Joshua Dariye

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Joshua Chibi Dariye (b. 27 July 1957) assumed office as the 3rd democratically elected Governor of Plateau State, Nigeria on 29 May 1999 on the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He was re-elected for another 4-year tenure effective from May 2003.

Born on the 27th July 1957 in Horop, Mushere, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria, Joshua Dariye holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accountancy, and a Masters degree in Business Administration. He is a Certified/Chartered Accountant, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). He is also Fellow, Association of Business Executives (USA), Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Member, Nigeria Institute of Management, Member, Nigeria Institute of Personnel Management, Member, Institute of Bankers and Member, Nigeria Institute of Management Consultants.

Some of the positions held by Chief Dariye before he became Executive Governor include: Audit Manager, Pannell Kerr Forster & Company (Chartered Accountants), Chief Accountant/Company Secretary, Plateau Publishing Company Limited, Chief Inspector/Head of Inspectorate Division, Lion Bank Plc, Nigeria, General Manager (Finance & Personnel), Benue Cement Company Plc, Director, Composite Finance Ltd, President/Chief Executive, Nanret Investment Company Ltd, Principal Consultant, Nanpe Investment Ltd (Financial & Management Consultants), and Partner, Joshua Dariye & Company (Chartered Accountants).

He was a strong mobilizer for the election of President Olusegun Obasanjo in the People's Democratic Party Primaries in 1999 as well as Obasanjo's re-election in 2003. At a regional level, he has alternately chaired the Governors' forum of the States in Northern Nigeria.

Joshua Dariye is married to Valentina and together they have four children.

Current governors of Nigerian states
Abia: Orji Uzor Kalu
Adamawa: Boni Haruna
Akwa Ibom: Victor Attah
Anambra: Peter Obi
Bauchi: Adamu Mu'azu
Bayelsa: Goodluck Jonathan
Benue: George Akume
Borno: Ali Modo Sheriff
Cross River: Donald Duke
Delta: James Ibori
Ebonyi: Sam Egwu
Edo: Lucky Igbinedion
Ekiti: Ayo Fayose
Enugu: Chimaroke Nnamani
Gombe: Mohammed Danjuma Goje
Imo: Achike Udenwa
Jigawa: Saminu Turaki
Kaduna: Ahmed Makarfi
Kano: Ibrahim Shekarau
Katsina: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Kebbi: Adamu Aliero
Kogi: Ibrahim Idris
Kwara: Bukola Saraki
Lagos: Bola Tinubu
Nassarawa: Abdullahi Adamu
Niger: Abdulkadir Kure
Ogun: Gbenga Daniel
Ondo: Olusegun Agagu
Osun: Olagunsoye Oyinlola
Oyo: Christopher Alao-Akala
Plateau: Joshua Dariye
Rivers: Peter Odili
Sokoto: Attahiru Bafarawa
Taraba: Jolly Nyame
Yobe: Bukar Ibrahim
Zamfara: Ahmed Sani Yerima

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