Yusuf Gobir Explained

Yusuf Gobir
Birth Date:2 October 1934
Birth Place:Ilorin, Kwara state
Death Date:28 December 1975
Alma Mater:Oxford University,England
Occupation:Nigerian administrator
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Yusuf Amuda Gobir (2 October 1934 – 28 December 1975) was a Nigerian administrator who worked his way up from state service to become a federal Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence and later the Ministry of Establishments.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Early life and education

Gobir was born on 2nd October 1934 at Ilorin in Kwara State.[1] He was educated at the Ilorin Provincial Secondary School and the Institute of Administration in Zaria in 1951 to 1952. He later did an administrative course at Oxford University, England. After many years in the civil service, he read Law and was called to Bar at the Inner Temple, London in 1964.[1]

Career

Gobir began his career in the federal Nigeria Public Service which he joined in 1950. He later joined the Northern Region Public Service when it was created in 1954. When new states where created in 1967, Gobir served in his home state, Kwara where he established a structure for the new state's civil service, and was the Permanent Service in the Governor's Office. In April 1969, he was transferred to the federal service and was appointed Permanent Secretary[5] to the Ministry of Defence during the Civil War.[6] In 1971, he was posted to the Federal Ministry of Establishments and later to the Federal Ministry of Transport.[1] [7]

Later life and death

Gobir served in the Federal Ministry of Transport until his death on 28 December 1975, in a ghastly road accident while on holiday in Spain.[3] [5] His body was flown to Nigeria, amid widespread mourning for burial at Ilorin.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Uwechue, Ralph. Makers Of Modern Africa: Profile in History . 2nd . Africa Books Limited. 1991. 0903274183. United Kingdom. 248–249.
  2. Web site: 2018-09-04. Ilorin at a glance. 2021-01-27. High Profile. en-US.
  3. Book: Governance and the crisis of rule in contemporary Africa : leadership in transformation. Obadare, Ebenezer . Adebanwi, Wale. 9 February 2016. 978-1-137-56686-7. London . Pulgrave Macmillan. 938557220.
  4. Web site: 2016-11-04 . YUSUF, Alh Amuda Gobir . 2023-06-24 . Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2010-12-08. The Politics Of Saraki And The Identity Crisis Of Northern Yoruba In Nigeria. 2021-01-27. Sahara Reporters. en.
  6. Web site: First Primary School in Okesuna Ilorin Kwara State gets N100m lifeline – Gobir Foundation. 2021-01-27. en-US.
  7. Web site: 2019-06-20. Council of State meeting. 2021-01-30. The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. en-US.