KABIR, Alhaji Muhammadu

Politician

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. Hewas bom to the then Emirof Katagun in 1928 inA^areof the Katagun Emirateof the oldBauchiprovince. Like his peers, he acquired both Islamic and western education up to Middk Your and on kaving school in 1949, he started working with the Katagun Native Authority as Central Office Scribe during which he attended various local government courses inthe United Kingdom and many other centers in the North. It was whik still serving the Native Authority that Alhaji Muhammadu Kabir decided to participateinpolitics since it was normalpracticeat that time to be partoftheNA. system and beapolitician. He therefore, joined the popular party N.P.C. He waxed strong in thisfield and, as a result, he won ekction into thefirst ekaed Northern House of Assembly in1952 representingKatagunNorth. The sameyear, he was appointed the Distria Headof Sakuwa. His star was to shine brighterfouryears later when he was calkdupon to serve a bigger distria and conferred with the titkof Ciroman Katagun. Alhaji Muhammadu Kabir's political…