Maitama Bello Yusuf

Maitama Bello Yusuf
Senator for Jigawa South West
In office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2007
Succeeded by	Mujitaba Mohammed Mallam
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Born	22 April 1947 (1947-04-22) (age 64) Jigawa State, Nigeria

Maitama Bello Yusuf (born April, 1947) is a Nigerian politician and a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He was educated at Northgate University, Washington. A member of the defunct National Party of Nigeria, he was made Minister for Internal Affairs in 1979 and Minister for Commerce in 1982.^[1] As minister for Commerce, he was in charge of curtailing imported goods to Nigeria which was massively draining the nation's foreign reserves.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

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

Persondata
Name	Yusuf, Maitama Bello
Alternative names
Short description	Nigerian politician
Date of birth	22 April 1947
Place of birth	Jigawa State, Nigeria
Date of death
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