Education
He attended Bayero University, Kano, earning a bachelor"s degree in Political Science.
politician Member of the Senate of Nigeria
He attended Bayero University, Kano, earning a bachelor"s degree in Political Science.
Bashir was born in Nasarawa, Kano State. A businessman with banking, property and trading interests, Basheer Garba Mohammed founded the Ladon Alheri Foundation, a charity that funds projects including schools, water boreholes and eye surgery. He has expressed his feeling that there are gaps in Nigeria"s developmental chain which must be addressed if the lives of ordinary citizens are to become more meaningful.
In the April 2011 election for the Kano Central Senatorial seat, Basheer polled 359,050 votes, ahead of Aminu Abba Ibrahim of the All Nigeria People"s Party (ANPP) with 273,141 votes and Alhaji Bello Isa Bayero of the Congress for Progressive Change with 227,792 votes.