Musa Yar'Adua (1912–1993) was a Nigerian administrator and politician who served as the Minister of Lagos Affairs during Nigeria's First Republic.

His father was Umaru Mutawallin Katsina, a chief whose title made him the royal treasurer of the kingdom.

In 1959, Yar'Adua represented Katsina Central in parliament and was chosen as Minister of Pensions and Nigerianisation before moving to the newly created Ministry of Lagos Affairs.

[2] During the years before Nigeria attained independence in 1960 and in the first republic (1960 - 1966), the capital city's physical, social and economic environment underwent a period of rapid growth.

[1] The ministry was involved in granting lease to foreign missions interested in establishing embassies or consuls in Nigeria and worked with a U.N town planning team composed of Otto Koenigsberger, Charles Abrams, and Maurice Shapiro to develop physical and social amenities.