Basheer Garba Mohammed
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Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed | |
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| Senator for Kano Central | |
| In office May 2011 – 29 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Adamu Bello |
| Succeeded by | Rabiu Kwankwaso |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 October 1966 |
| Party | Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) |
| Alma mater | Bayero University |
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Basheer Lado Garba Mohammed (born 16 October 1966) is a Nigerian businessman who was elected Senator for the Kano Central constituency of Kano State, Nigeria in the April 2011 national elections, running on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform.
On 27 May 2021, Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari appointed him as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons,[1] a position, he vacated in September 2021.[2]
Bashir was born in Nasarawa, Kano State. He attended Bayero University, Kano, earning a bachelor's degree (Bsc) in Political Science.
Private sector career
A businessman with banking, property and trading interests, Basheer Garba Mohammed founded the Ladon Alheri Foundation, a charity that funds projects including schools, water boreholes and eye surgery.[3] He has expressed his feeling that there are gaps in Nigeria's developmental chain which must be addressed if the lives of ordinary citizens are to become more meaningful.[3]