Shettima Ali Monguno dies at 90

Shettima Ali Monguno dies at 90

by Joseph Anthony
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Late Shettima Ali Monguno

Elder
statesman and the nation’s first Minister of Petroleum Dr. Shettima Ali
Monguno (CFR) is dead. He died yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno State at
the age of 90. He will be buried today at 2:00pm in Maiduguri.


Dr. Monguno, apart from being a renowned politician, was also an
educationalist. He was born 1926 in Monguno and attended Monguno primary
school, Teacher’s College Bauchi and Katsina, college of arts, science
and technology Zaria, Moray House College of education and the
University of Edinburgh, England.

He was parliamentarian in 1959, education secretary and councilor for
education, works and social welfare Borno, local Government 1959-65.


He was also a Federal Minister for Air Force and Internal Affair
1965-66, Federal Commissioner for Trade and Industries 1967-71, Minister
of Mines and Power, Petroleum and Energy 1972-75.

Shettima Ali Monguno was also the President of the Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 1972/1973. He was conferred the
National Honor of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR)
in 1982.

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