Mustafa Shehu

Shehu was born on April 12, 1963, in Kano, Nigeria. He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University.^[5]

He began his professional journey at Egbin Thermal Station in Lagos. He later joined the Kano State Rural Electricity Board as a Senior Engineer and eventually became the assistant director in 1998. Subsequently, he co-founded MBS Engineering Limited with his colleagues, which specializes in providing electrical and mechanical engineering services.^[6]

Between 2012 and 2013, he was the 28th President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, and from 2015 to 2016,^[7] he served as President of the Federation of African Engineering Organisations.^[8][9]

Sheu was elected as the President-Elect of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations during the General Assembly of the Federation in San José, Costa Rica in March 2022.^[10] Later, in October 2023, he assumed the position of President of WFEO during the General Assembly held in Prague, Czech Republic.