Salisu Ibrahim Musa Matori was elected Senator for the Bauchi South constituency of Bauchi State, Nigeria at the start of the

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, running on the

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(PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. After taking his seat in the

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in June 1999, Matori was appointed to committees on Transport (chairman), Women Affairs, Agriculture, Finance & Appropriation, Education and Tourism & Culture. In August 2000, he was named in a report issued by a panel headed by Senator

Idris Kuta Idris Ibrahim Kuta (1 October 1942– 1 March 2008) was elected Senator for the Niger East constituency of Niger State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took offi ...

that had investigated financial irregularities in Senate contracts. Senator Matori was alleged to have overcharged for insurance coverage of National Assembly vehicles, but was later exonerated of all wrongdoings after due investigation by the panel. In the run-up to the 2003 elections he became Chairman of the

Abubakar Rimi Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi (1940 – 4 April 2010) was a Nigerian politician who was the Governor of Kano State during the Nigerian Second Republic. He also served as Federal Minister of Communications from 1993 to 1995 during the military r ...

Campaign Organization. In February 2003 he defected to the

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(ANPP). In 2010 Matori was a member of the Planning and Strategy Committee set up by Northern leaders to make sure that a northerner was elected in the 2011 presidential elections rather than incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, who is from the south.

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