Dan Iya Manir Muhammad

Dan Iya Muhammad Dan Iya Sardaunan Kware is a Nigerian politician who served as the Deputy Governor of Sokoto State in the People's Democratic Party (PDP) from 2018 to 2023.

He hails from Kware Local Government Area, Sokoto State, and is a Muslim by Religion.

Dan Iya attended Magajin Gari Model Primary School, Sokoto, from 1977 to 1983, and later proceeded to the Science Secondary School, Farfaru, between 1983 and 1989.

A BSc graduate of Economics Education from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Dan Iya also obtained various certificates from different higher institutions of learning within and outside the state, including a Higher Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the College of Administration, Sokoto, a professional Diploma in Public Account and Audit from Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Sokoto, a Diploma in Computer Studies from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, a Diploma in Arabic from UDUS, and both Junior and Senior Certificates in Arabic from UDUS.

During ten years of work in the Nigerian Civil Service, Dan Iya worked with the Sokoto State Local Government Service Commission and was posted to Kware Local Government from 1992 to 2002. He held various positions in the Account section before resigning as Principal Accountant in 2002.

He entered politics in 2003 and was the Sole Administrator of Kware Local Government Council. In 2004, he was elected as Executive Chairman of Kware Local Government Council, a position he held until 2007.

Dan Iya was Chairman and Managing Director of Manmodiya Nigeria Limited and served as a Special Advisor to former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Barrister Aminu Waziri Tambuwal from 2011 to 2015.

He was appointed as Legal Advisor of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sokoto State.

In 2015, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal appointed Dan Iya as a member of the Sokoto State Executive Council and Commissioner in charge of the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, overseeing local government affairs.