Olayiwola Matthew
Prof. Jibrin Aminu, Nigeria’s foremost cardiologist and politician has died after a protracted illness.
The deceased, who hails from Adamawa State, was a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, a Minister of Education and a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He was also at a time the Minister of Petroleum and President of OPEC
Abridged Profile
i. Executive Secretary of NUC 1975-79
ii. Visiting professor of medicine Howard University college Washington (1989-80)
iii. Vc of University of Maiduguri (1980-85)
iv. Minister of Education (1989-90)
v. Minister of petroleum (1990-92)
vi. Nigerian Ambassador to U.S.A (1999-23)
vii. Senator Representing Adamawa central (2003-07).
Prof. Jibrin Aminu was born in August 1939 in Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria. He graduated in medicine from the University of Ibadan in 1965, and holds a Ph. D in Medicine from the Royal Post-Graduate Medical School.
Mr. Aminu as consultant, senior lecturer and sub-dean of Clinical Studies at the University of Ibadan Medical School from 1973 -1975, Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC from 1975–1979, visiting Professor of Medicine at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington DC from1979–1980, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, 1980-1985. He was also Professor of Medicine at the University of Maiduguri from1979–1995. Mr. Aminu held office as Minister of Education and later Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (1989–1992).
He was Nigerian Ambassador to the USA from 1999–2003 and was elected Senator for the Adamawa Central constituency in May 2003 and re-elected in 2007.
On 2 January 2010, Aminu was installed the “Bobaselu of The Source” by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade.