Aminu Saleh | |
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| Secretary to the Government of the Federation | |
| In office 18 November 1993 – 17 October 1995 | |
| President | Sani Abacha |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Umara |
| Succeeded by | Gidado Idris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 November 1933 Azare, Northern Nigeria, British Nigeria (now Azare, Katagum, Bauchi State, Nigeria |
| Died | 22 July 2015 (aged 81) Azare, Katagum, Bauchi State, Nigeria |
Aminu Saleh GCON CFR (6 November 1933[1][2] – 22 July 2015) was a Nigerian administrator, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, former Finance Minister of Nigeria, and permanent secretary in the Nigerian ministry of Defense.[3] He became the chairman of the National Qu'ranic Recitation Committee in 2006.[4]
He is an indigene of Bauchi State and has served in various capacities at both the state and the federal level.[5] He served Obasanjo's regime in the 1970s and Abacha's beginning in 1993.
Saleh is also the owner of a Nigerian beverage known as "Brahma and Tandi Guarana"[6] and a shareholder in various Nigeria-based industries. He led the creation, establishment, funding and running of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF). He was a member of Vision 2010.
Born in 1933 in Azare, Katagum LGA, Bauchi State, Sale attended elementary school in Azare 1941-44, Bauchi middle school 1944-49, attended clerical training college Zaria, 1950-51 attended institute of administration Zaria for diploma in accounting 1956-57. He was on an evening university degree course in University of Lagos 1963-67, he had attended post graduate course in management in University of Wisconsin in the United States.
- ^ https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-samsung&sca_esv=582627702&q=Aminu+Saleh+6th+of+November+1933&tbm=bks&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiyoZeQnsaCAxXY3gIHHYKIAM4Q0pQJegQIBxAB&biw=412&bih=652&dpr=2.63 [bare URL]
- ^ Saleh, Alhaji Aminu
- ^ "Inauguration of Nigerian parliamentary defence committee," British Broadcasting Corporation, December 17, 1983
- ^ "Bauchi govt plans to train 20 on art of writing Qu’ran" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, The Tide (Port Harcourt), August 19, 2006
- ^ Federal Government of Nigeria
- ^ CuteNaija. "Former SFG Aminu Saleh Is Dead". Nigerian News. Latest Nigeria News. Your online Nigerian Newspaper. Retrieved 2022-07-16.