Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif (born 14 April 1970) was elected Senator for the Bauchi North constituency of

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, taking office on 29 May 2007. He was elected on the

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(AC) platform. Nazif attended the Federal Polytechnic Staff School, Bauchi (1981–1983), the Nigerian Military School (1983–1988) and

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, graduating in 1990 as an Engineer. After taking his seat in the

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, he was appointed to committees on Women and Youth, Water Resources, Solid Minerals, Local & Foreign Debts, Land Transport (Vice Chairman), Drugs and Narcotics, Anti Corruption and Communications. He was also appointed the Publicity Secretary of the Northern Senators Forum. He was nominated to go to the U.S. to witness the inauguration of President

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. However, when he arrived at

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he was told his visa was not in order and was not allowed to enter the country. In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009,

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said that he had not sponsored any bill but co-sponsored some bills, including the

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(Repeal and Reenactment) Bill 2008. He co-sponsored fifteen motions and made brilliant contributions to debates in plenary. Nazif was a contender to become governor of Bauchi State in the 28 April 2011 elections, running on the

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(ANPP) platform. He came fourth with 102,093 votes, losing to the incumbent Governor

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, who won 771,503 votes.

Incomplete project controversy

In January 2022, WikkiTimes reported on several incomplete constituency projects from Nazif's term in office, specifically two nonexistent skills acquisition centres that cost over ₦41 million in public funds. One "centre" was entirely on paper with no evidence of any construction while the other "centre" was simply an abandoned building that had never been utilized. The investigation also found that the contract awarding process did not follow legally required procedures and the companies given the construction contracts did not have any physical or recent presence. Nazif did not respond to requests for comment.

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