UMAR, Isyaku

B.Sc, MPA; industrialist, businessman, economist; b: November 11, 1947; p: Tofa; ht: Tofa; so:Kano; m: Yalwa & Sa'adatu. 1973; nc: eight s, three d. ed: Tofa Junior Primary School. 1954-57: Gwarzo Senior Primary School. 1958-59;Governmci Secondary School Kano 1960-65; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 1968-72: University of Pittsburgh, USA 1975-76; cr: asst. sec to Military Governors Office 1972-73, Prinicipal Private sec. 197375: Secretary. Drought Relief Committee. 1973-75; Admini. Officer, Kano State Government, 1972-76; gm. Mainasara & Sons Ltd., 19771979; national presd. Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI). 1977-81; md. Tofa General Enterprises Ltd.. Kano. 1979to date; f: Institute of Directors; mm. Nigerian Economic Society pp: defunct National Party of Nigeria; dep. ch. Kano State Branch" 1982-83. ch. Equity Bank Pic, since 2002; sc Metropolitan Club. Kano forum. Kano Foundation, pp. National Parly of Ni«eria (NPN) deputy ch: Kano State, 1980-83; hob: badminton, debate, current affairs, photography, squash, off. 496. Hotoro Commercial Layout P.O. Box 5055. Kano. tel. 064-649822; fax. 648489;…