Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation,SGF,Alhaji Aminu Saleh is dead.Reports said he passed on in Azare ,Bauchi state.Details were however not immediately available about the circumstances leading to his death,but President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has expressed sadness over the demise of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).
In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Senate President, Sanni Onogu in Abuja, Saraki described late Saleh as an exemplary public officer who contributed immensely to the growth and development of the country.
He said: “Late Saleh was one public officer who was very diligent and patriotic in the discharge of his duties to the fatherland.”
He commiserated with the Government, immediate family and people of Bauchi State, and prayed the Almighty God to grant him eternal rest.
He served as SGF in late General Sani Abacha’s military regime. According to Wikipedia,Saleh was Born in 1933 in Azare, Katagum LG, Bauchi State. Attended elementary school in Azare 1941-44, Bauchi middle school 1944-49, attended clerical training college Zaria, 1950-51 attended institute of administration Zaria for diploma in accounting 1956-57. He was on an evening university degree course in University of Lagos 1963-67, he had attended post graduate course in management in University of Wisconsin in USA.
