He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he obtained a Bachelor of Law Degree (LLB) in 1978 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1979.
He was appointed General Manager Services of the NNPC Joint Venture, NAPIMS in 1997.
In 2001, he was appointed Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Shippers Council, a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Transport.
[2] President Olusegun Obasanjo appointed him Federal Minister of Labour and Productivity in 2004.
[5] He left office in March 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet.