Adamu Maina Waziri (born 14 September 1952) was appointed

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n minister of Police Affairs on 6 April 2010, when Acting President

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announced his new cabinet. Waziri was born in

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on 14 September 1952. He earned a BSc and an MBA from

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. He became a lecturer at the

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in 1979. Positions in private industry included Executive Director, Hydro Quest Nigeria and Chief Executive, Bogaru International. In the government, he served on the Students Loans Board, Federal Ministry of Education, and was Special Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Coordinator of the National Poverty Eradication program and Chairman of the Road Safety Commission. He was Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund between 2005 and 2006. Waziri was the

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(PDP) Candidate for Yobe State Governor in the 2007 elections. After the election of President

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, he was appointed Minister of State in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources. On 29 October 2008 he was dropped in a cabinet reshuffle. Waziri was a member of the Good Governance Group led by

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that led the drive for the transfer of power from Umaru Yar'Adua to Jonathan.

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1952 births Living people Federal ministers of Nigeria Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians People from Yobe State {{Nigeria-politician-stub