Samaila Suleiman (born February 3, 1981) is the Member of the

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. He is an

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(APC) member since 2015, representing Kaduna North Federal Constituency of

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. He dumps APC to PDP after an interest of Governor Nasir el-Rufai’s son, Bello, on his seat at the green chamber.

Early life and education

Born in

, Nigeria, in 1981 from a Hausa political dynasty. Suleiman is a son of Alhaji Abdu Suleiman who was an elder statesmen and a prominent politician. His father was considered by many as a highly influential person that takes part in most political decisions in Kaduna State. Suleiman attended Kaduna Capital School where he obtained his primary education in 1988-1993 and secondary school certificate in 1994-1999. He joined

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, Bauchi, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in

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in 2001-2004 and later

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for a master's degree in International Affairs & Diplomacy in 2008-2009.

Civil career

Having successfully obtained his bachelor's degree in

in 2004, Suleiman moved to work with Kaduna Refinery between 2005-2006, and later did a transfer of service to

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between 2007-2008, Energy Commission of Nigeria in 2009-2010 and later resigned to join politics.

Political career

Suleiman was first elected into the

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as a local government chairman from Kaduna North in Kaduna State under the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in 2008. He was the only politician to have won local government election under the CPC having shared the same constituency with the then vice president of

from the then ruling party People's Democratic Party (PDP). In 2015, Suleiman was first elected into the Lower Chamber of the

. He replaced the immediate past Deputy Minority Whip of the

, Hon. Garba Mohammed Datti to become the

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's 2nd Chairman of the House Committee on Solid Minerals after his rejection of the chairmanship of the committee offered to him by the Speaker

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's led administration.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suleiman, Samaila Members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria) Politicians from Kaduna State Living people 1981 births All Progressives Congress politicians Nigerian Muslims Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University alumni