Abdullahi Saidu Musa
Abdullahi Saidu Musa is a Nigerian politician from Niger. Abdullahi Saidu Musa has contested 1 election, winning 1.
Biography
Saidu Musa Abdullahi, mostly known as SMA (born May 31, 1979), is a Member of the Federal House of Representatives, representing Bida/Katcha/Gbako federal constituency, assumed office in June 2019.
He is the deputy chairman, House of Representatives' Committee on Finance; Secretary, Niger State Caucus of Ninth National Assembly; Member of House of Representatives' Committees on Public Petitions; Banking & Currency; Insurance & Acturial Matters; Federal Capital Territory; Agricultural Colleges & Institutions; and Interpaliamentary Affairs.
Within a few hours of assuming office as a lawmaker, Etsu Nupe and Chairman Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar (CFR), conferred on him the traditional title of Dan-Barije Nupe, elevated later to Gorozon (Mesiah) of Nupe Kingdom.
He is a graduate of Economics from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria with a second-class degree and holds a master's degree in Development Studies from Bayero University, Kano. He has ten years of professional experience in Banking, Oil/Gas sectors.
He started his career with Zenith Bank Plc in 2000 and later worked as a Sales Manager for Oando Plc in Adamawa, Jalingo, Benue, Kano, and Jigawa.
Currently, he serves as the COO of Gerawa Global Engineering Limited.
In 2005, he was the spokesman for the Solitaire Economics Class at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, held in Abuja.
He is the present Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Finance.
Saidu joined politics in 2019 under the All Progressives Congress (APC), contesting for the Bida/Gbako/Katcha Federal constituency in Niger State. He stated that if the gubernatorial ticket was not given to the incumbent Governor or Muhammadu Buhari, it would have been a diversion to him.
He supports 100 students from his constituency for educational purposes at institutions such as Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai; Nigeria Army University Biu; Federal University of Technology Minna; Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
He organized the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 2020, 2021, and 2022, registering 2,500 candidates so far.