Salihu Mustafa, FNSE, FAENG, FNAHS, FAS, (an haife shi a shekara ta 1948) ya kasance ɗan Najeriya ma'ilimanci, Farfesa kuma injiniya, ya riƙe tsohon mataimakin shugaba na Federal University of Technology Yola (FUTY), Yola, Jihar Adamawa, Nigeria. Ya karantar a jami'oi da yawa a Najeriya kuma a yanzu haka ya kasance Farfesa a Jami’ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Jihar Kebbi, Aliero da Jami'ar Usmanu Danfodiyo, Sakkwato . Yana da aure da Hajiya Fatima kuma suna da yara hudu. An haife shi a shekara ta 1948 a Hong, LGA na Jihar Adamawa (tsohuwar Jihar Gongola ), a Arewa maso Gabashin Najeriya . Ya halarci Kwalejin Janar Murtala Mohammed, Yola, da Kwalejin Gwamnatin Tarayya, Sakkwato . Daga baya ya wuce zuwa Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello, Zariya, Kaduna inda ya kammala da digirin B.Eng (Injiniyan Injiniya) a shekara ta 1973. A shekara ta 1976 ya sami M.Sc. digiri a aikin injiniya tare da kwarewa a Fasahar Albarkatun Ruwa daga Jami'ar Birmingham a Burtaniya sannan daga baya, Ph.D. a Injiniyan Injiniya (shekara ta 1981) daga Jami'ar Strathclyde, Scotland .[ana buƙatar hujja].