Tunau- Kayayen ABUBAKAR,

Administrator, Politician

MFR SECRETARY NRDC LATER NNDC He was born on 11th March, 1924 at Talata Mafara awellknown distriaEast of Sokoto. He began his elementary education at Talata Mafara Elementay Schooland laterSokoto CentralElementary Schoolfrom 1933 to 1937from whereheproceededto SokotoMiddle Schoolandpassedoutin 1943. He was immediately sent to Zaria to the Famous Literature Bureau, which later became the Gaskiya Corporation tojoin lateAlhajiAbubakarIman, lateAlhajiMakama andMalamAbdulmalik ManiasSubs on the Gaskiya TaFiKwabo Editorial. AlhajiAbubakarremainedinthatcapacityuntilMay, 1948 when hewasappointed EditorofJakadiya aHausa reading sheetsponsoredby theAdultEducation Department. As amanfrom the rural area, hewasconsideredto bemoresuitabletosuchajobprobably becauseheunderstoodtheneedsof the ruralpeoplebetter. In 1951, came British Council'ssixmonths scholarshipforAlhajiAbubakar to studyphotography. Thatwas laterextendedby anothersixmonths bythe Trustees of theNorth SelfDevelopmentFundsmoney raisedvoluntarily and which was originally intendedto sendadelegation to the UnitedKingdom topressforfiftypercent representationfor the North in the FederalHouse. AlhajiAbubakarwas thefirst beneficiary of thatfund. Asaresult of this extension, he wasabletostudyJournalism. Onhisreturn, hewaspromoted'SeniorAssistantEditorGaskiya TaFiKwabo, theposthe helduntilDecember 1953, when hewaspromotedtheEditorof thepaper. In August, 1954, he was again to study his usualsubjeasjournalism andPhotography,for threeyears in the UK He wasPublicity Secretaryforthe Northern Students Union…