Bello Matawalle biography, Age, Family, Education, Political life, Minister for defence (state)
Bello Muhammad, widely recognized as Bello Matawalle, is a Nigerian politician and educator who was appointed by President Bola Tinubu to serve as the designated minister of defense. He held the governor’s office of Zamfara State from 2019 to 2023.
His initial elected role was as a representative in the House of Representatives for Bakura/Maradun in 2003. He maintained that role until 2015, starting as a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party before transitioning to the People’s Democratic Party in 2011.
He had previously held a brief position in the state house of assembly during the Abacha tenure and acted as a state commissioner under the Ahmad Sani Yerima administration during the Fourth Republic from 1999 to 2003.
Matawalle became the PDP’s gubernatorial candidate for 2019, four y...