Garba Ali Mohammed Explained

Garba Ali Mohammed
Office:Administrator of Niger State
Term Start:1986
Term End:December 1987
Predecessor:David Mark
Successor:Lawan Gwadabe
Birth Date:12 April 1949
Birth Place:Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Garba Ali Mohammed was Military Administrator of Niger State in Nigeria from 1986 to December 1987 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.[1]

Garba Mohammed was born on 13 April 1949 in Zaria, Kaduna State. He studied at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and at the Engineers' School, Fort Belvoir, USA.[2] He qualified as a quantity surveyor.[3] Lt. Col. G.A. Mohammed was Military Administrator of Niger State in Nigeria from 1986 to December 1987 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.[1]

Brigadier General Garba Mohammed was appointed member / secretary of the National Economic Intelligence Committee when it was established on 17 February 1994.He was appointed Minister of Works and Housing in December 1997.[3] He was confirmed in this position on 22 August 1998, after a cabinet reshuffle in the interim government of General Abdulsalam Abubakar.[4]

In January 2006 he chaired the 3rd Media Trust Annual Dialogue in Abuja.[5] In November 2008, as National Vice President of the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, he was a member of a delegation that visited Lebanon to explore investment opportunities.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nigeria States . WorldStatesmen . 2010-03-25.
  2. Web site: In The News: Garba Ali Mohammed . 2002-08-04 . Newswatch . 2010-03-25 .
  3. Web site: Establishment of NEIC . National Economic Intelligence Committee . 2010-03-25 .
  4. Web site: Briefing note on Nigeria: Nigeria's new cabinet 98.8.24 . UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs . 24 August 1998 . 2010-03-25.
  5. Web site: HOW CORRUPT LEADERS INSTITUTIONALIZED CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA- NUHU RIBADU . George Oji . 2006-01-20 . Transatlantic Times . 2010-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717110906/http://ttimesabuja.com/articles/AfNuhuRibabu11-2-06.html . 2011-07-17 . dead .
  6. Web site: Between Nigeria and Lebanon, the way forward . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708105344/http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1414%3Abetween-nigeria-and-lebanon-the-way-forward&Itemid=167 . dead . 8 July 2011 . Business Day . 21 November 2008 . SIMON NJOKU . 2010-03-25.