Mohammed Tukur Liman

Mohammed Tukur Liman
Senator for Katsina South
In office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2003
Succeeded by	Abu Ibrahim
Personal details
Born	Katsina State, Nigeria

Mohammed Tukur Liman was elected Senator for the Katsina South constituency of Katsina State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.^[1]

After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, Liman was appointed to committees on Banking & Currency, Communication (vice chairman), Education and Special Projects.^[2] He was appointed Senate Majority Leader. As head of a committee set up to review government revenue flows and budget implementation, in August 2002 he made an interim report that indicated the need for further probes. Some Senate members considered that non-implementation of the budget could be cause for impeachment of President Olusegun Obasanjo.^[3]

References

1. ^ "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY AND 7 MARCH 1999". Psephos. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/n/nigeria/nigerialeg2.txt. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
2. ^ "Congressional Committees". Nigeria Congress. http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
3. ^ Bature Umar (2002-08-27). "Senate Moves to Probe NNPC, Customs, FIRS, Others". ThisDay. http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/08/27/20020827news07.html. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 

Persondata
Name	Liman, Mohammed Tukur
Alternative names
Short description	Member of the Senate of Nigeria
Date of birth
Place of birth	Katsina State, Nigeria
Date of death
Place of death