List of Abuja Federal Capital Territory Ministers

This is a list of ministers of the Abuja Federal Capital Territory.
The Federal Capital Territory

Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

The Federal Capital Territory is the home of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. The Territory was formed in 1976 from parts of former Nasarawa, Niger, and Kogi States. It is in the central region of the country...

, Abuja

Abuja

Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

was formed in 1976 from parts of former Nasarawa, Niger

Niger State

Niger State is a state in the western part of Nigeria and the largest state in the country. The state capital is Minna, and other major cities are Bida, Kontagora, and Suleja. It was formed in 1976 when the then North-Western State was bifurcated into Niger State and Sokoto State.The state is named...

, and Kogi

Kogi State

Kogi state is found in the central region of Nigeria. It is popularly called the Confluence State because the confluence of River Niger and River Benue is at its capital, Lokoja, which is the first administrative capital of modern-day Nigeria....

States.

Name	Title	Took Office	Left Office	Party
John Jatau Kadiya	Minister	1979	1982	NPN National Party of Nigeria The National Party of Nigeria was the dominant political party in Nigeria during the Second Republic .-Formation:The party's beginning could be traced to private and sometimes secret meetings among key Northern Nigerian leaders after the proscription of political parties in 1966 by the military...
Iro Abubakar Dan Musa	Minister	1982	1983	NPN National Party of Nigeria The National Party of Nigeria was the dominant political party in Nigeria during the Second Republic .-Formation:The party's beginning could be traced to private and sometimes secret meetings among key Northern Nigerian leaders after the proscription of political parties in 1966 by the military...
Haliru Dantoro	Minister	1983	1984	-
Mamman Jiya Vatsa Mamman Jiya Vatsa Mamman Jiya Vatsa was a Nigerian soldier and writer. He was a Major-General in the Nigerian army, Minister of the Federal Capital Abuja, and a member of the Supreme Military Council...	Minister	1984	December 1985	-
Hamza Abdullahi Hamza Abdullahi Air Vice Marshal Hamza Abdullahi was Governor of Kano State in Nigeria from January 1984 to August 1985 during the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari....	Minister	1986	1989	-
Gado Nasko Gado Nasko Lieutenant General Muhammad Gado Nasko was the military governor of Sokoto State, Nigeria between 1978-1979.Nasko retired from the army in 1993 after a palace coup by his colleague Sani Abacha ushered in a new set of ministers...	Minister	1989	1993	-
Jeremiah Timbut Useni Jeremiah Useni Jeremiah Timbut Useni was a Lt. General in the Nigerian Army and Minister responsible for the administration of the Abuja Federal Capital Territory under the Sani Abacha military junta. He came from Plateau State. He served Nigeria in various capacities such as Minister for Transport and...	Minister	1993	1998	-
Mamman Kontagora Mamman Kontagora Major-General Mamman Kontagora was Military Administrator of the Abuja Federal Capital Territory during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalam Abubakar, handing over control to a civilian governor in May 1999....	Minister	1998	1999	-
Ibrahim Bunu Ibrahim Bunu Architect Ibrahim Bunu was Minister of the Federal Capital territory , Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, holding office from May 1999 until February 2001 in the cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo....	Minister	1999	2001	PDP People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
Mohammed Abba Gana Mohammed Abba Gana Mohammed Abba Gana served as a Special Adviser on Civil Society to the Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar until 22 June 2006, when he was sacked by President Olusegun Obasanjo....	Minister	8 February 2001	17 July 2003	PDP People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai was a former Director General of The Bureau of Public Enterprises, the head privatisation agency in Nigeria and also the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja from 16 July 2003 to 29 May 2007...	Minister	17 July 2003	27 July 2007	PDP People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
Aliyu Modibbo Umar	Minister	27 July 2007	29 October 2008	PDP People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
Muhammadu Adamu Aliero Adamu Aliero Muhammad Adamu Aliero was governor of Kebbi State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party .He became Senator for Kebbi Central from June 5, 2007 till December 18, 2008....	Minister	17 December, 2008	8 April, 2010	PDP People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
Bala Mohammed Bala Mohammed Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed was elected Senator for Bauchi South, in Bauchi State, Nigeria in April 2007. He was appointed Minister of FCT on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.-Background:Mohammed was born in 1958 in Alkedim...	Minister	8 April, 2010	To Date	PDP People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...

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