The Borno State Government on Friday announced
the death of Alhaji Shettima Ali-Monguno a former
Minister of Mines, Power and Petroleum.
Alhaji Jidda Shuwa the Secretary to the State
Government, who announced this in a statement in
Maiduguri, said the elder statesman died on Friday
in Maiduguri
“It is with a deep sense of loss and profound
sadness that we announce, on behalf of His
Excellency the Executive Governor of Borno State
and the Borno State Government, the passage of our
father and distinguished Statesman, Alhaji (Dr.)
Shettima Ali Monguno.
He said the deceased would be buried on Saturday
in Maiduguri after a funeral prayer at 2 p.m. at his
residence.
Shuwa prayed for the repose of the soul of the
deceased and his family and entire people of Borno
the fortitude to bear the loss.
The deceased was born in 1926 in Monguno, Borno
He 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.
He served as a parliamentarian in the First Republic
and was appointed the Minister of Air Force and
Internal Affairs between 1965 and 1966.
He was a Federal Commissioner for Trade and
Industries between 1966 and 1971 and Minister for
Mines and Power, Petroleum and Energy between
1972 to 1975.
Monguno also served as President of OPEC fron
1972 to 1973.
