Basheer Garba Mohammed

Basheer Garba Mohammed

Senator for Kano Central
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2011
Preceded by	Mohammed Adamu Bello
Personal details
Born	(1966-10-16) 16 October 1966
Alma mater	Bayero University

Basheer Lado Garba Mohammed (born 16 October 1966) is a Nigerian businessman who was elected Senator for the Kano Central constituency of Kano State, Nigeria in the April 2011 national elections, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.

Early life and education

Bashir was born in Nasarawa, Kano State. He attended Bayero University, Kano, earning a bachelor's degree in Political Science.

Private sector career

A businessman with banking, property and trading interests, Basheer Garba Mohammed founded the Ladon Alheri Foundation, a charity that funds projects including schools, water boreholes and eye surgery.^[1] He has expressed his feeling that there are gaps in Nigeria's developmental chain which must be addressed if the lives of ordinary citizens are to become more meaningful.^[1]

Public sector career

In the April 2011 election for the Kano Central Senatorial seat, Basheer polled 359,050 votes, ahead of Aminu Abba Ibrahim of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) with 273,141 votes and Alhaji Bello Isa Bayero of the Congress for Progressive Change with 227,792 votes.^[2]

References

1 2 Louis Achi (13 October 2010). "Basheer Lado Garba - Life As Service...". Leadership. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
↑ Template:Cite web. In 2015 elections held on 28th March, Lado was defeated by Rab'iu Musa Kwankwaso of APC (All Progressive Congress) with over 500,000 votes.

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National Assembly bio

Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 7^th National Assembly (2011-2015)

Abia	S Enyinnaya Abaribe Harcourt (PDP) C Nkechi Justina Nwaogu (PDP) N Uche Chukwumerije (PDP)

Abuja	FCT Philips Tanimu Aduda (PDP)

Adamawa	S Ahmed Hassan Barata (PDP) C Bello Mohammed Tukur (PDP) N Bindo Jibrilla (PDP)

Akwa Ibom	NW Aloysius Akpan Etok (PDP) NE Ita Enang (PDP) S Helen Esuene (PDP)

Anambra	C Chris Ngige (ACN) S Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba (PDP) N John Okechukwuemeka (PDP)

Bauchi	C Abdul Ahmed Ningi (PDP) N Babayo Garba Gamawa (PDP) S Adamu Gumba (PDP)

Bayelsa	W Heineken Lokpobiri (PDP) E Clever Ikisikpo (PDP) C Emmanuel Paulker (PDP)

Benue	S David Mark (PDP) NW George Akume (ACN) NE Barnabas Andyar Gemade (PDP)

Borno	C Ahmed Zanna (PDP) N Maina Maaji Lawan (ANPP) S Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC)

Cross River	S Bassey Otu (PDP) N Benedict Ayade (PDP) C Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP)

Delta	S James Manager (PDP) N Arthur Okowa Ifeanyi (PDP) C Akpor Pius Ewherido (DPP)

Ebonyi	N Christopher Nwankwo (PDP) S Sonni Ogbuoji (PDP) C Paulinus Igwe Nwagu (PDP)

Edo	S Ehigie Edobor Uzamere (ACN) C Odion Ugbesia (PDP) N Domingo Alaba Obende (ACN)

Ekiti	C Babafemi Ojudu (ACN) N Olubunmi Adetunbi (ACN) S Anthony Adeniyi (ACN)

Enugu	N Ayogu Eze (PDP) E Gilbert E. Nnaji (PDP) W Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)

Gombe	C Mohammed Danjuma Goje (APC) N Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali (PDP) S Joshua M. Lidani (PDP)

Imo	E Chris Anyanwu (APGA) W Hope Uzodinma (PDP) N Matthew Ifeanyi Nwagwu (PDP)

Jigawa	NE Abdulaziz Usman (PDP) NW Danladi Abdullahi Sankara (PDP) SW Abdulmumini M. Hassan (PDP)

Kaduna	N Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed (CPC) S Nenadi Usman (PDP) C Mohammed Saleh (CPC)

Kano	N Bello Hayatu Gwarzo (PDP) S Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (ANPP) C Basheer Garba Mohammed (PDP)

Katsina	S Abu Ibrahim (CPC) C Ahmed Sani Stores (CPC) N Abdul Yandomi (CPC)

Kebbi	S Mohammed Magoro (PDP) C Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (PDP) N Isa Muhammed Galaudu (PDP)

Kogi	E Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja (PDP) C Nurudeen Abatemi Usman (PDP) W Smart Adeyemi (PDP)

Kwara	C Bukola Saraki (APC) N Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi (PDP) S Simon Ajibola (PDP)

Lagos	E Gbenga Bareehu Ashafa (ACN) W Ganiyu Solomon (ACN) C Oluremi Tinubu (ACN)

Nasarawa	W Abdullahi Adamu (APC) N Yusuf Musa Nagogo (CPC) S Suleiman Asonya Adokwe (PDP)

Niger	E Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP) N Ibrahim Musa (CPC) S Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)

Ogun	W Akin Babalola Kamar Odunsi (ACN) C Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara (ACN) E Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka (ACN)

Ondo	N Robert Ajayi Boroffice (LP) C Akinyelure Patrick Ayo (LP) S Boluwaji Kunlere (LP)

Osun	W Mudasiru Oyetunde Hussein (ACN) E Christopher Omoworare Babajide (ACN) C Olusola Adeyeye (ACN)

Oyo	N Hosea Ayoola Agbola (PDP) S Olufemi Lanlehin (ACN) C Ayoade Ademola Adeseun (ACN)

Plateau	N Gyang Datong (PDP) S Victor Lar (PDP) C Joshua Dariye (LP)

Rivers	E George Thompson Sekibo (PDP) S Magnus Ngei Abe (APC) W Wilson Asinobi Ake (APC)

Sokoto	E Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir (APC) N Ahmed Muhammad Maccido (PDP) S Umaru Dahiru (APC)

Taraba	N Aisha Jummai (APC) C Abubakar Umar Tutare (PDP) S Emmanuel G. Bwacha (PDP)

Yobe	N Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan (ANPP) E Bukar Ibrahim (ANPP) S Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere (ANPP)

Zamfara	W Ahmad Rufai Sani (ANPP) C Kabir Garba Marafa (ANPP) N Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (PDP)

ACN: Action Congress of Nigeria - ANPP: All Nigeria People's Party - APGA: All Progressives Grand Alliance - CPC: Congress for Progressive Change - DPP Democratic People's Party - LP: Labour Party - PDP: People's Democratic Party
See also Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 6^th National Assembly (2007-2011)

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