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Across
Frontiers - Spring 2003
ATIKU
ABUBAKAR
(TURAKIN ADAMAWA)
VICE PRESIDENT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
CO-PRESIDENT OF WCPA
He was
born in Jada, Adamawa State, on November 25,1946. He attended
Jada Primary School from 1954 to 1960 and Adamawa Provincial
Secondary School, Yola, from 1961 to 1965. His Advanced Level
studies were in Economics, British Economic History, Government
and Haausa Language.
Later he went on to the School of Hygiene, Kano, from which
he earned a Diploma of the Royal Society of Health. In 1967,
he proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and graduated
with a Diploma in Law. He began his leadership training in
the radical students union politics of the sixties, serving
as President Emeritus of the Students Union of the School
of Hygiene, Kano, and later as the Assistant Secretary-General
of the Ahmadu Bello University Students Union as well as Deputy
Speaker of the Students Parliament.
He joined
the Customs and Excise Department in 1969 and rose to the
rank of Deputy Director. In his 20-year career in the Customs,
he attended several courses in Leadership, Management and
Drug Enforcement in Egypt, United States of America and Finland.
He retired in 1989 and went into private business. In business,
he has investments in Oil Services, Insurance, Pharmaceutical
Industries, Agriculture and the Print Media. He was the Chairman
of seven companies before his election as Vice President.
He has held since 1982 the traditional title of TURAKI ADAMAWA
and more recently, SARDAUNA GANUE.
He is a sponsor and member of the Executive Cabinet of the
World Constitution and Parliament Association and a memebr
of World Citizens based in France. These associations dedicate
themselves to the promotion of world peace and understanding.
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