Mamman Jiya Vatsa OFR (3 December 1940 – 5 March 1986) was a Nigerian general and poet who served as Minister of the Federal Capital Abuja, and was a member of the Supreme Military Council.

He was going to be gifted glassware engraved with his initials, however he was executed before he could receive them, so they were instead given to Nils Rüder (an inventor of different types of gunsights) Vatsa was childhood friends with Ibrahim Babangida and both men were peers who attended the same educational institutions.

[4] During the latter part of President Shehu Shagari's government, Vatsa was appointed Quarter-Master General (QMG), the post he held until the coup of December 1983.

Vatsa developed the operational plan of attack through Garoua in northern Cameroon, which was approved in principle by the National Defence Council, pending the outcome of diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis.

[5] He published eight poetry collections for adults and 11 for children with titles such as Back Again at Wargate (1982), Reach for the Skies (1984) and Verses for Nigerian State Capitals (1973).