Biographical overview
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry ofAgriculture, Northern Nigeria in 1963, aposthe helduntilhis appointment as Chairman ofthe Nigerian PortsAuthority. He held thispositionfrom 1965 to 1966 when asection of the NigerianArmy struck in amilitary coup terminating thegovernmentandkilled'someprominentNortherners in theprocess. While in service, Alhaji Ahmadu also served as amember of the Federal Scholarship Board which gave him the opportunity oftouring extensively overseascountriesforthepurpose ofinterviewingapplicants. This tirelesspublicservantwas also on handbetween 1969 and 1976, when he was called upon to be Councillorinthe Misau LocalAuthority. Again, due to pressurefrom his constituency, he was elected to represent Misau Local Government Area in the 1977/78 Constituent Assembly where hejoinedotherpolitically mindedNigerians in the process off as hioninganewpolity. Following theformation ofPoliticalParties, hejoinedthe NationalParty ofNigeria (NPN) upon whose platform he won one of the five Senatorialseats ofthe then Bauchi State in 1979. He diedin 1984.
Biographical record
- Title
- Alhaji
- Surname
- ALHAJI AHMADU
- First Name
- RUFA'I -MAGAJIN
- Other Names
- GARIN MISAU,
- Gender
- N/A
- Source of Publication
- NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)
- Status
- Alive
- Father's Status
- N/A
- Mother's Status
- N/A
- Marital Status
- Single
- Profession
- Politician
Civil servant - Education Level
- Primary
- Have you ever been a member of any political party?
- N/A
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