Bunu Sheriff Musa (14 January 1947 – 5 December 2021) was a Nigerian administrator and engineer who was a federal minister of Mines, Power and Steel during the administration of General

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Life

Musa was born in

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, on 14 January 1947, and had his primary education at a local school in the city. He then attended Government College, Maiduguri for his secondary school studies graduating in 1967, thereafter, went to Federal School of Science to obtain his higher school certificate. Musa earned a degree in engineering from

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and a master's degree from

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. Between 1970 and 1980, he worked as an engineer for the Inland Waterways division of th
Federal Ministry of Transportation
and then transferred services to

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Development Authority (CBDA). In 1981, he became the general manager of CBDA. After a military coup brought General Babangida to power, Musa was among members of the new executive cabinet when he was appointed Minister of Industries. He was moved shuffled between various ministries serving as minister of Mines and Power, Aviation and Water Resources. In 1990, he was redeployed to the Ministry of Labour to quell tensions arising when unions demanded higher minimum wage. Musa developed a working relationship with the labour leaders yielding to some wage increases in 1990. He served as the Nigerian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to

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in 1998 and as the Chairman Governing Council of the Ahmadu Bello University from 2009 to 2012. He was credited as someone who was always willing to obey call to service and especially promotion of skills in personal development.

Death

Musa died on 5 December 2021, at the age of 74.

Fellowship

Musa was a fellow of the

Nigerian Academy of Engineering Nigerian Academy of Engineering was founded in 1997 by concerned professional Nigerian engineers, with the aim to promote engineering training and practice in Nigeria as an effort to improve the technological growth of Nigeria as a developing count ...

Nigerian Society of Engineers The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) is an umbrella organization for engineers in Nigeria. It was founded on 16 February 1958 by a group of young Nigerian Graduate Engineers and students in the United Kingdom and inaugurated at the Nigerian Ho ...

and

Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria Council for the Regulation of Engineering in NigeriaCOREN formerly known as Council for the Registration of Engineers in Nigeria, is the regulatory body that governs the practice of engineering in Nigeria. Registration Procedure in private compa ...

(COREN). He was also a chartered Engineer. He was the recipient of several awards, including the National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) in 2009, and the

Order of the Federal Republic The Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) is one of two orders of merit, established by the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1963. It is senior to the Order of the Niger. The highest honours where the Grand Commander in the Order of the Federal Re ...

(OFR).

References

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