Abdulfatai Buhari

Abdulfatai Buhari
Senator for Oyo North
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 June 2015
Preceded byAyoola Agboola
Member of the
House of Representatives of Nigeria
from Oyo
In office
3 June 2003 – 5 June 2007
ConstituencyOgbomoso North/Ogbomoso South/Ori Ire
Personal details
NationalityNigerian
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
OccupationPolitician
CommitteesSenate committee for ICT and cybercrime
Senate committee on land and marine transport
Senate committee on aviation

Abdulfatai Omotayo Buhari is a Nigerian Politician born 1965 in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria, who has served as senator representing Oyo North Senatorial district since 2015.[1][2]

He pursued Business Administration at University of Ilorin, earning a Bachelor of science degree in 1985 . He then furthered his education to Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (ABU Zaria) where he graduated with a Masters in Business Administration in 1993. In 2009, where he obtained a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Abuja.

He was first elected during the 2015 Senatorial elections and re-elected in 2019 where he ran for re-election and won with over 18,338 votes triumphing over his PDP counterpart with a total of 107,703 votes to his name and also in 2023.[3][4][5]

In 2003, he served as a member of the House of Representatives representing Ogbomoso North, Ogbomoso South and Ori Ire Federal Constituencies.[5][6] In November 2015, he was appointed Vice Chairman of the senate committee on Industry. Subsequently, he was again appointed Chairman senate committee on ICT & Cyber Crime. He has served as a Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters of Oyo State.[3]

He was also the Chairman of the Nigeria Senate committee on land and Marine transport in the 9th senate.

He was named the Chairman, Senate committee on Aviation of the 10th senate on 8 August 2023.[7][8]

Here are some post of his you can take note:

  • Chairman at Land Transport Committee from June 2019 to June 2023
  • Vice Chairman at ICT and Cybercrime Committee from June 2019 to June 2023
  • Chairman at ICT & Cyber Crime Committee from June 2015 to June 2019
  • Vice-Chairman at Industry Committee from June 2015 to June 2019
  • Senator at Senate from May 2015 to May 2019

Fatai Buhari has been described a Tinubu-like Senator[9]

  1. ^ "#EndSARS: Folarin, Buhari condemn killing in Ogbomoso". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Oyo Senator empowers constituents with multimillion naira tools - The Nation Newspaper". thenationonlineng.net. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "APC candidate, Buhari, wins Oyo North Senatorial district seat again". 25 February 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Tough battles for the Senate". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Nigeria: 2023 - Group Wants Senator Buhari to Join Oyo Guber Race". allAfrica.com. 28 April 2021. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. ^ Adepoju, Sunday. "Monitoring Our Leaders: The Senator Abdulfatai Buhari Example". Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Lawan, Yari, Tambuwal, Oshiomhole, Sani Musa, Others Emerge Senate Committee Chairmen - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Buhari as Senate Leader in 10th N'Assembly".
  9. ^ "Fatai Buhari, A Tinubu-like Senator — Ex-Osun Commissioner".