{"id":15191,"date":"2017-03-13T13:37:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T12:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15191"},"modified":"2017-11-06T13:30:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T12:30:17","slug":"nasko-maj-gen-muhammadu-gado","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nasko-maj-gen-muhammadu-gado\/","title":{"rendered":"NASKO, Maj-Gen Muhammadu Gado"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>psc, mni, business, soldier, born June 20, 1941, Nasko, Niger State; married Fatima Tandara 1969, three sons, three daughters; Education: Native Authority Junior Primary School, Ibcto, 1947-54, Kontagora Senior Primary School. 1955-56, Provincial Secondary School, Bida, 1957-62, Nigerian Military Training College. Kaduna, 1962-63, MONS Officer Cadet School of Artillery, Larkhill. UK, 1963-64, US School of Artillery, Fortsill, Oklahoma. USA. 1965, Staff Gunnery Course, Royal School of Artillery, Larkhill,&#8217; UK, 1972-73, Command and Staff College, Jaji, January-July 1977, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, 1980; enlisted in the Nigerian Army, 1962; served as Troop Commander and Battery Captain; Battery commander, 1967; Commandant, School of Artillery, NA, 1969; Commander, Artillery Regiment, NA, 1969; Commander, 2 Artillery Brigade, NA, 1975; Military Secretary, NA, 1976; appointed Military Administrator, Sokoto State, 1978-79; Commanding Officer, 1 Artillery Division, NA, 1979; rose to the rank of Brigadier, 1980; appointed Commander, Army Corps or Artillery, NA, 1980-85; member, defunct Supreme Military Council (SMC), 1984-85; promoted Major-General, 1984; member. Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC), 1985-89; appointed Minister of Trade, 1985-86; Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Development, 1986-February 1989; Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, since March 1989; Passed Staff College (PSC), 1977; member, National Institute (mni), 1980; Hobbies: farm ing, hunting, swimming; Official Address: Federal Capital Territory, PMB 24, Abuja; Telephone: (09) 2341295; Home: Minister&#8217;s Residence, Gwarinpa District, Life Camp, Abuja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[209,253],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15191","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-business-person","category-military"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22785,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15191\/revisions\/22785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15191"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}