industrialist, philanthropist, born October 25, 1934, Utai, Wudil, Kano State; married 1951, eighteen sons, nine daughters; Education: Arabic- Schools (Evening Classes); Chairman/Chief Executive, Hamza Holdings Limited (eneampassing 24 companies); Executive Chairman, Organisation of Nigerian Indigenous Business, since 1969; National President, National Unity and Peace Corps, since September 1987; Life Patron, Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON); Trustee, Professional Football Federation of Nigeria; Founder/Governor, Traditional Sports Promotion Council of Nigeria; founder, Langa Games and Dombai Sports (Traditional Games); member, London Chamber of Commerce; member, The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce; member. Institute of Directors; member, Nigerian In stitute of Management; member, World Leaders Club; Award: recipient: Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON) Award, 1985; awarded National Merit Award bv the Rotaract International of Nigeria, June 1989; Honorary Degrees: Honorary Doctor of Humanities. University of California, Los Angeles. USA, 1977; Honorary Doctor of I aws (Hon. LLM)). Bayero University, Kano, Honorary Doctor of Letters (Hon. D. Litt), University of Lagos. 1988; Chieftaincy title: conferred with "A pasc" (Commandant) of Zumratul-Ujaj of Nigeria, October I, 1988; Hobbies: soccer, langa, sports; Official ad dress: Hamza Holdings Limited, 19 Kofo Abayomi Avenue, PO Box 117, Apapa, Lagos; Telephone: (01) 871090, OR 21 Bello Road, PO Box 10186. Kano, Kano State; Telephone: (065) 629012, 629762; Home: 21 Kofo Abavomi Avenue, Apapa, Lagos; Telephone: (01) 873562. 873840. 876860.
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