Boss Mustapha was born on 1956 and is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as Secretary to the Government of the Federation of Nigeria from 2017 to 2023, and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
20 Facts About Boss Mustapha
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Boss Mustapha was previously managing director of Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority until his appointment to replace Babachir David Lawal as SGF by President Muhammad Buhari on 30 October 2017.
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Boss Mustapha attended primary school in Hong, Adamawa and proceeded to North East College of Arts and Sciences in Maiduguri, Borno State for his high school education.
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Boss Mustapha proceeded to Nigeria Law School, Lagos for mandatory one-year law class and graduated in 1980.
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Boss Mustapha was called to Nigerian Bar in the same year.
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Boss Mustapha did his one-year mandatory national service between 1980 and 1981.
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Boss Mustapha had a stint at an Italian consultancy firm Sotesa Nigeria Limited earlier.
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In 1989, Boss Mustapha was the state chairman of the Peoples Solidarity Party in defunct Gongola State but the party was among the several political parties disbanded by military head of state General Ibrahim Babangida.
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Between 1990 and 1991, Boss Mustapha was Adamawa state chairman of the Social Democratic Party, one of the two state-created political parties during the military regime.
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Boss Mustapha ran unsuccessfully for Adamawa State governorship in 1991 under the party but lost to Abubakar Saleh Michika of National Republican Convention.
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In 2000, Boss Mustapha was a member of the presidential committee tasked by President Olusegun Obasanjo to investigate the activities of the Petroleum Trust Fund under Muhammadu Buhari.
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Boss Mustapha served as the deputy director-general to the presidential campaign of then Vice President Atiku Abubakar's during the 2007 presidential election.
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Boss Mustapha was deputy national chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria.
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In 2014, after merger of their party he Boss Mustapha ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Adamawa State.
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Boss Mustapha later served in the presidential campaigns and was among the members of its transition committee in Nigeria's 2015 election that brought Muhammadu Buhari into power.
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Boss Mustapha is a member of the board of trustees of the party.
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Boss Mustapha was appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation on 30 October, 2017 following sack of Babachir David Lawal who has been on suspension six months earlier for misappropriating public funds.
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Boss Mustapha took oath of office on 1 November 2017 during a meeting of the Federal Executive Council, in the Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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SGF Boss Mustapha was appointed Chairman of the twelve member task force, since then the task force has held daily briefings.
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Boss Mustapha is a member of several professional bodies including:.