Aminu Bello Masari is a Nigerian politician and the currently serving Executive Governor of Kastina State.
He was elected as the Governor after winning the 2015 gubernatorial elections under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and re-elected in 2019 for his second tenure. Prior to his becoming a governor, Masari served as the speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives between 2003 and 2007.
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Aminu Bello Masari Profile
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Full name: Aminu Bello Masari
Date of birth: 29th May 1950
Age: 70 years (2020)
Nationality: Nigerian
Education: Middlex Polytechnic, London
Spouse: Hajia Hadiza Masari
Children: Shamsudeen Bello Masari, Kamaludeen Aminu Bello Masari
Occupation: Politician
Political party: All Progressives Congress (APC)
Net worth:
Aminu Bello Masari Biography, Date Of Birth, Early Life, Family And Education
Aminu Bello Masari was born on the 29th of May, 1950 in Katsina State, Nigeria. He had his primary education at Kafur/Malumfashi Primary School. After obtaining his First Scjhool Leaving Certificate, he enrolled at the Government Secondary School for his secondary education.
He then traveled to the United Kindgom, where he gained admission to study at the Middlex Polytechnic, London, graduating in 1982 with a Post Graduate Diploma in Water Quality Control and Management.
Career and Politics
In 1969, Aminu Bello Masari started his career as a Technical Assistant (Hydrology) in Katsina Ministry of Works and in 1991, he rose to the position of Assistant General Manager (Operations).
In 1991, John Madaki. the former military governor of Katsina State appointed him as the Commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport, Katsina State, a position he handled until 1993. He served as an elected member of the Constitutional Conference from 1994 – 1995.
In 2003, Aminu Bello Masari contested and won the seat as the speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). After completing the tenure in 2007, he uncessuffuly ran for the office of Katsina State Governor in the 2011 election on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) but lost to PDP’s Ibrahim Shehu Shema.
In 2015, he contested again, but this time under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and won, defeating Musa Nashuni. He was sworn in as the Executive Governor of Katsina State on 29th May 2015.
He was elected for a second term as Governor of Katsina in the March 9, 2019 Katsina State gubernatorial election under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC).
Gov. Aminu Bello Masari is happily married to Hajia Hadiza Masari and the union is blessed with children.
Social Media Handles
You can connect with Gov. Aminu Bello Masari on:
Twitter @GovernorMasari
