Distinguished Senator Sadiq S. Umar is a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, representing Kwara North, Kwara State, Nigeria, under the All-Progressive Congress (APC) party.
He holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration, Master’s degree in Disaster Risk Management and Developmental Studies from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State. He is a Public Health
Pharmacist, Consultant, Development Expert, Community Mobiliser, Philanthropist, Public Affairs Analyst and a Leader.
He worked for many years in the Health Development Sector of DFID and USAID SCM Projects, where he spent about two decades managing projects that focus on helping the poor and vulnerable especially women and children. He started as an Officer and rose to become Technical Director West Africa, Axios International, a USA based organisation before joining politics.
In 2019, he was elected to serve in the 9th Senate, where he was the Chairman Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Vice Chairman Senate Committee on Primary Health Care and Communicable Diseases and Member of several other committees in the 9th senate. In 2023, he was re-elected to serve in the 10th Senate, serving as the Chairman Senate Committee on Trade and Investment and a member of several Senate Committees including Appropriation, Power, Downstream Petroleum, Finance, FCT, Public Accounts, Industries, Defence, National Planning, ICT and Cyber Crimes, Local and Foreign Debt, etc. His legislative focus is on Education, Health, Road Infrastructure, Water Resources, Power, Human Capital Development, Empowerment and Youth Advancement.
Senator Sadiq S. Umar is a fellow of several professional bodies, including:
- Fellow Nigerian Academy of Pharmacy
- Fellow African Centre for Supply Chain
- Fellow Society of Professional Disaster Risk Managers
- Fellow Association of Nigeria Public Administrators
He holds the traditional title of Dan Amar Kaiama and Dan Amar Lafiagi, which means the Beloved Prince of Kaiama and Lafiagi Emirates in Kwara State. He is popularly known as “3SU” in Kwara State which stands for “Senator Sadiq Suleiman Umar”.
He is married to Hajia Maryam Sadiq Umar and the family is blessed with two Boys and a Girl.