Hassan Nasiha | |
Office: | Deputy Governor of Zamfara State |
Term Start: | 23 February 2022 |
Term End: | 29 May 2023 |
Governor: | Bello Matawalle |
Predecessor: | Mahdi Mohammed Gusau |
Successor: | Mani Mallam Mummuni |
Office1: | Senator for Zamfara Central |
Term Start1: | 29 May 2019 |
Term End1: | 23 February 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Kabir Garba Marafa |
Successor1: | Ikira Aliyu Bilbis |
Term Start2: | 29 May 2007 |
Term End2: | 29 May 2011 |
Predecessor2: | Saidu Dansadau |
Successor2: | Kabir Garba Marafa |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1960 |
Birth Place: | Zamfara State, Nigeria |
Party: | All Progressive Congress (APC) |
Hassan Muhammad Gusau, (born 12 December 1960) known as Hassan Nasiha, is a Nigerian politician who served as deputy governor of Zamfara State from 2022 to 2023.[1] He took office in 2022 following the impeachment of Mahdi Mohammed Gusau. He was appointed deputy governor by Governor Bello Matawalle after Mahdi Mohammed Gusau was impeached by the Zamfara State House of Assembly on 23 February 2022.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Nasiha is a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC). He defected from PDP to APC alongside the state governor Bello Matawalle and other diplomats. He was the serving senator since 2019 for Zamfara Central in the 9th National Assembly before his appointment as deputy governor. He previously served in this position from 2007 to 2011 losing reelection in 2011 to Kabir Garba Marafa.
Gusau obtained a Diploma in Nursing & Midwifery. He held appointments as Commissioner for Health, Commerce, Environment, Water Resources, Land & Housing, local government and chieftaincy affairs of Zamfara State (1999–2007).
After being elected to the Senate 2007 in the 6th National Assembly, he was appointed to committees on Science & Technology, Public Accounts, Marine Transport, Health, Gas and Employment, Labour & Productivity and in the 9th National Assembly 2019 he was the Chairman Senate committee on Ecology and climate change.