Hassan Muhammad Gusau, (born 12 December 1960) known as Hassan Nasiha, is a

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politician who is the current deputy governor of

Zamfara State Zamfara (Hausa: Jihar Zamfara Fula: Leydi Zamfara 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤶𞤢𞤥𞤬𞤢𞤪𞤢) is a state in northwestern Nigeria. The capital of Zamfara state is Gusau and its current Governor is Bello Matawalle. Until 1996, the area was ...

, taking office in 2022 following the impeachment of

Mahdi Aliyu Gusau Mahdi Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (born 5 December 1981) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer, he served as deputy governor of Zamfara State from 2019 until his impeachment in 2022. He is the youngest person elected deputy governor in the Nigerian Fourth ...

. He was appointed deputy governor by Governor

Bello Matawalle Bello Muhammad (born 12 February 1962), known as Bello Matawalle, is a Nigerian politician and teacher who has served as the Governor of Zamfara State since 2019. After briefly serving in the Abacha-era state house of assembly and serving as a st ...

after Mahdi Aliyu Gusau was impeached by the Zamfara State House of Assembly on 23 February 2022. He is a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC). He defected from PDP to APC along side the state governor Bello Matawalle and other diplomats. He was the serving

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since 2019 for Zamfara Central in the

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before his appointment as deputy governor. He previously served in this position from 2007 to 2011 losing reelection in 2011 to

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Education

Gusau obtained a Diploma in Nursing & Midwifery. He held appointments as Commissioner for Health, Commerce, Environment, Water Resources, Land & Housing, local government and chieftaincy affairs of Zamfara State (1999–2007). After being elected to the Senate 2007 in the 6th National Assembly, he was appointed to committees on Science & Technology, Public Accounts, Marine Transport, Health, Gas and Employment, Labour & Productivity. And in The 9th National Assembly 2019 he is the Chairman Senate committee on Ecology and climate change.

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Living people 1960 births Zamfara State Members of the Senate (Nigeria) Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians 21st-century Nigerian politicians {{Nigeria-politician-stub