Yusuf Gobir

Yusuf Amuda Gobir (2 October 1934 – 28 December 1975) was a Nigerian administrator who worked his way up from state service to become a federal Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence and later the Ministry of Establishments.

Early life and education Gobir was born on 2 October 1934 at Ilorin in Kwara State. to the Ministry of Defence during the Civil War. In 1971, he was posted to the Federal Ministry of Establishments and later to the Federal Ministry of Transport.

Later life and death Gobir served in the Federal Ministry of Transport until his death on 28 December 1975, in a ghastly road accident while on holiday in Spain. His body was flown to Nigeria, amid widespread mourning for burial at Ilorin.