Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa is a Nigerian politician and civil engineer who was elected to the

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in 2003 on the platform of

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(PDP) for the Kwara North constituency of

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. He nurses an ambition to contest the gubernatorial position in Kwara state in 2011. He is currently a card carrying member of the All Progressive Congress.

Background

Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa was born on 19 September 1948. He obtained a bachelor's degree in government from

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, a diploma in development Administration from the

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and an Mni (Member National Institute) from the

National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Nigeria is a policy formation center for bureaucrats, private sector leaders, Army officers, and medium-rank and senior civil servants, which was founded in 1979. Most policymakers ...

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, Jos.

Senate career

Inuwa was elected to the National Senate for the Kwara North constituency in 2003 and reelected in 2007. He was appointed to committees on

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, Appropriation,

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and

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. By the middle of his second term, he initiated a bill seeking to "Establish Chartered Pension Institute of Nigeria".

References

Living people 1948 births People from Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria) 21st-century Nigerian politicians {{Nigeria-politician-stub