EKO HOT BLOG reports that Yusuf, also a former senator from 1999-2007 died in the early hours of Friday in Kano at the age of 76.
A family friend of the deceased, Alhaji Hussaini Dalhatu confirmed the death.
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Dalhatu revealed that the funeral prayer of the Sardauna Dutse would take place after the Jumu’at prayer at the Emir of Kano’s palace.
Bello Maitama Yusuf, born in Gwaram, Jigawa State in 1947, was minister of interior in 1981 and minister of commerce in 1982.
He was educated at North Gate University, Washington and was a member of the defunct National Party of Nigeria.
Yusuf was a lawyer and served as a chief registrar at the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kano.
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.
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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.
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