Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Cheiffou he tohu mai i te ENAC, he iwi Fula, i whanau i Kornaka, i te Tari Maradi, i te 1942. I mua i tana noho hei Pirimia, i mahi a Cheiffou i Dakar hei māngai mo te International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) mo Central me West Africa. Ko ia he karere mo te Association of Nigerians Abroad i te 1991 National Conference; i te Huihuinga, ko ia te whiringa whakataunga mo te tuunga o te Pirimia, ahakoa i whakaheia ia e nga karere e tohu ana i te kawanatanga, a i pootihia ia i te 26 o Oketopa 1991. Ko tana kowhiringa hei Pirimia i awhinahia e tana koretake i nga mahi torangapu me te koretake o te hononga ki te kawanatanga tawhito o Seyni Kountché me Ali Saibou. I arahina e Cheiffou te kawanatanga whakawhiti i mahi mai i te 1991 ki te 1993, i te wa whakawhiti i mua i nga pooti maha. I mahi hoki ia hei Minita mo te Tiaki Motu i taua wa. I te taha o te Perehitini o Saibou me André Salifou, te Perehitini o te Kaunihera Nui o te Republic, i aukatia ia e te Huihuinga a-Motu kia kaua e tu hei kaitono i te
Te pōtitanga perehitini o Hui-tanguru 1993.