The Man - Lt. Gen Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma Rtd

Lt. Gen Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma Rtd was born on the 9 December 1937 in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria. He completed his primary education at the St. Bartholomew’s Primary School, a Christian Missionary School in Wussa town in Zaria, Kaduna State.
His Secondary education was at the Benue Provincial Secondary School in Katsina-Ala, Benue State where he graduated in 1958 after which he proceeded to the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology (now Ahmadu Bello University), Zaria, Kaduna State. Although he desired to be a historian, the disciplined life of the armed forces was of great attraction to him and in the year 1960, he enrolled into the Nigerian Military Training College in Kaduna.
Between 1960 and 1961, he attended Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot, United Kingdom. He was also a student of the School of Infantry, Hythe and Warminster (1962), Special Warfare Centre (1963) as well as the Army Staff College in the United Kingdom in 1967.
General Danjuma served in the following positions in the Nigerian Army;
• Brigade Commander
• Deputy Division Commander
• Chairman of the Special Military Tribunal to Trinidad and Tobago
• General Officer Commanding 3rd Infantry Division of the Nigerian Army
• Chief of Army Staff
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Following a successful military career, the General also served in key political positions, which include;
• Chairman of the Presidential policy Advisory Committee in 1999
• The Honourable Minister of Defence (1999-2003)
• Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council (2010-Date)
As a successful businessman, General Dajuma has founded the following companies;
• Nigeria America Lines Ltd
• T Y Holdingss Ltd
• South Atlantic Petroleum
• Union Dicon Salt Plc
• Best Land and Sea Ltd
• Galba Ltd
• T Y Chemicals Ltd
• Unitrust Insurance
• T Y Acres
• Comet Shipping and a host of others.
General T Y Danjuma is also a philanthropist. He has an impressive track record of philanthropic giving, which culminated in the establishment of the T Y Danjuma Foundation. The foundation seeks to support innovative and catalytic initiatives that will improve the socio-economic well being of people in poor resource settings in Nigeria and further leverage the investments of others in these efforts at national and international levels.
General Danjuma is happily married and blessed with children.