BIOGRAPHY OF ALHAJI UMARU MUSA YAR’ADUA
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, president of Nigeria from29th may 2007- 5th May 2010. was born in Katsina Town, Katsina State in 1951 into a family active in Nigerian political and military affairs. He started his primar y education at Rafukka Primary School, Katsina in 1958. He left Rafukka for Dutsinma Boarding Primary School in 1962 from where he completed his primary education in 1964. Umaru Yar’Adua was at Government College, Keffi in present-day Nasarawa State for his secondary education from 1965-1969. He then moved to the famous Barewa College Zaria for his Higher School Certificate from 1970-1971. For his university education, Yar’Adua attended the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria from 1972-1975 where he obtained the B.Sc Education/Chemistry. He returned to the same University from 1978-1980 for his M.Sc Degree in Analytical Chemistry. Umaru Yar’Adua working career began at the Holy Child College, Lagos for the mandatory one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) between 1975 and 19...

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