Bashir Dalhatu | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
| In office 15 December 1997 – 21 August 1998 | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Alex Ibru |
| Succeeded by | Sunday Afolabi |
| Minister of Power and Steel | |
| In office December 1993 – 17 November 1997 | |
| President | Sani Abacha |
| Preceded by | Hassan Adamu |
| Succeeded by | Baba Gana Kingibe |
| Secretary of Transport and Aviation | |
| In office 27 August 1993 – 17 November 1993 | |
| President | Ernest Shonekan |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | Ebenezer Babatope |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bashir Mohammed Dalhatu 12 November 1949 Dutse, British Nigeria |
| Spouse |
Affiah Bashir (m. 1970)Zainab Abacha (m. 1999) |
| Children | 9 |
| Residence(s) | Dutse, Jigawa State |
Bashir Dalhatu (born 12 November 1949), titled Wazirin Dutse, is a Nigerian aristocrat, statesman and lawyer . He was a politician who served in the Interim National Government as Minister of Transport and Aviation in 1993; in General Sani Abacha's government as Minister of Power and Steel from 1993 to 1997 and Minister of Internal Affairs from 1997 to 1998.