Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
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Abdullahi Umar Ganduje OFR |
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| Governor of Kano State | |
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Assumed office 29 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Rabiu Kwankwaso |
| Deputy Governor of Kano State | |
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In office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2003 |
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| Succeeded by | Magaji Abdullahi |
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In office 29 May 2011 – 29 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Abdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo |
| Succeeded by | Prof. Hafizu Abubakar |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 December 1949 Ganduje, Dawakin Tofa, Kano State |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Political party | All Progressive Congress (APC) |
| Spouse(s) | Hafsat Umar |
| Residence | Kano, Nigeria |
| Alma mater |
Ahmadu Bello University Bayero University Kano University of Ibadan |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Administrator |
| Website | ganduje |
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (born December 25, 1949) is the Governor of Kano State elected on 13 April 2015 and sworn in on 29 May 2015. He was two term Deputy Governor of Kano State, serving from 1999 to 2003 and 2011 to 2015 under the administration of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
Ganduje was born in Ganduje village of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State in 1949.
He started his early education in Qur'anic and Islamiyya school at his village Ganduje where he became trained in Islamic knowledge. He later moved to headquarters of his local government where he attended Dawakin Tofa Primary School from 1956 to 1963. Ganduje attended the Government Secondary School Birnin Kudu from 1964 to 1968.
He obtained a Nigerian Certificate of Education (NCE) from Advance Teachers' College Kano between 1969 and 1972. He then attended Ahmadu Bello University, located in Zaria, Kaduna State, for a Bachelor of Science Education degree from 1972 to 1975.
He obtained his first master's degree in applied educational psychology from Bayero University Kano, located in Kano, Kano State, in 1979 and later returned to Ahmadu Bello University from 1984 to 1985 for a Master of Public Administration degree. Not satisfied, Ganduje went to the University of Ibadan, located in Ibadan, Oyo State, for a Doctor of Public Administration degree between 1989 and 1993.
Ganduje's passion to serve his people took him into politics, he joined now-defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN) during the Second Nigerian Republic and served as Kano State Assistant Secretary from 1979 to 1980.He contested the House of Representatives election in 1979 under the NPN but lost the election.
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