Bashir Salihi Magashi

Bashir Salihi Magashi CFR CON (born 1 October 1949) is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the defence minister of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He served as governor of Sokoto State from August 1990 to January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, and as commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy from 1998 to 1999. Quotes “it will be a wrong notion to presume that any Armed Forces would be adequately equipped in total to deal with asymmetric warfare as we are currently facing in Nigeria until the security threat ceases to exist”. “I can confidently say that the overall capability of our armed forces has been massively enhanced over the last 6 years and we are gradually reaping the benefits of these improvements. Similarly, on the issue of manpower, the Federal Government has continuously improved the manpower intake and training of the Armed Forces to meet its manpower demands,”