Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed was born on 5 October 1958 and is a Nigerian politician who has served as governor of Bauchi State since 2019.
22 Facts About Bala Mohammed
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Bala Mohammed is a ranking member of the Peoples Democratic Party.
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Bala Mohammed obtained his advanced level testimonial in 1979 from North East College of Art and Science.
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Bala Mohammed obtained Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Maiduguri.
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In 1988, Bala Mohammed completed a management course at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, and in 1997, he earned a certificate from the Institute of Purchase and Supplies.
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Bala Mohammed began his career as a journalist in 1982 and served as a news editor of the Mirage newspaper, as a news reporter with the News Agency of Nigeria, and as a state editor in charge of Benue at the Democrat newspaper from 1983 to 1984.
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Bala Mohammed made a career switch to the civil service as an administrative officer at the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs, where he served until 1994.
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Bala Mohammed then moved to the presidency as the principal administrative officer.
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Bala Mohammed voluntarily retired from the civil service at the rank of director and subsequently ventured into politics.
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Bala Mohammed reportedly fell out with political godfather Governor Isa Yuguda after Yuguda married President Umaru Yar'Adua's daughter and decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party.
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In 2007, Bala Mohammed contested and won the election to serve the people of Bauchi South Senatorial zone as a senator under the party platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party from 2007 to 2010.
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On 10 February 2010, Bala Mohammed supported the "doctrine of necessity" in the senate that led to the emergence of Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as the acting president.
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On 6 April 2010, Bala Mohammed became the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
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Bala Mohammed left the ANPP for the PDP shortly after.
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Bala Mohammed introduced the land swap policy, where land was used as a resource to fast-track infrastructural development in the FCT.
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The FCT administration under Bala Mohammed oversaw the installation of solar panel traffic lights.
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In October 2016, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested Bala Mohammed and detained him for 49 days.
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On 29 May 2019, Bala Mohammed was sworn in as the governor of Bauchi State under the banner of the PDP, after defeating the incumbent governor, Bala Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, with 515,313 votes to 500,625 votes.
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Bala Mohammed launched an initiative to rid the Bauchi State civil service of ghost workers.
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Bala Mohammed set up a committee tasked with probing and recovering looted funds from the past administration.
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Bala Mohammed was determined to improve the education and health sectors in the state, addressing the burden of over 1.3 million out-of-school children and non-functional hospitals.
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Bala Mohammed flagged off the construction of 2,500 affordable houses in Dungal village, located in the Bauchi local government area.