Bala Mohammed

Mohammed was born in 1958 .He studied English at the University of Maiduguri (1979–1982), where he gained a BA.[1] He joined The Democrat as a reporter in 1983, then worked in the public service as an administrative officer from 1984–2000.[3] He worked in the Ministries of Internal Affairs, Solid Minerals, Power and Steel and Transportation and Aviation. He retired as Director of Administration in the Nigerian Meteorological Agency. He then served as a senior special assistant to Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State from 2000 to 2005.[4] He was Director of Administration at the Nigerian Railway Corporation from 2005 to 2007.[3]

Mohammed was elected Senator for Bauchi South in April 2007 for the All Nigeria People's Party.[1] He reportedly fell out with Yaguda after the state Governor married President Umaru Yar'Adua's daughter and decamped to the People's Democratic Party (PDP).[5] In March 2010, he accused Yuguda of being behind a move by people in his constituency to recall him from the Senate.[6] He was the first to call for declaring President Umaru Yar'Adua incapacitated and making Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan the acting President.[1]

After assuming office as Minister for FCT in April 2010, Mohammed stated his determination to attack the problems of waste and lack of potable water in the FCT.[7]

The Independent National Electoral Commission on March 26, 2019, declared Mohammed, the candidate of the peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of the Bauchi State governorship election after a protracted contest. He was sworn in on the 29 May 2019 at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi.