House of Representative Candidate
Hon Bello Mohammed El-Rufai
Honourable Mohammed Bello El-Rufai was born on January 11, 1988. He is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician. He is a United World College (UWC) Scholar and holds a B.Sc (a Major in Political Science & International Relations and a Minor in Religious Studies) from Wheaton College, Massachusetts. Honourable El-Rufai also obtained an M.Sc in Public Relations & Corporate Communications from Georgetown University in 2015. He completed his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 2015, serving with the political pressure group Good Governance Group (3G).
During the 2015 general elections, he co-founded the Political Action Committee, Rescue Kaduna Group (RKG), alongside Hafiz Bayero, the current Senior Advisor Counsellor to the Kaduna State Governor and Mukhtar Baloni, the current Chairman of Kaduna North Local Government. His efforts led to his appointment as the Director of Youth Mobilization of the Buhari Campaign Organization (BCO) for the 2015 general elections.
Under the recommendation of renowned businessman and philanthropist Hakeem Belo Osagie, Honourable El-Rufai was hired as a Manager with Huawei Nigeria. He worked in the Enterprise Business Unit for four years before leaving the private sector to work with Senator Uba Sani in the 9th National Assembly. The Senator, currently the Governor of Kaduna State, recruited the 35-year-old Bello to serve as his Senior Legislative Aide and Chief of Staff.
As the youngest Senior Legislative Aide in the Senate, Bello was pivotal in establishing an efficient, innovative and productive system in the Senator’s office. The system ensured synergy between the Senator’s office, the Committee Clerk’s office and the Constituency offices in Kaduna. Consequently, the system was duplicated by various ranking Senators due to its unique and practical approach to
Gender: Male
Age: 11 Years
Qualifications: M.Sc in Public Relations & Corporate Communications
Constituency: Kaduna North Constituency, Kaduna
Party: All Progressives Congress