Aminu Saleh is a Nigerian administrator, former Finance

Finance

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 Minister

Minister (government)

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, and permanent secretary

Permanent Secretary

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 in the Nigerian ministry of Defense. He became the chairman of the National Qu'ranic Recitation Committee in 2006.

He is an indigene of Bauchi State and has served in various capacities at both the state and the federal level. He served Obasanjo's regime in the 1970s and Abacha's

Sani Abacha

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beginning in 1992.

Saleh is also the owner of a Nigerian beverage known as "Brahma and Tandi Guarana" and a shareholder in various Nigeria-based industries. He is currently a member of Vision 2010.

He was a recipient of a national award, the "Commander of Federal Republic".