title: Abba Habib
text: # Abba Habib
  
  Abba Muhammed Habib was a Nigerian politician who was general secretary of the Northern People's Congress and later became a regional minister for Trade in the First Republic.
  
  He was a Shuwa Arab from Dikwa. He was a major political figure who represented the province of Northern Cameroons in the Northern Regional Assembly and later led the province to merge with the Northern Region of Nigeria.
  
  