Aminu Saleh

Aminu Saleh

Aminu Saleh is a Nigerian administrator, former Finance Minister, and permanent secretary in the Nigerian ministry of Defense.^[1] He became the chairman of the National Qu'ranic Recitation Committee in 2006.^[2]

He is an indigene of Bauchi State and has served in various capacities at both the state and the federal level.^[3] He served Obasanjo's regime in the 1970s and Abacha's beginning in 1992.

Saleh is also the owner of a Nigerian beverage known as "Brahma and Tandi Guarana" and a shareholder in various Nigeria-based industries. He is currently a member of Vision 2010.

Born in 1933 in Azare, Katagum LG, Bauchi State. Attended elementary school in Azare 1941-44, Bauchi middle school 1944-49, attended clerical training college Zaria, 1950-51 attended institute of administration Zaria for diploma in accounting 1956-57. He was on an evening university degree course in University of Lagos 1963-67, he had attended post graduate course in management in University of Wisconsin in USA.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Joined the Katagum Native Authority in 1949, became Katagum Native Authority Treasurer in 1957, transferred to Federal Government in 1962. He was under Dr. Pius Okigbo the then Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister (2), his pupilage in budget and national plan techniques under Dr. Edwin Ogbu Permanent Secretary Fed. Min. of Finance who later became Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, (3) the rigorous drills he regularly had in financial discipline and management in the hands of Abdul-Aziz Attah the Permanent Secretary Fed. Min. of Finance and later SGF, (4) the induction he went through in contract negotiations, preparation and its administrative supervision under Engr. S.O. Williams Perm. Sec. Min. of Communication who later became the Fed. Minister of Communication, and (5) lastly and not the least the humble and able Dr. Bukar Sha’ibu Perm. Sec. Fed. Min. of Agric, a sober person who asked him to look for order and justice, who later became Nigeria’s representative at the World Food and Agricultural Organization.

APPOINTMENTS HELD

Deputy Perm. Sec. in the Federal Ministries of Finance, Communication and Agriculture. He became Federal Perm. Sec. in the Fed. Ministry of Communication, Trade and Defence, went on voluntary retirement in 1984. He was appointed Fed. Minister of Industries 1993, Fed. Minister of Finance and Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Head of Federal Civil Service. Led the creation, establishment, funding and running of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF). Participated actively in original thoughts and preparation of vision 2010.

MEMBERSHIP OF FEDERAL BOARDS

Member Board of Governors University Teaching Hospital Ibadan 1963, 1964, 1965. Member Board of Governors Lagos Teaching Hospital, 1966, 1967. Member Provisional Council University of Lagos, when Justice Taylor was the Chairman, Professor Biobaku was the Vice Chancellor and Chief Eke was the Registrar, 1969, 1970.

APPOINTMENTS AT BAUCHI STATE LEVEL

He was appointed Chairman Elders Advisory Committee, Chairman Committee on the Creation of Katagum State, Chairman Committee on Kafin Zaki Dam, by the Bauchi State Government. He was appointed Chairman Bauchi State Constitution Review Committee. He is Member of National Honours and Merit Award Committee.

AWARDS

He was awarded GCON by Abdulsalami administration but denied by Obasanjo, awarded Doctorate LLD, ATBU Bauchi, awarded Grand Commander of the Nigerian Students by NANS, and was given Prestigious Merit Award by NUBASS, he was awarded CFR by President Umaru Yar’adu.   PAPER PRESENTED

He had presented many papers to a number of bodies such as 1) Paper presented to an induction course of Fed. Perm. Sec. and Directors General under the chairmanship of Prof. A A Adedeje, a paper on Budgeting the Nigerian Experience. 2) Presented a paper to annual conference of Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers Kaduna on Energy Development. 3) Presented a paper to 50th Anniversary of Katagum Student Association (KSA) 4) Presented a paper to 2008 Annual Dinner of Nigerian Society of Engineers Bauchi. DEATH Died Wednesday, July 22, 2015. In FMC Azare. Due to a failed emergency Surgery.

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