Colonel (rtd) Yohanna Mamman Dickson (28 December 1950 – 14 July 2015) was Administrator of Taraba State, Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.^[2]

In April 2001, Dickson was named a member of the steering committee of the newly formed United Nigeria Development Forum (UNDF), a political group headed by several former military governors.^[3] In the April 2003 elections, Dickson was an unsuccessful candidate running on the United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP) platform for the Kaduna South senatorial seat.^[4]

Dickson challenged the result, saying the winner, Isaiah Balat of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), was not qualified to run for election.^[5]

Dickson later transferred to the PDP. In January 2009, he was appointed chairman of a seven-member disciplinary committee of the Kaduna State PDP chapter.^[6] He was appointed chairman of the Kaduna State Water Board.^[7] In August 2009, while inspecting a new water supply in the Zaria Regional Water Supply Scheme, Dickson said that the state would deal severely with contractors who failed to deliver on schedule and according to specifications.^[8]

Dickson died on 14 July 2015, aged 64, in Kaduna State, Nigeria.^[9]

• Yohanna Mamman Dickson (2000). Soldiering, administering, and keeping the peace: reflections of an ex-military administrator. The Lord's Creations for PEFS, Programme on Ethnic and Federal Studies, Dept. of Political Science, University of Ibadan. ISBN 978-34203-0-5.