The Etsu Nupe, who is also the chairman of the Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Dr Yahaya Abubakar, has appointed a former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Emeritus Professor Sheikh Ahmed Abdallah, as the Magajin Garin Nupe.
Etsu Yahaya Abubakar, who announced the appointment at his Wadata Palace, Bida, said Abdallah was elevated from Chigarin Nupe to Magajin Garin Nupe because of his contribution to the progress and development of the Bida Emirate in particular and the Nupe kingdom in general.
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Abdallah replaces Late Justice Jibrin Ndatsu Ndajiwo who died recently after a brief illness.
Reacting to the appointment, Chairman of Bida Forum, Dr Mohammed Saganuwan, described the appointment of Abdallah as an honour to the people of Bida Emirate and the entire Nupe race.
Saganuwan said Abdullah’s elevation from Chigarin Nupe to the enviable position of Magajin Garin Nupe was well deserved, given his track record of service both in the academia and in the nation’s public service.
“He has also done excellently well in the nation’s public life, so I have no doubt that he will do well in his new assignment,” Saganuwan said.
Abdullah was born on the March 15, 1948 and attended Koranic school at Banmisugaye quarters Bida.
His early education was at Tudun Wada and Kofar Doka Primary Schools Zaria 1959 to 1961 and 1961 to 1964 respectively.
He was at Sokoto Teachers College between 1965 and 1968, setting a record for completing the college a year earlier than his classmates, thus a man of two classmates, earlier through self-endeavor, he passed London G.C.E in pure and Applied Mathematics, Physics, including Geography, setting a first place in the college.
Sheikh Abdallah is the first professor of Management Finance in Africa.
