Muhammad Garba

Muhammad begins journalism career in 1989 with Triumph Publishing Company Limited, Kano as a reporter and served in various states of the federation as correspondent. He later grew in his career to serve as Sub-Editor, Chief Sub-Editor, Group News Editor, and Deputy Editor.^[4] He had also served as a member of Editorial Board of many National Newspapers. Muhammed Garba has held various responsibilities that include Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1993 and subsequently Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor of Kano State Abdullahi Umar Ganduje between 1999 and 2003.^[1][3] He begins his union activism as Chairman of his Chapel-The Triumph, which is under the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kano State. He was later elected two-term chairman of the state council of the union and was its Deputy National President, and later become Presidency of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ in 2009. Muhammad was also the President of West African Journalists Association (WAJA) who was elected at Bamako, Mali and he was the President of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) who was elected at Casablanca, Morocco 2009. Muhammad is Member of the Steering Committee of International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) who was elected at Dublin, Ireland. Muhammad was appointed Commissioner of Information by Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje in 2015.^[6][7][8]

• Kano State Website