Muazu Sambo

Mu’azu Jaji Sambo FNIOB, MCORBON, MNIM, CON, is the former Minister of Transportation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on 6 July 2022. He was earlier appointed as the Minister of State for Works and Housing in 2021 before he was moved by the President to the Ministry of Transportation.

Early life and education Mu'azu Jaji Sambo was born in 1959 in Jalingo, Taraba State.

Sambo attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he studied building. and posted to the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. On 6 July 2022, he was reassigned to the Ministry of Transportation as the Minister of Transportation.

In the run-up to the 2023 general elections, he was appointed as the Taraba State Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council. which saw the emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Awards and honours In May 2023, he conferred the National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger by President Muhammadu Buhari.