Abdullahi Umar Ganduje was the incumbent Governor of Kano state, he had served as the Deputy Governor to Kano state during the administration of Rabio Kwankwaso……..
Umar Ganduje Biography
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje was born in Ganduje village of Dawakin Local Government Area of Kano State on the 25th of December,1949. He is a Nigerian politician currently serving as the governor of Kano state. He is a former two-term deputy governor of Kano state under the administration of Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Education
He started his early education in Qur’anic and Islamiyya school at his village, Ganduje, where he was trained in Islamic knowledge. He later moved to the headquarters of his local government where he attended Dawakin Tofa Primary School from 1956 to 1963. Ganduje attended the prestigious Government College, Birnin Kudu from 1964 to 1968.
Ganduje attended Advanced Teachers’ College, Kano between 1969 and 1972. He then attended Ahmadu Bello University, located in Zaria, Kaduna State, where he graduated with a Bachelors in Science Education in 1975. In 1979 he obtained master’s degree in applied educational psychology from Bayero University Kano and later returned to Ahmadu Bello University from 1984 to 1985 for a Master of Public Administration degree. He received his doctorate in Public Administration from University of Ibadan in 1993.
Wife
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje is married to Dr Hafsat Umar Ganduje, a politician and an academician.
Their union is blessed with 2 children; Fatima Umar Ganduje and Muhammad Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
Net Worth
Ganduje is undoubtedly one of the most influential politicians in the northern part of Nigeria.
According to a publication by NewsWireNGR, Ganduje’s networth is estimated at $400 million.
Politics
Ganduje joined the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) during the Second Nigerian Republic and served as Kano State Assistant Secretary from 1979 to 1980. He contested the House of Representatives election in 1979 under the NPN but lost the election. Between 1984 and 1994, he held various government positions in the Federal Capital Development Authority, and in 1994 he became the Kano State Commissioner of Ministry of Works, Housing, and Transport.
In 1998, he joined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and aspired to be the party’s gubernatorial candidate, in the primaries supervised by Tony Momoh, Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila and Senator Bala Tafidan Yauri amongst others; he lost to Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
Ganduje was later picked as the deputy to Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso between 1999 and 2003. In addition to the deputy governorship, he was also appointed as the Commissioner for Local Government.
From 2003 to 2007 he served as the Special Adviser (Political) to the Minister of Defence. Ganduje also served as executive secretary of the Lake Chad Basin Commission in Ndjamena
Ganduje was conferred the national honour of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) in September 2012 by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. He was also conferred with the honour of Fellow National Association of Educational Administration and Planning (FNAEAP) on 13 October 2016 in Bayero University, Kano.
Personal life
He is married to Hafsat Umar Ganduje and blessed with two children.
Honours and Awards
National honour of the Order of Federal Republic (OFR) in September 2012 by Former president Goodluck Jonathan.
Fellow National Association of Educational Administration and Planning ( FNAEAP) on 13th of October, 2016 at Bayero University, Kano.
Social media handles
Instagram: @govumarganduje
Twitter: @GovUmarGanduje
