# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-gana
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:59:58.191Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-gana"
name: "Jerry Gana"
slug: "jerry-gana"
description: "Jerry Gana is a Nigerian scholar, politician, and former senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, serving briefly in 1983 before becoming Director for the Directorate of Food, Roads and Infrastructure (DFRRI). He was later appointed Director of the Mass Mobilization for Social Justice and Economic Recovery (MAMSER) under Ibrahim Babangida, then Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the Interim National Government under Ernest Shonekan. He later became Minister of Information and Culture under General Sani Abacha, then Minister of Co-operation and Integration in Africa under Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as being Minister of Information and National Orientation. He also served as Political Adviser to Olusegun Obasanjo before announcing plans to run for president in June 2006."
tagline: "Nigerian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Professor_Jerry_Gana.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1945-11-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.557021333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Gana"
    title: "Jerry Gana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "جيرى جانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Gana"
    title: "Jerry Gana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Gana"
    title: "Jerry Gana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Gana"
    title: "Jerry Gana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Gana"
    title: "Jerry Gana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "جیری گانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6183625"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump