Brigadier (air force) Musa Usman was the first governor of North-Eastern State, Nigeria from May 1967 to July 1975 after the state had been formed from part of Northern Region during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.

[1][2] Usman attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, England gaining his commission in 1962.

[4] Appointed governor of North-East State in May 1967, Usman initiated construction of the Ashaka cement factory, eventually opened on 19 July 1979 by Major-General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua.

[5] In 1975 he participated in friendly negotiations with Cameroon to settle the border between that country and Nigeria.

[6] He was a cautious supporter of the principle that the military government should hand over to civilian rule in 1976.