predecessor successor birth_place office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
adetokunbo kayode sule yari gandi abubakar sadiq a. mohammed sokoto state , nigeria senator tourism for sokoto east federal minister of culture & 1954 may 1999 17 december 2008 bello jibrin gada
 may 2003 17 march 2010 bello jibrin gada
bello jibrin gada

bello jibrin gada is a nigerian politician who was senator for sokoto east from may 1999 to may 2003 .
he was appointed minister of culture & tourism on 17 december 2008 after a cabinet reshuffle by president umaru yar ` adua .
he left office in march 2010 when acting president goodluck jonathan dissolved his cabinet .
gada was born in 1954 .
he attended bayero university , kano and ahmadu bello university , zaria .
he was elected senator for sokoto east on the all nigeria people 's party -lrb- anpp -rrb- platform , holding office from may 1999 to may 2003 .
he served as the minority whip during his term in office .
later , he defected to the ruling people 's democratic party -lrb- pdp -rrb- , where he became chairman of the sokoto state chapter of the party .
a few weeks after being appointed minister of culture and tourism , in january 2009 gada gave his support to the nigerian tourism development corporation -lrb- ntdc -rrb- , which was concerned about the rapidly growing number of tourism operators that were not accredited by the ntdc .
speaking at the national festival of arts and culture -lrb- nafest -rrb- held in minna , niger state in december 2009 , gada said the festival was much more than a dancing jamboree , but served as a vital tool for fostering unity in the country , showcased the country 's diverse culture and promoted tourism .
in a february 2010 press briefing , gada listed the achievements of his ministry in the past year which included establishing six cultural industry centres , creating the institute for african culture and international understanding , abeokuta and establishing a committee on national archives and national museums .
he outlined plans for the future such as increased public / private partnership and rehabilitation and reconstruction of abandoned and dilapidated museums and archives projects .
he did not discuss the national tourism master-plan .
in march 2010 gada inaugurated various committees of the federation of tourism associations of nigeria to help put the country at par with other african tourist nations .
