Mohammed A Muhammed

Mohammed A Muhammed
National Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office 2007
Constituency	Bauchi Central
Personal details
Born	27 December 1939
Political party	All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
Profession	Accountant, Politician

Mohammed A Muhammed is a Nigerian politician, now a member of the Senate for Bauchi State.^[1]

Background

Mohammed A Muhammed was born on 27 December 1939. He obtained a Diploma in Accountancy in 1964, and qualified as a Certified Accountant U.K in 1967. He was Chief Accountant Northern State Marketing Board 1970-1976, and an Assistant General Manager and Executive Director Union Bank Plc 1980-1990.^[1]

Senator

Bauchi State, Nigeria

In April 2007, he ran for the Senate as a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and was elected for the Bauchi Central constituency. He was appointed to committees on Integration and Cooperation, Finance (vice chairman), Ethics & Petition, Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Institutions.^[1]

In January 2008 he was a member of the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges that was charged with investigating Senator Nuhu Aliyu's allegations about fraudsters in the National Assembly.^[2]

In a February 2009 interview he expressed support for creation of new states in Nigeria and criticized the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).^[3] He was among a group of senators who reportedly traveled to Ghana in May 2009 to attend a meeting with some oil companies, which resulted in a senate investigation.^[4][5] He supported a bill proposed by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua seeking to give more powers to the Nigeria Police during elections, which was rejected by the Senate.^[6]

In his first two years in the Senate, he failed to initiate any bills.^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Sen. Mohammed A Muhammed". National Assembly of Nigeria. http://www.nassnig.org/senate/member.php?senator=29. Retrieved 2009-10-08. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Emmanuel Aziken (27 January 2008). "Fraudstars in National Assembly - Two Panel Chairmen in Aliyu's List". Vanguard. http://allafrica.com/stories/200801270016.html. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
3. ^ "Global Recession Won't Devastate Country Economy - Sen Mohammed". Leadership (Abuja). 27 February 2009. http://allafrica.com/stories/200902270655.html. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
4. ^ John-Abba Ogbodo and Azimazi Momoh Jimoh. "Senate probes bribery claims over oil bill". Guardian. http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/article01//indexn2_html?pdate=140509&ptitle=Senate%20probes%20bribery%20claims%20over%20oil%20bill. Retrieved 2009-10-08. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Senate Probes 10 Members over Ghana Trip". This Day. 14 May 2009. http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/216409/1/. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
6. ^ Sufuyan Ojeifo (10.08.2009). "Senate Withdraws Yar’Adua’s Bill on Police". =This Day. http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=156506. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
7. ^ ABDUL-RAHMAN ABUBAKAR (12 July 2009). "Why are they in the Senate?". Sunday Trust. http://sunday.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=640:why-are-they-in-the-senate&catid=57:cover&Itemid=126. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 

Persondata
Name	Muhammed, Mohammed A
Alternative names
Short description	Member of the Senate of Nigeria
Date of birth	27 December 1939
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