Responsibilities of the office
State policy and services
Leads the state executive and implements laws through ministries and agencies, including services within state responsibility.
Budgets and public money
Presents spending proposals to the House of Assembly. Public spending must follow the Constitution, appropriation laws and other applicable rules.
Executive appointments
Nominates commissioners for confirmation by the House of Assembly and assigns portfolios within the state executive.
Legislation
Considers bills passed by the House of Assembly for assent. The Constitution also provides a procedure for the Assembly to override withheld assent.
Accountability and limits
The governor is accountable under the Constitution. Courts and the legislature have separate powers. The office does not confer personal command of the armed forces or unlimited control over federal agencies and local councils.
About Bala Mohammed
Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed is Governor of Bauchi State. He began his first term in 2019 and returned for a second term in 2023.
Early life and education
Mohammed was born on 5 October 1958 in Duguri, Alkaleri. He studied English at the University of Maiduguri, graduating in 1982.
Journalism and the civil service
His early career included journalism before he entered federal administration in 1984. He worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and later held assignments in the Presidency and other federal institutions. His administrative career also included the Nigerian Railway Corporation and Nigerian Meteorological Agency.
Senate and federal minister
Mohammed became senator for Bauchi South in 2007. In 2010, he was appointed Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Those roles involved different mandates: national lawmaking in the Senate and administration of the FCT as a minister.
Governor of Bauchi
His current office is an elected state executive position. He leads the state’s ministries and agencies, proposes budgets and works within the constitutional relationship between the executive, legislature and judiciary.
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