Muhammad Hassan, a member of the house of representatives, is dead.
Akin Rotimi, spokesperson of the lower legislative chamber, announced Hassan’s passing in a statement on Saturday.
Rotimi said Hassan, who represented Dawakin Kudu/Warawa federal constituency of Kano state, died on Friday after a period of illness. He was 66 years of age.
Hassan was elected in 2023 on the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) platform.
He served as deputy chairman of the judiciary committee and was also a member of several panels, including public petitions, aviation, solid minerals, constitution review, and treaties, protocols and agreements.
With his demise, Nigeria has lost one of its foremost Legislative Counsel and Legal Draftsmen, whose contributions over the years significantly advanced legislative development and constitutional processes in the country. Indeed, many of the laws enacted over the past decades bear his enduring imprint,” Rotimi said.
He brought to the legislature decades of cognate experience within the National Assembly bureaucracy, having risen through the ranks to the highest administrative cadre and retiring as a Permanent Secretary before he entered partisan politics.
“His extensive background in administration and governance, as well as his wealth of institutional memory, significantly enriched his contributions to parliamentary work and national discourse.
Within the House, he distinguished himself as a committed, reflective, and diligent legislator. As Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, he made valuable contributions informed by deep institutional knowledge, administrative competence, and a firm commitment to strengthening Nigeria’s justice system and upholding the rule of law.
