predecessor successor birth_place office width birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
ibrahim bunu nasir ahmad el-rufai damboa , borno state , nigeria federal capital territory minister 150px 1943 8 february 2001 mohammed abba gana
 17 july 2003 mohammed abba gana
mohammed abba gana

mohammed abba gana -lrb- born 1943 -rrb- served as a special adviser on civil society to the nigerian vice president atiku abubakar until 22 june 2006 , when he was sacked by president olusegun obasanjo .
he had previously served as a federal capital territory minister from 8 february 2001 to 17 july 2003 .
gana was born in 1943 in damboa , borno state .
he attended the yelwa boarding senior primary school , maiduguri -lrb- 1956 - 1958 -rrb- , government college , zaria , now barewa college -lrb- 1959 - 1963 -rrb- and okene-provincial secondary school -lrb- 1964 - 1965 -rrb- .
he was admitted to ahmadu bello university , zaria -lrb- 1966 - 1969 -rrb- where he obtained a degree in electrical engineering .
he worked as executive engineer in the ministry of works and housing of north-eastern state .
in october 1979 he was appointed bornu state commissioner for works and housing by the greater nigerian people 's party -lrb- gnpp -rrb- government of bornu state under governor mohammed goni .
in 1983 he was the gubernatorial candidate of the gnpp in bornu state .
abba-gana became a wealthy man .
for several years he was on the board of the national electric power authority -lrb- nepa -rrb- .
