Kwari Suleiman Abdu

Suleiman Abdu Kwari is a Nigerian politician and public finance management expert, senator for the Kaduna North Senatorial District of Kaduna State Nigeria. He was elected during the February 2019 Nigeria general elections under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He was the commissioner of Finance Kaduna State (2015-2019) appointed by the Governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai and was also a member of the House of Representatives for Sabon Gari Local Government constituency of Kaduna State. Kwari was born on the 12 June 1962 in Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna state. He started his education at Army Primary School, Zaria, and thereafter proceeded to the Commonwealth College of Commerce Jos, Plateau State from 1975 to 1980 for his secondary education. He obtained a bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1984 and also successfully completed his master's degree programme in Business Administration at the same university in 1988.

Kwari's passion for his people motivated him to contest election in 1991. As a Sabon Gari local government chairman, he emerged as the first executive chairman of Sabon Gari Local Government Area. After completion of his tenure, he was appointed assistant general manager (Administration) at the Nigerian Reinsurance Cooperation between 1995 and 2000. He was elected as a member of the Federal House of Representatives for Sabon Gari’s federal constituency in the 4th assembly. He was appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Kaduna State Governor in 2003 and served as a federal commissioner (Finance and Administration) in the Security and Exchange Commission.

He served as the commissioner of finance, Kaduna State from 2015 to 2019. He contested and won the 2019 general election as a senator representing Kaduna North senatorial district. Suleiman Abdu Kwari represents the people of Kaduna North in the ninth Senate of the National Assembly under the APC platform. As a senator, he is the chairman of the Senate committee on anti-corruption and financial crimes.

Kwari has sponsored and co-sponsored several motions and bills, including the Legislative Bill on Corporate Social Responsibility, Federal College of Crop Science and Technology Lere Kaduna State, Witness Protection and Management, Money Laundering Prevention and Prohibition Enactment Bill, Public Interest Disclosure and Complaints Enactment Bill, Code of Conduct Anti-Corruption Tribunal Act Amendment Bill, Armed Forces (Joint Security Operation and Synergy) Bill, Tertiary Education Reform Bill, Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, and Forfeited Asset Management Authority (Enactment) Bill (SB.643). He has also worked on multiple Constitution Alteration Bills (SB.699, SB.704, SB.727).

He addresses critical issues such as the increasing rate of traffic accidents along the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road, the assessment of the Economic and Growth Plan (ERGP) 2017-2020, the improvement of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) for Nigerian citizens, and the urgent need to prevent pipeline vandalism and explosions (e.g., Ijegun pipelines explosion). He also focuses on major military offensives against bandits in Katsina State and the integration of adjoining states like Niger, Zamfara, Kebbi, and Sokoto with Kaduna.

Kwari has constituency projects across all eight local government areas in Kaduna North, including the construction of classrooms, model primary healthcare centers, electrification of rural areas, and the construction of motorized boreholes. He has facilitated over 60 intervention projects, creating job opportunities for youths in his senatorial district.

He is a Chartered Institute of Administration, Professional Practicing License holder, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Administration (FCIA), Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (FICEN), and a Member of the Nigeria Institute of Management (MNIM).