Secretary to Abacha Government, Saleh, Is Dead
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) under late General Sanni Abacha’s regime, Aminu Saleh, is dead.
Alhaji Saleh died today at the age of 82 in Azare.
The deceased born in Azare, Katagum Local Government of Bauchi State in 1933 was former Finance Minister, Permanent Secretary in the Nigerian ministry of Defence. He served in Obasanjo’s regime in the 1970s and Abacha’s in 1992.
Saleh is the owner of a Nigerian beverage known as “Brahma and Tandi Guarana” and a shareholder in various Nigeria-based industries.
He attended elementary school in Azare 1941-44, Bauchi middle school 1944-49, attended clerical training college Zaria, 1950-51 attended institute of administration Zaria for diploma in accounting 1956-57. He was on an evening university degree course in University of Lagos 1963-67, he had attended post graduate course in management in University of Wisconsin in USA.
