Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu
Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu (born 23 March 1953) is the former minister of Communications of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is from Oyo State, Nigeria, his tenure as minister ended in 2019.[1] [2] Before becoming minister, he had earlier served as a member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, becoming the youngest Honourable member at age 26, to take the office.[1]
Early life and education[]
Honorable Adebayo Shittu gained admission into University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun south west, Nigeria in the year 1974. At the end of 1978, he had obtained his first degree in Law from the same university. He ventured into politics at the age of 26 years. In 1979, he became a member of old Oyo House of Assembly.[3]
Career[]
In 1983, Barr Shittu was elected as a member of Oyo state, House Assembly in the second republic.[4] In 1983, the military government took over from the civilian government and he retired into legal practice and writing profession. He became a member of National Political conference in 2005. In 2011, he withdrew his gubernatorial ambition for the incumbent(2016) governor of Oyo State, senatorAbiola Ajimobi. During the first tenure of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, he was appointed as the minister of communication in Nigeria from the year 2015 - 2019.
Books[]
Shittu has written 13 books
- Islam and Christianity: Why the conflict? - 1992, ISBN 978-9783148444
- A modern introduction to Islam - 1992, ISBN 978-9783148468
- Muslim Prayers for Everyday Success - 2013, ISBN 978-1484098134
Political offices[]
- Honourable Member of the Oyo State House of Assembly in the Second Republic and he was there between October 1979 and September, 1983[5]
- , Culture and Home Affairs (in the Victor Omololu Olunloyo administration) between October and December, 1983[5]
- Attorney General and Oyo State Commissioner for Justice (in the Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja government)[5]
- Member of the National Political Reforms Conference in 2005[5]
- Minister of communication technology 2015-2019 [6]
References[]
- ^ a b "Ministerial nominee, Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu's CV". Vanguard (Nigeria). 11 October 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "18 former ministers who didn't make Buhari's new list". Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "as a student i took part in drafting UPN policy papers". The Vanguard newspaper. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "minister nominee abdur raheem adebayo shittu". The Vanguard newspaper. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Biography/Profile/History Of Abdur-Raheen Adebayo Shittu 'Nigeria's Minister of Communication'". Daily Mail (Nigeria). Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "TBY talks to Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, Federal Minister of Communications Technology, on initiatives to further develop the ICT sector and upcoming investments in the sector". Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- Oyo State politicians
- Commissioners of state ministries in Nigeria
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Obafemi Awolowo University alumni
- Muslim writers
- Yoruba people