{"id":165836,"date":"2025-06-05T20:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/shehu-sani-mourns-prof-jibril-aminu"},"modified":"2025-06-05T21:38:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T20:38:52","slug":"shehu-sani-mourns-prof-jibril-aminu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-mourns-prof-jibril-aminu","title":{"rendered":"Shehu Sani mourns Prof. Jibril Aminu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The former senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has mourned the death of the former Petroleum Minister, Prof. Jibril Aminu, and listed his selfless legacies.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Shehu Sani wrote on his verified Facebook page: \u201cProfessor Jibril Aminu: he constructed the Eleme Refinery and most of the petroleum depots in the country when he was the Petroleum Minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe decentralised and reformed the NNPC. Since he left office, none have been added. As Education Minister, he established the Nomadic Education Commission and established the School for the Gifted Children, among other reforms in education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe served as the VC of UNIMAID and headed the NUC in the 70s. He represented Adamawa in the Senate twice. He was the best medical student at the UCH Ibadan in the 60s, a rare feat for a northerner at that time. The nation has lost one of its greatest intellectuals and visionary leaders.<\/p>\n<p>May Allah grant him Aljanna Firdausi, Amin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The former senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has mourned the death of the former Petroleum Minister, Prof. Jibril Aminu, and listed his selfless legacies. Senator Shehu Sani wrote on his verified Facebook page: \u201cProfessor Jibril Aminu: he constructed the Eleme Refinery and most of the petroleum depots in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":165834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[17684,254,195],"class_list":["post-165836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-jibril-aminu","tag-nigeria","tag-shehu-sani"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shehu Sani mourns Prof. Jibril Aminu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The former senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has mourned the death of the former Petr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-mourns-prof-jibril-aminu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shehu Sani mourns Prof. Jibril Aminu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The former senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has mourned the death of the former Petr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-mourns-prof-jibril-aminu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-05T19:19:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-05T20:38:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749143388.862867.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1478\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"902\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-mourns-prof-jibril-aminu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-mourns-prof-jibril-aminu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Shehu Sani mourns Prof. Jibril Aminu\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-05T19:19:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-05T20:38:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-mourns-prof-jibril-aminu\"},\"wordCount\":175,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-mourns-prof-jibril-aminu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749143388.862867.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Jibril Aminu\",\"Nigeria\",\"Shehu sani\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-mourns-prof-jibril-aminu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-mourns-prof-jibril-aminu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-mourns-prof-jibril-aminu\",\"name\":\"Shehu Sani mourns Prof. Jibril Aminu - 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