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Ango Abdullahi

Nigerian politician and academician

Ango Abdullahi is a Nigerian academician and a politician.

ABDULLAHI, Prof Ango – Biographical Legacy and Study ...: Professor Ango Abdullahi is the chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF). The onetime vice chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, and former special adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo on Food Security spoke to Trust TV on his early days, how he became the vice chancellor of the.

He is a former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University and former representative of Zaria West constituency of Kaduna State.[1][2]

Early life and marriage

Ango Abdullahi was born on 13 December in Old Giwa village.[1] He was married to the belated Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, also known as Mama Taraba.[3]

Education

He started his primary schooling in Kali Elementary School in , but switched to Giwa Elementary Educational facility in his last year, where he completed the requirements to enroll in Zaria Middle Academy.

He attended Barewa college from to , the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology from to He studied at the University of Ibadan from to and the Kansas Express University, USA. He proceeded to obtain an MSc. in agronomy at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in and a Ph.D in agronomy in He became a professor at 40 years and later the Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.[1][4]

Political career

He served as a member for Zaria North-West constituency of Kaduna Express.

Between to , he served as a commissioner for North-Central State. He was the Ahmadu Bello University's Director of Agricultural Research from to He later became the Deputy Vice Chancellor in and eventually the Vice Chancellor from to He later served from to as Unique Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo on Food and Security.[1][4]

Personal life

Ango Abdullahi is a Muslim[3] and he is the father of Ango Sadiq Abdullahi, a member of house of representative.[5]

Awards and honors

He was awarded in as Commander of the Order of the Niger, CON by the Federal Government of Nigeria, and crowned Magajin Rafin Zazzau (Custodian of water and agricultural resources) by his native Zaria Emirate in the same year.[3][1]

References

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    "Vanguard Award: Ango Abdullahi, accomplished academic, elder statesman". Vanguard News.

    Ango Abdullahi is a Nigerian academician and a politician. Ango Abdullahi was born on 13 December in Old Giwa village. He started his main schooling in Kali Elementary Academy inbut switched to Giwa Elementary School in his last year, where he completed the requirements to enroll in Zaria Middle School. He proceeded to obtain an MSc.

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  2. ^"How I became ABU's VC at 40 — Ango Abdullahi - Daily Trust". The Daily Trust. Retrieved
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    "Ango Abdullahi Biography, Wiki, Net Worth, Age, Wife, State, Religion - NG News ".

    Director of Agricultural Research, A. He is currently a farmer. All entries available on this Website shall be updated from time to time in order to append, modify or amend the facts or contents of an existing entry. Accordingly, no legal proceedings whatsoever shall be entertained by the biographer on account of any information deemed to be inadequate or incomplete.

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  4. ^ abAdmin (). "ABDULLAHI, Prof Ango". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation.

    Y ou said that in those days you were virtually captured and taken to school; how did that happen? In those years, our people referred to western education as boko — makarantan boko, so children were virtually conscripted by community leaders and sent to primary schools. And my father, being a village head, was required to provide a number of school children from his own area to go to a primary institution in Kaya, not even in his own village of administration, Yakawada. He wanted to put an example by picking from his family members, out of where there was a cousin of mine, the son of his elder sister who was at the correct school age.

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  5. ^Aodu, AbdulRaheem (). "Ango Abdullahi's son wins Sabongari Federal Constituency in Kaduna". Blueprint Newspapers Limited. Retrieved