The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is a Ministry of the Federal Government of Nigeria that has the mandate to ensure food security in crop,livestock and fisheries,stimulate agricultural employment and services,promote the production and supply of raw materials to Agro-allied industries,provide markets for the products of the industrial sector,generate foreign exchange and aid rural Socio-economic development throughout Nigeria. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar is the current Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Abubakar replaced Sabo Nanono and took charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in September 2021,after he was redeployed from the Federal Ministry of Environment by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Usmanu Danfodiyo University,Sokoto (UDUS),also known as UDUSOK,is a public research university located in the city of Sokoto,north western Part of Nigeria. It is one of the initial twelve universities founded in Nigeria by the federal government in 1975.
Adamu Ciroma was a Nigerian politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,born to a Bole family in Potiskum,Yobe State. He was a member of the People's Democratic Party.
Bello Maitama Yusuf GCON was a Nigerian politician and businessman. He became Minister for Internal Affairs in 1979,and Minister for Commerce in 1982,and Senator repressing Jigawa central 3 times. Prior,to joining politics,he founded Quartz Integrated Services Nigeria Limited right after he had finished university,it was a renowned and very influential construction company which had first started operating in Kano. Furthermore,he was also the chairman on the board of four other construction companies at the time,thus,making him one of the youngest multi millionaires in Northern Nigeria at the time. In addition to this,he was a lawyer and had served as a chief registrar at the Chief Magistrate's Court in Kano. He was also a member of the Constituent Assembly and,up to his time,one of Jigawa's few billionaires. Bello Maitama set up the stage for all politicians and businessmen in Nigeria.
The Kaduna Mafia is a loose group of Nigerian businessmen,civil servants,intellectuals and military officers from Northern Nigeria,who resided or conducted their activities in Kaduna,the former capital of the region towards the end of the First Republic.
Jerry Gana,is a Nigerian scholar,politician and one time senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1983 then Director for the Directorate of Food,Roads and Infrastructure (DFRRI).He was the director of the Mass Mobilization for Social Justice and Economic Recovery,popularly known as MAMSER under Ibrahim Babangida,then Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources,in the Interim National Government under Ernest Shonekan. Later he became Minister of Information and Culture under General Sani Abacha,then Minister of Corporation and Integration in Africa under Olusegun Obasanjo as well as being Minister of Information and national Orientation. He also served as Political Adviser to Olusegun Obasanjo,before announcing plans to run for president in June 2006.
Mahmud Yayale Ahmed,CFR is a Nigerian civil servant and politician who served as Defence Minister of Nigeria.
The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission is a Nigerian agency that was inaugurated on 29 September 2000 following the recommendation of President Olusegun Obasanjo. The mandate is to receive and investigate reports of corruption and in appropriate cases prosecute the offender(s),to examine,review and enforce the correction of corruption prone systems and procedures of public bodies,with a view to eliminating corruption in public life,and to educate and enlighten the public on and against corruption and related offences with a view to enlisting and fostering public support for the fight against corruption. The Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Act 2000 governs the committee's activities.
Muhammad Mustapha Adebayo Akanbi was a Nigerian lawyer and judge,who served as President of the Nigerian Court of Appeal (1992–1999) and inaugural head of Nigeria's Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (2000–2005) before his death in 2018 at the age of 85.
Abba Sayyadi Ruma was appointed Federal Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources in Nigeria by President Umaru Yar'Adua on 26 July 2007. He left office in March 2010 when acting president Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet.
Adamu Maina Waziri was appointed Nigerian minister of Police Affairs on 6 April 2010,when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.
Hajia Maryam Inna Ciroma was appointed Nigerian minister of Women Affairs in July 2005 by President Olusegun Obasanjo. She was replaced by Saudatu Bungudu when President Umaru Yar'Adua swore in his cabinet in July 2007.
Haliru Mohammed Bello is a Nigerian politician. He was trained in veterinary medicine. He held various administrative positions under the military governments before 1999. He was Minister of Communications from June 2001 to May 2003. After he left office,he was indicted in a bribery scandal involving the German telecom company Siemens AG.
Barrister Mukhtar Shehu Shagari,CFR was appointed Nigerian Minister of Water Resources in a June 2001 reshuffle of the cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was later appointed President of the African Ministers Council On Water (AMCOW). Shagari held office until January 2007 when he left to compete for Deputy Governor of Sokoto State. He was elected Deputy Governor of Sokoto State in April 2007,and after a legal challenge was reelected in May 2008.
Bello Muhammad popularly known as Bello Matawalle is a Nigerian politician and teacher who has served as the minister of state for defence since 2023. He previously served as the governor of Zamfara State from 2019 to 2023.
Mohammed Musa Bello is a Nigerian banker and politician who served as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,from 2015 to 2023.
Salihu Mustafa, FNSE,FAENG,FNAHS,FAS,is a Nigerian academic,professor of civil engineering and former Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Technology Yola (FUTY),Yola,Adamawa State,Nigeria. He has taught in many universities in Nigeria and is currently a visiting professor to Kebbi State University of Science and Technology,Aliero and Usmanu Danfodiyo University,Sokoto. He is married to Hajiya Fatima and they have four children.
The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) is a public research university located in Zaria,Kaduna State,Nigeria. It was opened in 1962 as the University of Northern Nigeria. The university has four colleges,three schools,18 faculties,110 academic departments,17 centres,and seven institutes with over 600 professors,about 3000 academic staff and over 7000 non-teaching staff. The university has over 400 postgraduate programmes reflecting its strife to become a postgraduate studies-centred university. The university operates from two campuses in the ancient cosmopolitan city of Zaria,the Samaru Campus where the Senate Building and most of the faculties are located and the Kongo Campus,hosting the faculties of Law and Administration. It has been adjudged to be the largest university in Sub-Saharan Africa,in terms of land occupied,owing to the numerous buildings it has.
Suleiman Hussein Adamu is a Nigerian Engineer and former Minister,Nigerian Federal Ministry of Water Resources. He commissioned the Ogbia Regional Water Project in Otuoke,Bayelsa State. He was appointed the Minister of Water Resources by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,President Muhammadu Buhari.
