Mohammed Umar Bago (born 22 February 1974) is a Nigerian politician. He was born in Minna, Niger State, to a Nupe family, He is a member of parliament for Chanchaga, Federal Constituency. He ran in the 9th National Assembly, contesting for Speaker House of Representatives of Nigeria. He came second to Femi Gbajabiamila. Umar Bago attended Marafa Primary School, Minna, and Federal Government College, Jos. He earned his West Africa School Certificate from the WAEC. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science at Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto. Bago has obtained several postgraduate diplomas and master’s degrees, including a postgraduate diploma in management from the Federal University of Technology Minna in 2001, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in economics at the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, in 2003, and a master’s degree in finance at the University of Calabar in 2005. He is also a distinguished alumnus of Cambridge University in the United Kingdom in 2014. 

Bago worked with the United Bank for Africa (UBA), First City Monument Bank (FCMB), and Afri-Bank PLC respectively. He serves as a manager at First City Monument Bank. In 2007 he entered politics. He chairs the House Committee on Maritime Safety, Education, and Administration. In 2016 he advised the management of the Maritime Commission that 83 staff should be sacked. He stated, “That is how touts are employed. He urged the Nimasa to spend money wisely in a well and prepared process. Bago is married with children. To improve the educational quality of his constituency, he bought 1000 forms of JAMB for his people. And also distributed 11 trailer loads of rice to his constituency as a palliative during the Covid-19 pandemic period.