President Muhammadu Buhari has
ratified the appointment of former Minister of Commerce, Bello Maitama-Yusuf,
as member of the Board of Directors of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC.
Special Assistant on New Media to
the Governor of Jigawa State, Auwal Sankara, confirmed the appointment and
revealed that Maitama-Yusuf was nominated by Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, Governor
of the state.
He wrote on Facebook, “In
recognition of his hard work, resilience and steadfastness in the progress of
APC and development of Jigawa State and Nigeria at large, the Governor of
Jigawa State Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has facilitated the appointment of
Senator Bello Maitama Yusuf as a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).”
Maitama-Yusuf’s appointment
letter read: “Pursuant to section 5 of the Nigerian Railway Corporation Act
cap. N129, LFN2004, and all powers enabling the Honourable Minister of
Transportation in that behalf, and consequent upon your nomination by the
governor of Jigawa State, I am pleased to inform you of your appointment by the
Honourable Minister, as a member of the Directors of Nigerian Railway
Corporation.
President Muhammadu Buhari has
ratified the appointment of former Minister of Commerce, Bello Maitama-Yusuf,
as member of the Board of Directors of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC.
Special Assistant on New Media to
the Governor of Jigawa State, Auwal Sankara, confirmed the appointment and
revealed that Maitama-Yusuf was nominated by Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, Governor
of the state.
He wrote on Facebook, “In
recognition of his hard work, resilience and steadfastness in the progress of
APC and development of Jigawa State and Nigeria at large, the Governor of
Jigawa State Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has facilitated the appointment of
Senator Bello Maitama Yusuf as a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).”
Maitama-Yusuf’s appointment
letter read: “Pursuant to section 5 of the Nigerian Railway Corporation Act
cap. N129, LFN2004, and all powers enabling the Honourable Minister of
Transportation in that behalf, and consequent upon your nomination by the
governor of Jigawa State, I am pleased to inform you of your appointment by the
Honourable Minister, as a member of the Directors of Nigerian Railway
Corporation.
“Your tenure of appointment shall
commence on the date of inauguration of the board and shall subsist at the
pleasure of the President of the Federal republic of Nigeria, pursuant to
Section 8 of the above-referenced Act.”
The 74-year old Maitama-Yusuf,
served as Minister of Internal Affairs in 1978 and later as Minister of
Commerce in 1982.
He served as senator representing
Jigawa South-West at the National Assembly between 1999 and 2007, initially on
the platform of the All Nigeria People’s Party, ANPP.
He later defected to the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP.
He also contested for the
governorship of Jigawa State in 2007.
President Buhari had in 1983
accused Maitama-Yusuf of corruption during his military regime between 1983 to
1985.
The former Minister, however,
went into exile to avoid prosecution.
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