Musa Usman

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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. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  2. ↑ Nowa Omoigui (June 14, 2003). "BARRACKS: THE HISTORY BEHIND THOSE NAMES". Dawodu. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  3. ↑ Nowa Omoigui. "OPERATION 'AURE': The Northern Military Counter-Rebellion of July 1966". Africa Masterweb. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  4. ↑ "History". Ashaka Cement Works. 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. 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 0-7146-3098-5. 
  7. ↑ TONY IYARE (4 August 2009). "JOS RAYFIELD, THE GENERALS’ FORTRESS". The Gleaner. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  8. ↑ Uhomoibhi Toni Aburime. "IMPACT OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION ON BANK PROFITABILITY IN NIGERIA". University of Nigeria. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
North-Eastern State
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.
See also List of Nigerian Region Military Governors (1966–1967) and Governors of Nigerian States under General Murtala Muhammed (July 1975 - February 1976)
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