Aina Joseph Owoniyi was administrator of Taraba State, Nigeria from August 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar.
[2] He approved salary increases for Taraba State Civil Servants.
[3] In November 1998, Owoniyi suspended indefinitely the Commissioner of Agriculture, Daniel Nyaa Bobzom and his education counterpart Joseph Rishante for insubordination, negligence of duty and sabotage.
[4] After handing over to the civilian governor Jolly Nyame in May 1999, as a former military administrator he was required to retire from the army.
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