Umar Sadiq Suleiman

Sadiq Suleiman Umar (born June 1970) in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. A senator in Nigeria's National Assembly, representing Kwara North, Kwara State, Nigeria. Under the All Progressive Congress (APC) party.

He graduated top of his class in 1987 at Borgu Secondary School New Bussa with distinctions. He holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, a postgraduate diploma in public administration, a master's degree in Disaster Risk Management and Developmental Studies from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State.

He is a public health pharmacist, consultant, development expert, community mobilizer, philanthropist, public affairs analyst, and a leader. He worked for many years in the health development sector of DFID and USAID SCM Projects, focusing on helping the poor and vulnerable, especially women and children.

He started as an officer and rose to become Technical Director West Africa at Axios International, a USA-based organization before joining politics.

In 2019, he was elected to serve in the 9th Senate, where he was the chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Business, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Primary Health Care and Communicable Diseases, and a member of several other committees.

In 2023, he was re-elected to serve in the 10th Senate. Currently, he is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade and Investment and a member of several committees including Appropriation, Power, Downstream Petroleum, Finance, FCT, Public Accounts, Industries, Defence, National Planning, ICT, and Cyber Crimes.

In May 2025, he was appointed the chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Business of the 10th Senate.

His legislative focus is on Education, Health, Road Infrastructure, Water Resources, Power, Human Capital Development, Empowerment, and Youth Advancement.

He is a fellow of several professional bodies, including Fellow Nigerian Academy of Pharmacy, Fellow African Centre for Supply Chain, Fellow Society of Professional Disaster Risk Managers, Fellow Association of Nigeria Public Administrators, and others.

He is popularly known as 3SU in Kwara State, which stands for Senator Sadiq Suleiman Umar. He holds the traditional titles of Dan Amar Kaiama and Dan Amar Lafiagi, meaning the beloved prince of Kaiama and Lafiagi emirates in Kwara State.

He is married to Hajia Maryam Sadiq Umar and the family is blessed with two boys and a girl named Uthman, Suleiman, and Halima respectively. He is 173 cm tall.