Mu'azu Jaji Sambo
Mu'azu Jaji Sambo | |
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| Ministry of Transportation | |
| In office 13 July 2022 – 29 May 2023 | |
| President | Muhammadu Buhari |
| Deputy | Ademola Adewole Adegoroye |
| Preceded by | Rotimi Amaechi |
| Succeeded by | Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali |
| Ministry of Works and Housing | |
| In office 24 December 2021 – 13 July 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Honourable Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 September 1959 Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria |
| Political party | All Progressive Congress (2014-present) |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University Zaria |
| Website | jajisambo |
Mu’azu Jaji Sambo FNIOB, MCORBON, MNIM, CON, is the former Minister of Transportation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on 6 July 2022. He was earlier appointed as the Minister of State for Works and Housing in 2021 before he was moved by the President to the Ministry of Transportation.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Mu'azu Jaji Sambo was born in 1959 in Jalingo, Taraba State.[2]
Sambo attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he studied building.[2]
Career
[edit]In 1984, Sambo began his working career with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), and rose to become Senior Civil Engineer. Later he was a manager at Savannah Bank of Nigeria. He moved to Allied Bank of Nigeria, NICON Insurance Corporation and finally became general manager, Lagos Zone, National Inland Waterways Authority; he retired in 2019.[citation needed]
Political trajectory
[edit]Sambo was a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party in Taraba State.[2] Sambo was appointed Minister of State by the President, Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR on 24 December 2021[3][4][5][6] and posted to the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. On 6 July 2022, he was reassigned to the Ministry of Transportation as the Minister of Transportation.[7][8][9]
In the run-up to the 2023 general elections, he was appointed as the Taraba State Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.[10] which saw the emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Awards and honours
[edit]In May 2023, he conferred the National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger by President Muhammadu Buhari.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Why FG can't deliver 1.96bn Eastern railway corridor Minister". Business Day. 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ a b c "Profile all you need to know about mu'azu sambo new minister of transportation". Daily Focus Nigeria. 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ "Buhari swears in Muazu Sambo as Minister, assigns portfolio". Premium Times. 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
- ^ Akubo, John (2021-12-21). "Senate confirms Muazu Jaji Sambo as minister-designate". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Baiyewu, Leke (2021-12-21). "Senate confirms Mu'azu Sambo as minister". The Punch. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ^ "President Buhari nominates Muazu Sambo as minister from Taraba State". TVCN. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ^ Daka, Terhemba; Onyenucheya, Adaku (2022-07-07). "Buhari inaugurates seven new ministers, reassigns others". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "Buhari assigns portfolios to four new ministers, reassigns four old ones". Premium Times. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ^ "Buhari appoints former NIWA staff Mu'azu Sambo as new Minister of Transportation". One Page Africa. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ^ Ozozoyin, Great (2022-10-20). "Tinubu shuns Taraba APC guber candidate, appoints Sambo State coordinator". Daily Post. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ "Full list of 2023 National Honours recipients". The Nation. 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2024-09-05.