Ibrahim Isa Bio (born April 1957) was appointed by President

Umaru Yar'Adua Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (; 16 August 19515 May 2010) was a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2007 until his death in May 2010. He won the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 Ma ...

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's Minister of Transportation on 17 December 2008. After Vice-President

Goodluck Jonathan Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military head of state General Muhammadu Buhari and ...

became acting President in February 2010, he dissolved the cabinet on 17 March 2010, and swore in a new cabinet on 6 April 2010 with Ibrahim Bio as Minister for the National Sports Commission.

Background

Ibrahim Isa Bio was born in April 1957 in

Baruten Baruten is a local government area in the North Central district of Kwara State, Nigeria, sharing a long border with the Republic of Benin. The local government begins in Ilesha Baruba and ends in Chikanda, the border town. Its headquarters is in ...

Local Government Area,

Kwara State Kwara () is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger State, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the international border with Benin. Its ca ...

. He obtained a Pharmacy degree from

Ahmadu Bello University The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) is a public research university located in Zaria, Nigeria, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was opened in 1962 as the University of Northern Nigeria. The university has four colleges, three schools, 18 faculties, ...

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and an MBA from

Ogun State University Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye is a state-owned university located in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria. The university was founded on 7 July 1982 as Ogun State University (OSU) and was renamed Olabisi Onabanjo University on 29 May 2001, i ...

. Ibrahim Bio was

commissioner for Health (1990–1992). Ibrahim Bio was elected to the Nigerian House of Representatives in April 1999 on the All People's Party (APP) platform for the Baruten / Kaiama (Kwara State) constituency, and was vice chairman of its committee on the environment. Before the 2003 elections, he transferred allegiance to the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He was elected on that platform to the

House of Assembly, where he was appointed Speaker. Ibrahim Bio's daughter, Jamila Bio Ibrahim, is currently Nigeria's Minister of Youth, having been appointed the position by President Bola Tinubu in September 2023.

Minister of Transportation

Ibrahim Isa Bio was appointed Minister of Transportation on 17 December 2008, replacing

Diezani Allison-Madueke Diezani K. Agama (born 6 December 1960) is a Nigerian politician who was the first female president of OPEC. She became Nigeria's minister of transportation on 26 July 2007. She was moved to Mines and Steel Development in 2008, and in April 201 ...

, who had been transferred to head the ministry of Mines and Steel Development.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bio, Ibrahim Isa Living people 1957 births Transport ministers of Nigeria Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians All People's Party (Nigeria) politicians Ahmadu Bello University alumni Olabisi Onabanjo University alumni People from Kwara State Members of the 4th National Assembly (Nigeria)