Ex-Finance Minister Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji is dead

Former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Sardaunan Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji, has passed on.

The family of the elder statesman confirmed the death on Thursday in Abuja.

DAILY POST reports that Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji served as Nigeria’s Minister of Finance between 1990 and 1991 during the administration of former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.

He also served as Minister of State for Budget and Planning in 1988, and a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and Nigeria’s former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

A thoroughbred administrator, he held several other key positions in the civil service and corporate sector during his illustrious career.

As the Sardaunan Sokoto, he held one of the most revered traditional titles in the Sokoto Caliphate.

He was turbaned in 1990, succeeding the late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello. In that role, he was a bridge between government, the traditional institution and the people.