What We Know About Ministers of Power, Mamman, Goddy

Engr. Sale Mamman
Minister of Power

Engr. Mamman was born on January 2, 1958 and holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Electrical Electronics from Kaduna Polytechnic in Kaduna States in 1988 and an MBA from Bayero University, Kano in 2015.

He started work as a teacher in Technical School Mubi, Adamawa State in 1981 and transferred his service to the newly created Taraba state in 1992.

He rose to the rank of Assistant Director in the ministry of works in the state before retiring in 2002. He has since become a full time businessman and politician.

Goddy Jedy Agb

Minister of State For Power

Goddy Jedy Agba is said to be a bureaucrat, with a degree in International Studies from Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, Zaria in 1983, and a Master’s Degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the University of Lagos, Akoka, 1989. He was a former Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Goddy joined Federal Civil Service in 1984 and retired at NNPC in 2014 to join the Nigerian politics, according to Wikipedia.

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