Between 1970 and 1980, he worked as an engineer for the Inland Waterways division of the Federal Ministry of Transportation and then transferred services to Chad Basin Development Authority (CBDA).
[1] After a military coup brought General Babangida to power, Musa was among members of the new executive cabinet when he was appointed Minister of Industries.
He was moved shuffled between various ministries serving as minister of Mines and Power, Aviation and Water Resources.
In 1990, he was redeployed to the Ministry of Labour to quell tensions arising when unions demanded higher minimum wage.
[3] He served as the Nigerian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France in 1998 and as the Chairman Governing Council of the Ahmadu Bello University from 2009 to 2012.