Shettima Mustapha
| Shettima Mustapha | |
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| Federal Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office August 1990 – 1992 |
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| Federal Minister of Defense | |
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In office 17 Dec 2008 – 14 July 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Mahmud Yayale Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Godwin Abbe |
| Federal Minister of Interior | |
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In office 14 July 2009 – 17 March 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Godwin Abbe |
| Succeeded by | Emmanuel Iheanacho |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 November 1939 Nguru, Yobe State, Nigeria |
Shettima Mustapha OFR (born 26 November 1939) is a Nigerian academic and politician who served as Minister of Agriculture (1990-1992), and in 2007 was appointed Minister of Defense in the cabinet of President Umaru Yar'Adua. Later he became Minister of the Interior. He left office in March 2010 when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet.
Shettima Mustapha was born on 26 November 1939 at Nguru, now in Yobe State. He attended Borno middle school in Maiduguri (1946-1952). He trained as a Medical Field Assistant in Kano (1955-1956). He worked in the Borno Native Administration (1954-1964) and then with Radio Television Kaduna (1965-1967). In 1967, aged 28, he was admitted into Ahmadu Bello University, graduating in 1972 and then working as a researcher with the university's Institute for Agricultural Research. From 1973 to 1974 he attended the University of Cambridge, where he earned a postgraduate Diploma in Applied Biology. He continued to work towards a PhD, attending Purdue University, Indiana in the United States in 1978, and obtaining his PhD in 1979. He also completed a course in Agricultural Projects Monitoring and Evaluation at the University of East Anglia in 1990.
Shettima Mustapha was appointed a commissioner in the Borno State government under Governor Mohammed Goni. He rose steadily in the political ranks and was Vice Presidential candidate on the Nigerian People's Party platform in the 1983 election. However, the incumbent Shehu Shagari of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) won the election. After the military coup of December 1983 when Major General Muhammadu Buhari came to power, he was jailed until 1985. On his release he returned to part-time teaching at the University of Maiduguri. He then became a regional head in Jos the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. In August 1990, Shettima Mustafa was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, holding that post until the cabinet dissolved in 1992.
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