Mu’azu Jaji Sambo FNIOB, MCORBON, MNIM, CON, is the former Minister of Transportation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on 6 July 2022. He was earlier appointed as the Minister of State for Works and Housing in 2021 before he was moved by the President to the Ministry of Transportation.[1]
Mu'azu Jaji Sambo | |
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| Ministry of Transportation | |
| In office 13 July 2022 – 29 May 2023 | |
| President | Muhammadu Buhari |
| Deputy | Ademola Adewole Adegoroye |
| Preceded by | Rotimi Amaechi |
| Succeeded by | Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali |
| Ministry of Works and Housing | |
| In office 24 December 2021 – 13 July 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Honourable Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 September 1959 Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria |
| Political party | All Progressive Congress (2014-present) |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University Zaria |
| Website | jajisambo |
Early life and education
editMu'azu Jaji Sambo was born in 1959 in Jalingo, Taraba State.[2]
Sambo attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he studied building.[2]
Career
editIn 1984, Sambo began his working career with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), and rose to become Senior Civil Engineer. Later he was a manager at Savannah Bank of Nigeria. He moved to Allied Bank of Nigeria, NICON Insurance Corporation and finally became general manager, Lagos Zone, National Inland Waterways Authority; he retired in 2019.[citation needed]
Political trajectory
editSambo was a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party in Taraba State.[2] Sambo was appointed Minister of State by the President, Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR on 24 December 2021[3][4][5][6] and posted to the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. On 6 July 2022, he was reassigned to the Ministry of Transportation as the Minister of Transportation.[7][8][9]
In the run-up to the 2023 general elections, he was appointed as the Taraba State Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.[10] which saw the emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Awards and honours
editIn May 2023, he conferred the National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger by President Muhammadu Buhari.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Why FG can't deliver 1.96bn Eastern railway corridor Minister". Business Day. 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ a b c "Profile all you need to know about mu'azu sambo new minister of transportation". Daily Focus Nigeria. 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ "Buhari swears in Muazu Sambo as Minister, assigns portfolio". Premium Times. 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
- ^ Akubo, John (2021-12-21). "Senate confirms Muazu Jaji Sambo as minister-designate". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Baiyewu, Leke (2021-12-21). "Senate confirms Mu'azu Sambo as minister". The Punch. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ^ "President Buhari nominates Muazu Sambo as minister from Taraba State". TVCN. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ^ Daka, Terhemba; Onyenucheya, Adaku (2022-07-07). "Buhari inaugurates seven new ministers, reassigns others". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "Buhari assigns portfolios to four new ministers, reassigns four old ones". Premium Times. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ^ "Buhari appoints former NIWA staff Mu'azu Sambo as new Minister of Transportation". One Page Africa. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ^ Ozozoyin, Great (2022-10-20). "Tinubu shuns Taraba APC guber candidate, appoints Sambo State coordinator". Daily Post. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ "Full list of 2023 National Honours recipients". The Nation. 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2024-09-05.