Abdullahi Muhammed Abdullahi

Abdullahi Muhammed Abdullahi (born 23 July 1946) is a Nigerian politician who was the governor of Nasarawa State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He is a member and former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Background: Abdullahi Muhammed Abdullahi was born in Keffi, Nasarawa State, on 23 July 1946. He attended Government Secondary School, Makurdi (1960–1962), Government Technical College, Bukuru (1962–1965), and Kaduna Polytechnic (1965–1968). He returned to Kaduna Polytechnic for a Higher National Diploma in June 1971. Abdullahi started work in 1967 with the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria. In 1971, he joined the Northern Nigeria Development Corporation (NNDC) in Kaduna. In 1973, he was Project Manager for the construction of the Durbar Hotel and Murtala Mohammed Square, Kaduna, with AEK, a consultancy firm. In October 1975, he was appointed Executive Secretary of the Benue/Plateau Construction Company by the Benue/Plateau State government. From February 1980 to September 1983, he served as Chairman of the Benue Cement Company, Gboko. In 1987, he enrolled in the part-time degree programme of the University of Jos, obtaining an LLB (Hons) in 1992. He enrolled at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, where he obtained his BL and was called to the Bar as a solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in December 1993.

Early political career: Abdullahi entered politics in 1977 and was elected to the Constituent Assembly, which drafted the constitution for Nigeria’s Second Republic (1979–1983). He was a pioneer member of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), serving as the first Secretary-General of the NPN in Plateau State from December 1978 and as chairman of the NPN in Plateau from 1982 to 1983. After military rule ended, he was appointed to the National Constitutional Conference by General Sani Abacha’s administration in 1994. In March 1995, he was appointed Minister of State for Works and Housing, holding this position until November 1997.