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Musbau Atanda Yusuf
Administrator of Ekiti State
In office
August 1998 – 29 May 1999
Preceded byMohammed Bawa
Succeeded byNiyi Adebayo

Navy Captain (retired) Musbau Atanda Yusuf was appointed the Administrator of Ekiti State, Nigeria during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over to the elected civilian governor at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic on 29 May 1999.

During his tenure he constructed the complex housing the Ekiti State House of Assembly, inaugurated on 1 June 1999, by his elected civilian successor Otunba Niyi Adebayo. He assisted Sikiru Tae Lawal in creating peace in Ikere-Ekiti, which had been racked by communal strife.

Yusuf was required to retire in June 1999, as were all former military administrators.

References

  1. "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  2. Toba Suleiman (9 January 2010). "With PDP Came Instability in Ekiti Assembly". ThisDay. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  3. "Biography: Sikiru Tae Lawal". Ekiti State Government. 15 April 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  4. "Obasanjo Hires and Fires". NDM DEMOCRACY WATCH. 1 July 1999. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
Governors of Ekiti State
Military administrators in Nigeria during the Abdulsalami Abubakar regime (June 1998 - May 1999)
AbiaAnthony Obi
AdamawaAhmadu Hussaini
Akwa IbomJohn Ebiye
AnambraEmmanuel Ukaegbu
BauchiAbdul Mshelia
BayelsaPaul Obi
BenueDominic Oneya
BornoLawal Haruna
Cross RiverChristopher Osondu
DeltaWalter Feghabo
EbonyiSimeon Oduoye
EdoAnthony Onyearugbulem
EkitiAtanda Yusuf
EnuguAdewunmi Agbaje
GombeMohammed Bawa
ImoTanko Zubairu
JigawaAbubakar Maimalari
KadunaUmar Farouk Ahmed
KanoAminu Isa Kontagora
KatsinaJoseph Akaagerger
KebbiSamaila Bature Chamah
KogiAugustine Aniebo
KwaraRasheed Shekoni
LagosMohammed Buba Marwa
NasarawaBala Mande
NigerHabibu Idris Shuaibu
OgunKayode Olofin-Moyin
OndoMoses Fasanya
OsunTheophilus Bamigboye
OyoAmen Edore Oyakhire
PlateauMusa Shehu
RiversSam Ewang
SokotoRufai Garba
TarabaAina Owoniyi
YobeMusa Mohammed
ZamfaraJibril Yakubu
See also Military administrators in Nigeria during the Sani Abacha regime (1993-1998) and Nigerian state governors 1999-2003 term


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