Mu'azu Jaji Sambo
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Mu'azu Jaji Sambo | |
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| Ministry of Transportation | |
| In office 13 July 2022 – 29 May 2023 | |
| President | Muhammadu Buhari |
| Deputy | Ademola Adewole Adegoroye |
| Preceded by | Rotimi Amaechi |
| Succeeded by | Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali |
| Ministry of Works and Housing | |
| In office 24 December 2021 – 13 July 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Honourable Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 September 1959 Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria |
| Party | All Progressive Congress (2014-present) |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University Zaria |
| Website | jajisambo |
Mu’azu Jaji Sambo FNIOB, MCORBON, MNIM, CON, is the former Minister of Transportation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on 6 July 2022. He was earlier appointed as the Minister of State for Works and Housing in 2021 before he was moved by the President to the Ministry of Transportation.[1]
Mu'azu Jaji Sambo was born in 1959 in Jalingo, Taraba State.[2]
Sambo attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he studied building.[2]
Career
In 1984, Sambo began his working career with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), and rose to become Senior Civil Engineer. Later he was a manager at Savannah Bank of Nigeria. He moved to Allied Bank of Nigeria, NICON Insurance Corporation and finally became general manager, Lagos Zone, National Inland Waterways Authority; he retired in 2019.[citation needed]