Musa Usman

Musa Usman
Governor, North-Eastern State, Nigeria
In office
28 May 1967 – July 1975
Preceded by Hassan Katsina
(Northern Region)
Succeeded by Muhammadu Buhari

Brigadier (air force) Musa Usman was the first governor of North-Eastern State, Nigeria from May 1967 to July 1975 after the state had been formed from part of Northern Region during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.[1]

Usman attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, England gaining his commission in 1962.[2] Major Usman was a participant in the July 1966 coup when Major General Aguiyi Ironsi was overthrown, replaced by General Yakubu Gowon.[3] Appointed governor of North-East State in May 1967, Usman initiated construction of the Ashaka cement factory, eventually opened on 19 July 1979 by Major-General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua.[4] In 1975 he participated in friendly negotiations with Cameroon to settle the border between that country and Nigeria.[5] He was a cautious supporter of the principle that the military government should hand over to civilian rule in 1976.[6]

After retirement, he was allocated a residence in the prestigious Jabi Street area of Kaduna.[7] Usman later became a director of the Bank of the North.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Nigeria States". WorldStatesmen. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  2. ^ Nowa Omoigui (June 14, 2003). "BARRACKS: THE HISTORY BEHIND THOSE NAMES". Dawodu. http://www.dawodu.com/barrack7.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  3. ^ Nowa Omoigui. "OPERATION 'AURE': The Northern Military Counter-Rebellion of July 1966". Africa Masterweb. http://www.africamasterweb.com/CounterCoup.html. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  4. ^ "History". Ashaka Cement Works. http://ashakacem.com/history.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  5. ^ Njoku, Boniface Ibe (November 1991). "Politics of Territorial Sea Relations: A Case Study of Nigeria=Cameroun Territorial Waters". University of Nigeria. http://repository.unn.edu.ng/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=1428&Itemid=306. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  6. ^ S. K. Panter-Brick, Simone K. Panter-Brick (1978). Soldiers and oil: the political transformation of Nigeria. Routledge. p. 65. ISBN 0714630985. 
  7. ^ TONY IYARE (4 August 2009). "JOS RAYFIELD, THE GENERALS’ FORTRESS". The Gleaner. http://www.gleanernewsonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75:jos-rayfield-the-generals-fortress-&catid=65:features&Itemid=127. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  8. ^ Uhomoibhi Toni Aburime. "IMPACT OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION ON BANK PROFITABILITY IN NIGERIA". University of Nigeria. http://globip.com/pdf_pages/african-vol4-article5.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
North-Eastern State
Musa Usman  • Muhammadu Buhari
Borno State
Governors of Nigerian States under General Yakubu Gowon (1967 - 1975)
General Yakubu Gowon was head of state of Nigeria from August 1966 to July 1975. He reorganized the four regions into twelve states in May 1967. Following is a list of state governors during his military regime.