Architect Musa Mohammed Sada (born 25 February 1957) was appointed Nigeria

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n Minister of Mines & Steel Development on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan

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 announced his new cabinet.

Sada was born on February 25, 1957 in Mani

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, Katsina State

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He attended Ahmadu Bello University

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 (ABU), Zaria

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and gained a B.SC in 1982 and M.Sc in Architecture in 1984. He earned an MBA from ABU in 1998.
He practiced as a professional architect until being appointed Commissioner of Works, Housing and Transportation for Katsina State in 2007.