Mu'azu Jaji Sambo
Ministry of Transportation
In office
13 July 2022 – 29 May 2023
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari
DeputyAdemola Adewole Adegoroye
Preceded byRotimi Amaechi
Succeeded bySa’idu Ahmed Alkali
Ministry of Works and Housing
In office
24 December 2021 – 13 July 2022
Succeeded byHonourable Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub
Personal details
Born (1959-09-07) 7 September 1959
Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressive Congress (2014-present)
Alma materAhmadu Bello University Zaria
Websitejajisambo.com

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]

Early life and education

Mu'azu Jaji Sambo was born in 1959 in Jalingo, Taraba State.[2]

Sambo attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he studied building.[2]

Career

In 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.

Political trajectory

Sambo 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 December 24, 2021[3][4][5][6] and posted to the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. On the 6th of July 2022, he was reassigned to the Ministry of Transportation as the Minister of Transportation.[7][8][9][10]

In the run-up to the 2023 general elections, he was appointed as the Taraba State Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council[11] 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Why FG can't deliver 1.96bn Eastern railway corridor Minister". Business day Nigeria. 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  2. 1 2 3 "Profile all you need to know about mu'azu sambo new minister of transportation". Daily focus Nigeria. 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  3. ↑ Report, Agency (2021-12-24). "Buhari swears in Muazu Sambo as Minister, assigns portfolio". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Senate confirms Muazu Jaji Sambo as minister-designate". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  5. ↑ "Senate confirms Mu'azu Sambo as minister". Punch Newspapers. 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  6. ↑ TVCN (2021-12-14). "President Buhari nominates Muazu Sambo as minister from Taraba State -". TVC News. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  7. ↑ "Buhari inaugurates seven new ministers, reassigns others". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  8. ↑ Release, Press (2022-07-06). "Buhari assigns portfolios to four new ministers, reassigns four old ones". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  9. ↑ "Buhari inaugurates seven new ministers, reassigns others". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  10. ↑ "Buhari appoints former NIWA staff Mu'azu Sambo as new Minister of Transportation". One Page Africa. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  11. ↑ Ozozoyin, Great (2022-10-20). "Tinubu shuns Taraba APC guber candidate, appoints Sambo State coordinator". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
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