Mustafa Bello[1] (born 31 January 1954) was appointed Nigerian Minister of Commerce in the first cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo, holding office between June 1999 and 2002.
Colonel Bello is being credited for supporting Mustafa through school that was largely on the scholarship of the North-Western State of Nigeria.
[2] In August 2001 he said that Nigeria's huge gas resources would last for about 50 years, and could supply the continent once planned pipelines had been constructed.
He said he had left the People's Democratic Party (PDP) because it had been hijacked by the administration of Governor Abdulkadir Kure for selfish reasons.
[9] In July 2006 the Chinese Commercial Counselor Mr. Hu Yu Chen praised the NIPC in assisting Chinese investors, and said that in 2005 trade between Nigeria and the People's Republic of China had exceeded $2.8 billion, making Nigeria China's second largest trading partner.
[15] In February 2009 President Umaru Yar'Adua approved Bello's re-appointment as head of the NIPC for another five years.