Ahmadu Musa Kida

Ahmadu Musa Kida is a Nigerian engineer and former basketball player.^[1] He hails from Borno State in Nigeria . He was the Deputy Managing Director, Deep Water Services, of Total Nigeria,^[2] and he is also the president of the Nigerian Basketball Federation.^[3][4]

Education

Kida received his degree in civil engineering from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1984. He obtained a postgraduate diploma in petroleum engineering from the Institut Francaise du Petrol (IFP) in Paris.^[5][2]

Career

Kida started his career as a professional at ELF Petroleum Nigeria as a trainee engineer and materials coordinator.^[2] Mr Musa joined Total Exploration & Production Nigeria in 1985 and has worked for over 32 years’ experience in the Oil and Gas industry.^[6] Mr Musa was appointed the Deputy Managing Director of TEPNG Deepwater District as well as on the Board member of Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria on August 1, 2015.^[7]

Kida became a member of the Total E&P Nigeria board in 2014 as executive director for the Port Harcourt district.^[5][8]

In August 2015, Kida was appointed as the deputy managing director of the Deepwater district in Lagos.^[8]

In 2024, Kida became Independent Non-Executive Director at Pan Ocean-Newcross Group.

Membership

Musa attended several professional courses that includes the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Business School both in the USA.^[9]

He is a member of Society of Petroleum Engineers International, a chartered Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) as well as a registered Member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).^[10]

Mr Musa plays Basketball and is the current President of the Board of Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF)^[11]

Nigerian Basketball Federation

Kida was elected president of the Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) in June 2017.^[3]

Personal life

Kida is married and has four children.^[8]