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Abubakar Momoh is a Nigerian politician and engineer. He has been appointed minister of the Niger Delta Development Commission by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He was a former legislator of the Edo State House of Assembly and a former legislator of the House of Representatives for Etsako Federal Constituency, in Edo State
Early life and education
Abubakar is from. Imiegba, North Ibie, Etsako East LGA of Edo State. He graduated from the University of Benin, where he studied chemical engineering. He also obtained a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos and a second master's in Public Administration from Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma.
He is a fellow of the Institute of Public Administration (FPA) and a registered member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).
Political career
Abubakar Momoh started his political career as a councilor to a local government chairman. In 1999 -2003 he served as a legislator in the Edo State House of Assembly before going to the federal to serve in Etsako Federal Constituency between 2003 and 2007. He was also elected for the second time into the House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015. He changed his party in 2019 to contest under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Edo North Senatorial seat but lost the election. He later went back to his party The All Progressives Congress (APC). In 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Abubakar Momoh as the Minister for Niger Delta Development.