Hon. Musa Abdullahi Jega was born in Jega, Sokoto State, in 1952. He is a member of the Great Nigeria Peoples' Party in the House of Representatives and represents Maiyama Con stituency, Sokoto State. His parents, Mallam Abdullahi and Mallama Ladi Hirchin were farmers by profession, and they had four chidlren. Hon. Jega started his early education at the Junior Primary School, Sabon Gari, Jega. in 1961 and finished up at the Jega Town Senior Primary School in 1967 where he obtained a Primary School Leaving Certificate. He proceeded to the Sultan Abubakar Col lege, Sokoto in 1969 and obtained a Grade II Teachers' Certificate in R.S.A. in 1973. At a seminar in the college of Arts and Arabic Studies in Sokoto in 1977, he obtained a Testimonial in Arabic Supervision. In 1975, at an in-service training course at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, he also obtained a Cer tificate in School Administration. He was appointed Asssistant Headmaster of the Sabon Gari Primary School in 1973 and was made the Headmaster of Kimba Primary School in 1974 and that of Jega Town Senior Primary School in 1975. He became a Quaranic/Arabic Supervisor in 1977 and the acting Education Officer, Aleru District, in 1978. Hon.' Jega married the former Miss Dije Yar Kumashi in 1974 and they have two daughters and a son. He is keenly interested in reading religious books and constitutional proceedings.
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