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{{short description|Nigerian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name                   = Magaji Muhammed
|image                  = 
|office1                = Federal Minister of Industry, Nigeria
|term_start1            = May 2003
|term_end1              = 13 July 2005
|predecessor1           = [[Stephen Akiga]]
|successor1             = [[Fidelis Tapgun]]
|office2                = Federal Minister of Internal Affairs
|term_start2            = 13 July 2005
|term_end2              = June 2006
|predecessor2           = [[Iyorchia Ayu]]
|successor2             = [[Oluyemi Adeniji]]
|birth_date             = {{Birth date|1940|12|31|df=y}}
|death_date             = April 2017 (age 76)
|birth_place            = [[Dutsin-Ma]], [[Katsina State]], [[Nigeria]]
|party                  = [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]] (PDP)
|
}}
'''Magaji Muhammed''' (31 December 1940 – April 2017<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://katsinapost.com.ng/2017/04/14/breaking-ambassador-magaji-muhammed-dies-at-the-age-of-77/ |title=BREAKING: Ambassador Magaji Muhammed dies at the age of 77 |date=14 April 2017 |website=Katsina Post |access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://hausa.naija.ng/1099628-wani-babban-jigo-a-gwamnatin-obasanjo-ya-rasu.html#1099628 |title=Wani babban jigo a gwamnatin Obasanjo ya rasu |last=Saddiq |first=Mustapha |date=2017-04-15 |website=Naija.ng - Nigeria news. |language=ha-NG |access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref>) headed the [[Nigeria]]n Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs until the June 2006, when he resigned to pursue a gubernatorial ambition, and he was succeeded by [[Oluyemi Adeniji]]. He is also a former Minister of Industries.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/thisday/2005/07/14/as_obasanjo_reshuffles_cabinet_ministers_under_probe_for_corruption.php
 |work=ThisDay
 |title=As Obasanjo Reshuffles Cabinet... Ministers Under Probe for Corruption
 |date=2005-07-14
 |accessdate=2010-05-03
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111023812/http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/thisday/2005/07/14/as_obasanjo_reshuffles_cabinet_ministers_under_probe_for_corruption.php
 |archive-date=2012-01-11
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref>

==Background==
Magaji Muhammed was born on 31 December 1940 in [[Dutsin-Ma]], [[Katsina State]]. He attended [[Ahmadu Bello University]], Zaria as the Pioneer set of students of the university, where he earned a BA Degree in Administration.  From 1965 to 1975, he was district Officer in-charge of Idoma, Wukari and Tiv Division of defunct Northern Nigeria, and Principal Assistant Secretary, Military Governor's Office, [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]].  He also served as Administrator, Kaduna Capital Territory.  In 1975, he was appointed Permanent Secretary.  He joined the Federal Civil Service in 1980 and was Director, Project Implementation, Federal Ministry of Industries and Director, Commercial and Industrial Incentives, Federal Ministry of Trade and Industries.<ref name=nfirst>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.nigeriafirst.org/docs/ministers_profiles.htm
 |title       = Ministers: A Biographical Summary
 |work        = NigeriaFirst
 |accessdate  = 2010-02-19
 |url-status=dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20060721044351/http://www.nigeriafirst.org/docs/ministers_profiles.htm
 |archivedate = 2006-07-21
 }}</ref>

==Obasanjo government==

Muhammed was Nigeria's Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2000 to 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-15 |title=Ex commerce minister, Magaji Mohammed, buried |url=https://punchng.com/ex-commerce-minister-magaji-mohammed-buried/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref> He was appointed Minister of Industry by President [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] in June 2003 and in 2005 he was appointed federal Minister of Internal affairs.<ref name=nfirst/> Ambassador Magaji was superb and excellent as minister of Internal affairs, it was during his time that the national ID card programme and distribution was enhanced to reach all corners of the country. It was also during his time as internal affairs minister that the [[Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps|Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps]] was restructured and given additional function in the federal government.

In May 2006, Mohammed and his colleague Ambassador [[Idris Waziri]] the minister of Commerce resigned to contest the governors of their respective states as the rule was that political appointees had to resign from their positions if they had to contest any electoral office at that time.

==References==
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{{Interior Ministers of Nigeria}}
{{Cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo 2003-2007}}

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