Isa Mohammed (Nigerian senator)
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Senator Isa Mohammed is a Nigeria
n politician who was elected to the national senate to represent the Niger Central constituency in April 1999, and was reelected in April 2003.
Born in 1948 of Nupe origins, his father Waziri Bagudu was a member of the Ibadan Municipal Council in the 1950s.
Isa Mohammed attended Ansarudeen College, Isolo.
He was a director of NICON from 1991 to 1993.
Isa Mohammed was elected to the Niger Central senatorial constituency of Niger state on the People's Democratic Party
(PDP) platform in April 1999 at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic
.
He was appointed vice chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.
In October 2004, he made the headlines when he slapped fellow-senator Mrs Iyabo Anisulowo, chairperson of the Senate Committee on State and Local Government Affairs, outside the lobby of the National Assembly. The Guardian reported that dispute may be related to disbursals of her committee's funds.
The Senate responded by suspending him for two weeks.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
n politician who was elected to the national senate to represent the Niger Central constituency in April 1999, and was reelected in April 2003.
Born in 1948 of Nupe origins, his father Waziri Bagudu was a member of the Ibadan Municipal Council in the 1950s.
Isa Mohammed attended Ansarudeen College, Isolo.
He was a director of NICON from 1991 to 1993.
Isa Mohammed was elected to the Niger Central senatorial constituency of Niger state on the People's Democratic Party
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
(PDP) platform in April 1999 at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic
Nigerian Fourth Republic
The Fourth Republic is the republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999 it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Second Republic, which was in place between 1979 and 1983 and suffers many of the same problems, such as multiple...
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He was appointed vice chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.
In October 2004, he made the headlines when he slapped fellow-senator Mrs Iyabo Anisulowo, chairperson of the Senate Committee on State and Local Government Affairs, outside the lobby of the National Assembly. The Guardian reported that dispute may be related to disbursals of her committee's funds.
The Senate responded by suspending him for two weeks.