Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu
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Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu (born 23 March 1953) is the former minister of Communications of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is from Oyo State, Nigeria, his tenure as minister ended in 2019.[1] [2] Before becoming minister, he had earlier served as a member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, becoming the youngest Honourable member at age 26, to take the office.[1]
Early life and education
Honorable Adebayo Shittu gained admission into University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun south west, Nigeria in the year 1974. At the end of 1978, he had obtained his first degree in Law from the same university. He ventured into politics at the age of 26 years. In 1979, he became a member of old Oyo House of Assembly.[3]
Career
In 1983, Barr Shittu was elected as a member of Oyo state, House Assembly in the second republic.[4] In 1983, the military government took over from the civilian government and he retired into legal practice and writing profession. He became a member of National Political conference in 2005. In 2011, he withdrew his gubernatorial ambition for the incumbent(2016) governor of Oyo State, senatorAbiola Ajimobi. During the first tenure of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, he was appointed as the minister of communication in Nigeria from the year 2015 - 2019.
Books
Shittu has written 13 books
- Islam and Christianity: Why the conflict? - 1992, ISBN 978-9783148444
- A modern introduction to Islam - 1992, ISBN 978-9783148468
- Muslim Prayers for Everyday Success - 2013, ISBN 978-1484098134
- What is Sunnan? What is Bidi'a?-1996
- The position of Islam on interest (Ribbah) Derivable from current Accounts,Savings Account and Fixed deposit-1996
- Daawah: the duty of every Muslim-1994
- A Book of Qur'anic parables-2015
- Path to Democratic socialism in Nigeria-1979
- Justice in the shari'ah-1981
- Islam for the sake of humanity-1998
- Al-qur'anic: the first book of science-1994
- A critique of Dr Adekilekum Tijjani's Handbook on the Tijjaniya-1996
- Muslim path of paradise-1994
Political offices
- Honourable Member of the Oyo State House of Assembly in the Second Republic and he was there between October 1979 and September, 1983[5]
- Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Home Affairs (in the Victor Omololu Olunloyo administration) between October and December, 1983[5]
- Attorney General and Oyo State Commissioner for Justice (in the Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja government)[5]
- Member of the National Political Reforms Conference in 2005[5]
- Minister of communication technology 2015-2019 [6]
Awards and Recognition
- Emerge Technology Summit Award
- Oke-ogun Development Council Award
- Nigerian Bar Association Ibadan chapter Award
- Nipost Service Award
- Technology And Innovation Hall of Fame Delta State Award
- Lagos State Chamber Of Commence And Industry Award
- Wanostar Merit Award
- Society of Family Physician Of Nigeria Award
- Association of Telecommunications of Professional of Nigeria Award
- National Youth Merit Award
- Distinguished Personality Award presented by Muslim media Group Of Nigeria
- Worthy Ambassador Award
- Youth Focus Initiative Award
- Excellence Award
- National Association of Muslim Law Student O.A.U Chapter Award
- University Of Ibadan School Of Business Award
- Freelance independent Broadcasters Of Nigeria Award
- Nigerian Computer Society Award
- Path on For Loyalty Peace And Security by Nigeria Police Force Award
- Nigerian mobile economy Award
- TAAC 2018 Award
- Association of mobile communication device technician of Nigeria Award
- Omolere,Omolasho Nigeria, widows support, orphanage, men and women empowerment skills Award
- Bussiness Day Public Service Excellence Award
- Cyber security challenge Nigeria Award
- Methodist Church of Nigeria,Diocese Ogbomosho special Award
- Honorary Degree of Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) by the west Africa University Cotonou Benin Republic
- Nigerian University,Kano Award
References
- ^ a b "Ministerial nominee, Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu's CV". Vanguard (Nigeria). 11 October 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "18 former ministers who didn't make Buhari's new list". Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "as a student i took part in drafting UPN policy papers". The Vanguard newspaper. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "minister nominee abdur raheem adebayo shittu". The Vanguard newspaper. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Biography/Profile/History Of Abdur-Raheen Adebayo Shittu 'Nigeria's Minister of Communication'". Daily Mail (Nigeria). Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "TBY talks to Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, Federal Minister of Communications Technology, on initiatives to further develop the ICT sector and upcoming investments in the sector". Retrieved 2019-07-31.