Ahmadu Musa Kida is a Nigerian engineer and former basketball player.[1] He hails from Borno State in Nigeria . He is the Deputy Managing Director, Deep Water Services, of Total Nigeria,[2] and he is also the president of the Nigerian Basketball Federation.[3] [4]
Kida received his degree in civil engineering from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1984. He obtained a postgraduate diploma in petroleum engineering from the Institut Francaise du Petrol (IFP) in Paris.[5] [2]
Kida started his career as a professional at ELF Petroleum Nigeria as a trainee engineer and materials coordinator.[2] Mr Musa joined Total Exploration & Production Nigeria in 1985 and has over 32 years’ experience in the Oil and Gas industry.[6] Mr Musa was appointed the Deputy Managing Director of TEPNG Deepwater District as well as on the Board member of Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria on August 1, 2015.[7]
Kida became a member of the Total E&P Nigeria board in 2014 as executive director for the Port Harcourt district.[5] [8]
In August 2015, Kida was appointed as the deputy managing director of the Deepwater district in Lagos.[8]
In 2024, Kida became Independent Non-Executive Director at Pan Ocean-Newcross Group.
Mr Musa attended several professional courses that includes the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Business School both in the USA.[9]
He is a member of Society of Petroleum Engineers International, a chartered Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) as well as a registered Member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).[10]
Mr Musa plays Basketball and is the current President of the Board of Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF)[11]
Kida was elected president of the Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) in June 2017.[3]
Kida is married and has four children.[8]