| Idris Ibrahim Mohammed Kuta | |
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| Senator for Niger East | |
| In office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2007 |
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| Succeeded by | Dahiru Awesu Kuta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1942 Minna, Niger State, Nigeria |
| Died | 1 March 2008 |
Idris Ibrahim Mohammed Kuta (1942-2008) was elected Senator for the Niger East constituency of Niger State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[1]
Kuta was born on 1 October 1942 in Minna, Niger State. He qualified as a Quantity Surveyor. He was a two-time chairman of the Nigeria Polo Association, and mounted and sponsored the dominant Kaduna Stable polo team. Kuta was deputy speaker of the House of Representatives in the Nigerian Second Republic. He served as Minister for Mines and Steel from 1979 to 1983.[2]
After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999 he was appointed to committees on Rules & Procedures, Aviation (Chairman), Banking & Currency, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture and Privatization.[3] He was reelected in 2003, but in 2007 lost the PDP primary election to his brother, Dahiru Awaisu Kuta, who went on to be elected.[4] Kuta died on 1 March 2008 in his residence in Abuja, and was buried in Minna.[5]
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