Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed (born 14 October 1961) is a Nigerian politician and officeholder. In 2008, he became Chief of Staff to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Bayero Nafada. He was appointed Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation on 6 April 2010, when Acting President

Goodluck Jonathan Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957)Lawson Heyford, ''The Source'' (Lagos), 11 December 2006. is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to fo ...

announced his new cabinet.

Education

He obtained a B.Sc (Physics) in 1985 from

University of Maiduguri The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) is a Federal higher institution located in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State in northeast Nigeria. The university was created by the federal government of Nigeria in 1975, with the intention of its ...

and an M.Sc (Physics) from the

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 19 ...

. He was a lecturer at the

Federal University of Technology Yola Modibbo Adama Federal University of Technology, Yola is a public research university in Girei, a town in Adamawa State in Northeastern Nigeria. It is one of the four federal technology universities established with the sole purpose of advancing sc ...

(1986–1996). He was Managing Director or CEO of several companies between 1996 and 2002. He worked at th
National Teachers Institute, Kaduna
(2002–2008).

References

Living people Nigerian Muslims Federal ministers of Nigeria University of Maiduguri alumni University of Ibadan alumni Politicians from Gombe State 1961 births 21st-century Nigerian politicians {{Nigeria-politician-stub