Public Figure : Let’s Meet Performing Federal Lawmaker, Sen Buhari Abdulfatai

Public Figure : Let’s Meet Performing Federal Lawmaker, Senator Buhari Abdulfatai.

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Our this week public figure and African hero of people is Senator Buhari Omotayo Abdulfatai , Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport/ Senator representing Oyo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Federal Republic of Nigeria .

Sen. Buhari is Standardbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Oyo North, come 2023.

SENATOR BUHARI ABDULFATAI :

Senator Buhari Abdulfatai was born on 21st November, 1964 to the family of Baale Ibapon in Ogbomoso South Local Government area of Oyo state, Nigeria.

He attended Real Amass Secondary School, Kumasi, Ghana for his secondary school education which he successfully completed in 1981.

Buhari Abdulfatai proceeded to the prestigious University of Ilorin where he bagged a Bachelor of Science Honours in Business Administration in 1985. He capped his illustrious education pedigree with a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science (M.Sc) in Political Science and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University , Zaria (1992), University of Abuja (2009) and University of Abuja (2014) respectively.

He had his mandatory one-year National Youth Service (NYSC) between 1985 & 1986 with Allied Bank in Benin City. Buhari Abdulfatai was very lucky and immediately after the NYSC joined UTC motors as a Management Trainee and rose to the position of Sales Manager in 1990 before joining SCOA motors as a Branch Manager.

Between 1990 and I998 he rose through the ranks in SCOA motors to the Deputy General Manager. However, he took a giant step in 1998 by establishing his own company ABADAT motors which was officially commissioned by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999. He was the Managing Director/CEO of ABADAT motors until 2003 that he was elected as a member of House of Representatives, representing Ogbomoso North, Ogbomoso and Oriire Federal Constituency.

Buhari Abdulfatai’s love for his people, qualitative representation, parliamentary activities, development and philanthropic gestures informed his decision to join politics. As a member of House of Representative, he was member of Constitutional Review Committee, Petroleum Committee, Media & Publicity Committee, Sport Committee and Navy & Air force Committee.

After his tenure in House of Representative 2007, he returned to his position in ABADAT motors as MD/CEO till 2011 that he was appointed by his Excellency the governor of Oyo state, Senator Isiaq Abiola Ajimobi as Special Adviser to the governor on Water Resources. He was later appointed by the governor in 2014 as Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters.

Dr. Buhari Abdulfatai contested the 2015 National Assembly election under All Progressives Congress (APC) to represent Oyo North Senatorial District at the upper chamber and he won with a landslide victory. At the upper chamber, Senator Buhari Abdulfatai between 2015 and 2019 was the Chairman, Senate Committee on ICT & Cybercrime, Deputy Chairman Senate Committee on Industry and member of Senate Committees on Petroleum Downstream, Defence & Appropriation.

In 2019 Senator Buhari was reelected to represent Oyo North Senatorial District at the Upper Chamber for a second term. He is presently the Chairman Senate Committee on Land Transport and Deputy Chairman Senate Committee on ICT. He is a member Senate Committee on Finance, Army. Poverty Alleviation and Defence.
Senator Buhari has sponsored many bills, moved several motions, facilitated development to the nook and cranny of his constituency and at several occasions empowered his constituents.

He is a business man of note, technocrat, politician, consummate parliamentarian and a quintessential philanthropist.
For his selfless service to his community, state and the country at large he had received an array of honours and awards.

Senator Buhari Abdulfatai is happily married to Alhaja Taibat Folasayo Buhari and they are blessed with three lovely children.