FormerCommunications Minister, Major General Abubakar Tanko Ayuba ((retd) is dead. The Senator representing Kebbi South constituency, in 2007, died Wednesday afternoon at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, Lagos, of an undisclosed ailment.
Details of his death were sketchy at press time, but it was gathered from sources at the hospital that prior to death, Ayuba had been on admission at a private ward for about two months.
Senator Ayuba attended the Nigerian Military School and Nigerian Defence Academy. He was commissioned second lieutenant, Signals Corps, 1967; Second-in-command, Signals Regiment, 1967; Adjutant, 2 Signals Regiment, 1970; Company commander, 1971; Brigade major, 1972; Commanding Officer, 1973; Commandant, Nigerian Army School of Signals in 1978.
He was Commanding officer, 2 Signals Regiment, 1979; Commander, 1979-80, Commander, Signals Brigade, 1980-81; Commander, Army Headquarters, Signals Group, 1981-84 and Commander, Corps of Signals, 1984-85. He was appointed member, Armed Forces Ruling Council, 1985; minister of Communications, 1985-87, promoted colonel, 1986, director of Manning, Army Head quarters, Lagos, 1988-90 and was appointed military governor of Kaduna State, 1990.
In April 2007, he was elected Senator for the Kebbi South constituency on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. He also served on the Committees on Science & Technology, Police Affairs, Navy, National Planning, Integration and Cooperation, Defence & Army and Communication.
In September 2008, he was awarded the prestigious Nelson Mandela Gold Award for his excellent leadership and contributions to society. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Tanko Ayuba will always be remember for this quotation when he was communication minister: The basic needs of a poor man are food,cloth and shelter. A day a poor man needs a telephone is no more a poor man' Hmmmmmmmmm no be so again for naija oooo. Ayuba RIIP.
ReplyDeleteAfter killing Biafrans in order to steal their oil they think they will live forever. Tanko Ayuba may you burn in hell forever and ever. You people are all dying one by one. In the next ten years you all will be all wiped out Buhari,OBJ,Gowon,Danjuma,IBB and the beautiful country of Biafra will emerge
ReplyDeleteSTFU and hide ur face
Deletetelephone is not for the dead ,,,, this a lesson to all foolish leaders that they will always be remember for what they did in their life time,,,
ReplyDeletePls allow this man RIP
ReplyDeleteHe said the truth then. However, oyibo technology later proved us all wrong.
Lets all try now to think and do better than him so that we all will be admired after our exit.