- ↑ The Mizan Newsletter. Central Asian Research Centre. 1964. Search this book on
- ↑ Gunila, Andrae; Berjon, Beckman (1998). Union in the Nigerian Textile Industry Labour Regime and Adjustment (PDF). North America: Transaction Publishers (published 1999). pp. 160, 161. ISBN 9171064257. Search this book on
- ↑ Cohen, Robin (1974). Labour and Politics in Nigeria, 1945-71. Heinemann. ISBN 0-435-83120-8. Search this book on
- ↑ Service, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring (1970). Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa. Search this book on
- ↑ China), United States Consulate General (Hong Kong (November 1963). Survey of China Mainland Press. American Consulate General. Search this book on
- ↑ Foreign Report. Economist Newspaper Limited. 1961. Search this book on
- ↑ Foreign Report. Economist Newspaper Limited. 1961. Search this book on
- ↑ West Africa. Afrimedia International. 1971. Search this book on
- ↑ Nigeria Year Book. Daily Times of Nigeria. 1972. Search this book on
See also
- Nigeria Trade Union Congress
- Northern Federation of Labour
- Northern Progressive Front
- History of trade unionism in Nigeria
External links
- [BLERF biography of Ibrahim Nok](https://blerf.org/index.php/biography/alhaji-ibrahim-nok-wamban-jaba/)
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