Until his appointment as SGF,
Boss Gida Mustapha was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the
National inland waterways Authority (NIWA).
He is a lawyer, management
consultant, politician, businessman and boardroom guru of considerable repute.
Born
in Adamawa State, Mr Mustapha attended Hong Secondary School, in Hong Adamawa
state and North East College of Arts and Sciences Maiduguri Borno state,
crowning it with WASC and HSC in 1976. He earned his Bachelor of Law (LL.B)
from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979 and was called to bar in 1980.
From 1980 to 1981, Mr Mustapha did the compulsory National Youth Service Corps
(NYSC) – Directorate of Legal of legal Services at the Army Headquarters and
was in charge of review of Court Marshall Proceedings.
After his National Service, he joined Sotesa Nigeria Limited, an
Italian consultancy firm, as an Executive Director in charge of Administration,
leaving in 1983 to join the prestigious law firm Messrs Onagoruwa & Co in
Lagos.
With his law practice fully taken off, Mustapha was appointed
Principal Counsel in the firm Messrs Mustapha & Associates, His legal
interests and expertise included privatization commercialization and
Liberalization of Public Companies/Corporate and Government Parastatals. He was
also involved in preparation of varied and miscellaneous banking documents such
as Debentures, Guarantees, Mortgages, Bonds and Loan Syndications.
One of Mr. Mustapha’s career highlights was his appointment as a
member of Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the defunct Petroleum (Special)
Trust Fund (PTF), serving meritoriously from 2000 to 2007. At the PTF, he was
responsible for production of an up-t0-date comprehensive project and programme
report, including location, coverage and whether performed, performing or
abandoned production of final report of Assets and Liabilities, examination of
the Administrative structure and cost effectiveness of pf Projects and Services
among other duties.
Mr. Mustapha also played key leadership roles at the Nigeria Bar
Association (NBA) serving as Social Secretary and Chairman at the Yola branch.
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