16 Facts About Mohammed Daggash

Mohammed Daggash was again reappointed as minister for works in April 2010 by acting president Goodluck Jonathan.

Mohammed Sanusi Daggash was born on 22 December 1960 in Kironewa, Marte Local Government Area, Borno State.

Mohammed Daggash attended the Capacity School, Kaduna and the King's College, Lagos.

Mohammed Daggash attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1978, obtaining an MSc in architecture in 1984.

Mohammed Daggash attended a graduate program in Harvard University in 1988.

Mohammed Daggash worked in various jobs in consultancy and construction until he joined Politics during the Sani Abacha period.

Mohammed Daggash was a member of Finance Committee of the United Nigeria Congress Party.

Mohammed Daggash was elected into the House of Representatives in 1999 for the Marte, Monguno, and Nganzi constituency of Borno State.

Mohammed Daggash served in ten different Senate Committees during his tenure.

Mohammed Daggash was a member of the board of directors of the Guinea Insurance Company.

Mohammed Daggash was the PDP candidate for Borno North in the April 2007 Senate elections, but withdrew from the race some few days to elections in protest of the massive riggings by the ruling ANPP that characterized the preceding gubernatorial elections.

Mohammed Daggash was appointed Minister for National Planning in July 2007.

In October 2008, Mohammed Daggash announced that Nigeria had cut the benchmark oil price in the draft 2009 budget to $45 per barrel due to sharp falls in world crude oil prices.

In 2008, Mohammed Daggash became a Director of Effectivo Capital, an investment and asset management company based in Abuja.

In November 2009, Mohammed Daggash was among the "stakeholders" in the Borno State PDP who were protesting against a move by the National party leaders to impose party chairmen and executives in the state.

Mohammed Daggash was appointed Minister of Works and Housing on 6 April 2010.