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Mohammed Sani Musa | |
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| Senator, (Niger East) | |
| Assumed office July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | David Umaru |
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| Born | 11 May 1965 Minna,Niger State |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Political party | All Progressives Congress (APC) |
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| Profession | Politician |
Mohammed Sani Musa CON (born 11 May 1965) is a Nigerian politician and senator from All Progressives Congress (APC) representing the Niger East Senatorial District of Niger State at the 10th National Assembly.
Mohammed Sani Musa was born on 11 May 1965 in Niger State. He attended Zarumai Primary School, Minna where he earned his First School Leaving Certificate in 1978. He proceeded to Government Secondary School - Kontagora and bagged his GCSE in 1983. [1] Subsequently, in 1990, he bagged a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, specializing in Banking and Finance from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He then bagged a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management from the University of London and a Postgraduate Certificate in International Management from the University of Liverpool, respectively. [2]
After graduating he was at Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited in Port Harcourt where he did the mandatory national service (NYSC) in 1991, prior to all that period Sani Musa was under the employment of the Niger State Water Board as an Account Officer between 1986 and 1990. During trhose times, he also attended some Executive Leadership Training Programs on Strategic IQ; Accountability, Ethics, and Corporate Governance; and conflicts resolution at various times in Harvard Business School, Harvard University Cambridge Boston USA; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Pennsylvania USA, and the United States Institute of Peace respectively. [2]
Mohammed Sani Musa is an eminent blend of public and private practice. He was Chairman, Activate Technologies Limited between 2011 and 2017, He was also the Managing Director/CEO, First Pacific Nigeria Ltd between 1997 and 2007. [3]
He was also the Special Adviser to Niger State Government on Investment and Infrastructure between 2007 and 2011. He also served meritoriously as a Director with the Niger State Development Co. Ltd between 2008 and 2011. [3]
Sani Musa served as the Chairman of the Task Force on Environmental Management, Niger State between 2007 and 2008. [3]
Mohammed Sani Musa's shining moments as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria span between 2019 till date where his legislative roles have cut across being the Chairman of the Committee on Finance while being a member of other notable committees such as the Committee on Appropriation, Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream, Committee on FCT, Committee on Water Resources, Committee on Foreign and Local Debt, Committee on Finance, and Constitution Review Committee of the Senate. [3]
In 2021, he announced his aspiration for the national chairmanship of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and was among the top contenders for the office of Senate presidency in the 10th National Assembly in 2023; both were unsuccessful. [4]
He also served as Chairman of the Committee on Senate Services between 2019 and 2023 and was a Chairman, Ad-hoc Committee for the Investigation of Uneven Distribution of loans, palliatives and Interventions since 2022.
On February 7, 2019, the Federal High Court, Abuja, declared Mohammed Musa, as the Niger East senatorial district candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the February 23, 2019 election, agreeing that Musa was the declared winner of the primary election the APC conducted in the senatorial district on October 2, 2018. [5] [6]
In the February 23, 2019, Niger East Senatorial district election, Musa won with 229,415 votes ahead of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Ishaku, who got 116,143 votes. [7] [8]
On June 14, 2019, the Nigerian Supreme Court in Abuja declared Mohammed Sani Musa the winner of the last Senate election held in the Niger-East Senatorial District of Niger State, the court set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, the valid candidate of the APC, that won the election. [9] [10] [11] [12]
Musa sponsored as many as 35 bills during his first term tenutre. Among the bills that were considered, seven have been passed and 13 were awaiting Committee report. [2] The bills that were passed include:
In October 2022, a Nigerian national honour of Commander Of The Order Of The Niger (CON) was conferred on him by President Muhammadu Buhari. [14]
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