Bello Maitama Yusuf

Bello Maitama Yusuf
Bello Maitama Yusuf
Senator for Jigawa South West
	In office; 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2015
Succeeded by	Mujitaba Mohammed Mallam
Personal details
Born	22 April 1945; Jigawa State, Nigeria
Political party	APC

Bello Maitama Yusuf (born April, 1947) is a Nigerian politician, Businessman and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He was the Minister for Internal Affairs in 1979 and Minister for Commerce in 1982. He was educated at Northgate University, Washington and was a member of the defunct National Party of Nigeria. Prior, to joining politics, he was a lawyer and businessman 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 is one of Jigawas few billionaires till now. Bello Maitama has set up the stage for all politicians and businessmen in Nigeria. [1]As minister for Commerce, he was in charge of curtailing imported goods to Nigeria which was massively draining the nation's foreign reserves.[2][3]

He was elected to the Nigerian Senate for the Jigawa South West constituency in April 1999, and reelected in April 2003. He played prominent roles in attacking the Third Term Agenda and indicting President Obasanjo for mismanaging a petroleum development fund, he was also a prominent member of the Senate committee on youth and sports. He was also given the title "Sarduanan Dutse" in his state Jigawa. Bello Maitama has now retired from politics and business, with his oldest son Yusuf continuing his legacy.

Notes

"Nigerian President's Visit to Romania," British Broadcasting Corporation, September 18, 1982
Ibrahim, Yusha’u A.; Giginyu, Ibrahim Musa; Ibrahim, Tijjani; Ngbokai, Richard; Kano (2018-05-27). "Reminiscences with Senator Bello Maitama Yusuf". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
UGWU, CLETUS OKONKWO (1996). POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND DEVELOPMENT I NIGERIA A SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (PDF). CLETUS OKONKWO: CODESRIA LIBRARY. p. 109.

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[1] "Nigerian President's Visit to Romania," British Broadcasting Corporation, September 18, 1982

[2] Ibrahim, Yusha’u A.; Giginyu, Ibrahim Musa; Ibrahim, Tijjani; Ngbokai, Richard; Kano (2018-05-27). "Reminiscences with Senator Bello Maitama Yusuf". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-02-07.

[3] UGWU, CLETUS OKONKWO (1996). POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND DEVELOPMENT I NIGERIA A SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (PDF). CLETUS OKONKWO: CODESRIA LIBRARY. p. 109.