Education
He was educated at Northgate University, Washington.
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Maitama Bello Yusuf
Edit Profilepolitician Member of the Senate of Nigeria
Career
As minister for Commerce, he was in charge of curtailing imported goods to Nigeria which was massively draining the nation"s foreign reserves. He was elected to the Nigerian Senate for the Jigawa South West constituency in April 1999, and reelected in April 2003.
Membership
A member of the defunct National Party of Nigeria, he was made Minister for Internal Affairs in 1979 and Minister for Commerce in 1982. He played prominent roles in attacking the Third Term Agenda and indicting President Obasanjo for mismanaging a petroleum development fund, he was also a prominent member of the senate committee on youth and sports.
