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  • Comment: The examples Ktkvtsh mentioned are not the only ones; there are a lot of uncited statements throughout the article. Does the source really say Nock’s career bridged technical training, union activism, and public administration... Mallam Ibrahim Nok is remembered as one of the foremost northern Nigerian trade union leaders, who helped shape the structure of labour federations during a critical period of Nigeria’s early independence.? GoldRomean (talk) 06:13, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
  • Comment: Not enough inline citations for the amount of information presented. “ He worked underground building confidence among many former unionists and this helped a lot in uniting the country.” According to who?
    “ At Alhudahuda he met many young northern boys who bore their names along with their town's names and this made him to also start bearing Ibrahim Nock as his name.” Lots of run on sentences as well. Ktkvtsh (talk) 04:12, 21 September 2025 (UTC)


Alhaji
Ibrahim Nock
Born1929 (1929)
Nok, Jaba, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Died26 September 2018(2018-09-26) (aged 88–89)
NationalityNigerian
Occupation(s)Trade unionist; Politician; Public servant; Businessman; Traditional ruler
Known forUnion Activism; Politics; Secretary-General of NTUC; Secretary-General of Northern Federation of Labour; District Head of Nok
TitleWamban Jaba
Political partyNatonal Party Of Nigeria (NPN)
MovementNorthern 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
Spouse2
Children23
FatherTifato Audu Magaji Nok (Kpop Nok)

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

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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

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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

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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 form 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

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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 IfeTeaching Hospital and Chairman of its Establishment and Training Committee. [3]

Traditional leadership

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In 1990 Nock was turbaned with the title Wamban Jaba and as District Head of Nok. [3]

Family and Death

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Mallam Ibrahim Nock died on 26 September 2018.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Jarman, Robert L. (2003). China Political Reports 1961-1970: 1963-1964. Archive Editions. ISBN 978-1-84097-020-3.
  2. ^ a b c Orimoloye, S. A. (1977). Biographia Nigeriana: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Nigerians. G. K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-8049-3.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NOK, Alhaji Ibrahim – BLERF". 3 November 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  4. ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (15 February 1962). Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Richards, Yevette (15 October 2000). Maida Springer: Pan Africanist And International Labor Leader. University of Pittsburgh Pre. ISBN 978-0-8229-7263-1.
  6. ^ "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. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)
  7. ^ Affairs, United States Bureau of International Labor (1962). Directory of Labor Organizations, Africa. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  8. ^ a b 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Offiong, Daniel A. (1983). Organised Labour and Political Development in Nigeria. Centaur Press. ISBN 978-978-2316-01-1.
  11. ^ Africa Special Report: Bulletin of the Institute of African American Relations. The Institute. 1963.
  12. ^ Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1964). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts.
  13. ^ The Mizan Newsletter. Central Asian Research Centre. 1964.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Cohen, Robin (1974). Labour and Politics in Nigeria, 1945-71. Heinemann. ISBN 0-435-83120-8.
  16. ^ Service, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring (1970). Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa.
  17. ^ Foreign Report. Economist Newspaper Limited. 1961.
  18. ^ China), United States Consulate General (Hong Kong (November 1963). Survey of China Mainland Press. American Consulate General.
  19. ^ Foreign Report. Economist Newspaper Limited. 1961.
  20. ^ West Africa. Afrimedia International. 1971.
  21. ^ Nigeria Year Book. Daily Times of Nigeria. 1972.

See also

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