Muhammad Sani Abdullahi

Muhammad Sani Abdullahi
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria
In office
October, 2023  To date
Kaduna State Commissioner for Budget and Planning
In office
May 2015  January 2019
Personal details
Born (1979-10-26) 26 October 1979
Kaduna State, Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressives Congress (APC)
Alma materAhmadu Bello University (BSc) (MSc),
University of Manchester (MSc),
Reading University (PhD),
London School of Economics (public finance),
Columbia University (sustainable development),
Oxford University (advanced project management)
OccupationDevelopment economist, public servant, politician

Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, popularly known as Dattijo (born October 26, 1979), is a Nigerian economist and public servant currently serving as Deputy Governor of Economic Policy at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since 2023. He played a key role in shaping the United NationsSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a policy adviser to Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon. He also served as Commissioner for Budget and Planning in Kaduna State, where he pioneered Nigeria’s first subnational Open Government Partnership (OGP) and led significant governance and budgetary reforms. A TEDx speaker and author of *Disruption: Rethinking Governance to Work for the Poor* (2023), and adviser to the World Bank, Abdullahi is recognised for his contributions to economic policy and governance reform in Nigeria and globally.