Mahmud Kanti Bello (14 January 1945 – 29 August 2017) was

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n senator who represented Katsina North Senatorial District of

Katsina State Katsina State ''(Hausa: Jihar Katsina) (Fula: Leydi Katsina 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞥁𞤭𞤲𞤢)'' is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Katsina State was created in 1987, when it split from Kaduna State. Today, K ...

, on the platform of

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and was the Senate majority whip. He became senator in 2003 and was re-elected in 2007. He represented Daura Senatorial Zone between 2003 and 2007 and for the second time after reelection, from 2007 to 2011. He was the pioneer Managing Director of Katsina Steel Rolling Mill.

Background

Mahmud Kanti Bello was born on 14 January 1945, and is of

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origin. He received a Bachelor of Engineering degree from

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Kaduna State Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...

in Northern Nigeria.

Career

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Mahmud Kanti Bello was elected senator during the 2003 Nigeria general elections under the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Katsina State. Bello protested strongly against electoral fraud in a 2004 local elections held in his state, which resulted in

(PDP) candidates being returned. However, in 2007 he successfully ran for reelection on a PDP slate. By the middle of his second term in the senate, Bello was among those senators who had not solely sponsored any private bills. In a statement in January 2009, Bello lashed out against governors who withhold local government funds, releasing them only at their convenience, including the governor of his state,

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. In discussion over the proposed bill to control

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, Senator Bello strongly opposed Senator

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, chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, who wanted to include other environmental issues in the bill. In July 2009, South-South senators initiated a motion to demand dismissal of Minister of Petroleum, Rilwan Lukman, and

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of the

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, on the basis of alleged anti-Niger Delta policies. Senator Bello opposed the motion on a point of order, without success. In 2009, Bello was the Nigerian Amir-Hajj for the Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. He broke a record where for the first time in over 20 years all the pilgrims left on time.

Bibliography

* Muhammad Bawa, Garba (1993). ''Katsina State Pictorial and Historical Sketches''. Katsina: Katsina State Historical Sketches.

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9789789394890.

References

1945 births 2017 deaths Katsina State politicians Ahmadu Bello University alumni Hausa people Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria) All Nigeria Peoples Party politicians 21st-century Nigerian politicians {{Nigeria-politician-stub