| Idris Garba | |
| Honorific Prefix: | Major General |
| Office1: | Governor of Kano State |
| Term Start1: | Aug 1988 |
| Term End1: | Jan 1992 |
| Predecessor1: | Mohammed Ndatsu Umaru |
| Successor21: | Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya |
| Office2: | Governor of Benue State |
| Term Start2: | 1987 |
| Term End2: | 1988 |
| Predecessor2: | Ishaya Bakut |
| Successor2: | Fidelis Makka |
| Birth Date: | 6 July 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Lapai, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now Lapai, Nigeria) |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
| Alma Mater: | Nigerian Defence Academy |
| Successor1: | Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya |
| Allegiance: |  Nigeria |
| Branch: | Nigerian Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1968–1992 |
| Rank: | Major General |
| Battles: | Nigerian Civil War |
Idris Garba was the Military Governor of Benue State from 1987 to 1988 and Governor of Kano State from 1989 to 1992.[1]
Idris Garba was born in July 1947 in Gulu, Lapai Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, Nigeria. He had a secondary education in the Nigerian Military School, Zaria 1963 - 1967.
He entered the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1968. He attended the following courses:[1]
His commands were:[1]
In 1988, General Ibrahim Babangida appointed him Military Governor of Benue State. He was then appointed governor of Kano State in August 1988, serving until 1992 when he hand-over to civilian Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya in the build up to the Nigerian Third Republic.[2] Col. Idris Garba enacted an edict which repealed previouslaws and vested the Kano State Sports Council with the responsibilitiesof promoting and developing sports in the state.[3]