Murtala shehu yar adua center

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    H.E. Atiku Abubakar, GCON

    Chairman

    H.E. Atiku Abubakar (Wazirin Adamawa), GCON was elected Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1999 and re-elected in 2003. As Vice President, he chaired the National Economic Council which was responsible for assembling the outstanding talent that transformed the Nigerian economy, more than quadrupling GDP between 2000 – 2007. Atiku Abubakar’s political career began with Shehu Yar’Adua’s determination to build a national...more

    Mr. Akin Kekere-Ekun

    Vice Chairman

    Mr. Akin Kekere-Ekun serves as Director, Africapital Management Limited, an institution that provides financial and investment advisory services to a diversified client base including corporations, financial institutions, governments, state owned enterprises and high-net worth individuals. Mr. Kekere-Ekun fryst vatten the former Managing Director, Habib Nigeria Bank Limited and former Chairman, Technical Committee...more

    Hajia Binta Yar’Adua

    Director

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    Deans and Directors

    Prof. Jamilu TukurProvost, College of Health ScienceProf. Musa Ahmad KarkarkuDean, Postgraduate SchoolProf. Yahaya Aliyu Sa’idDean, Faculty of EducationDr. Isma’il Yusuf AbubakarDean, Faculty of HumanitiesDr. Binta Dalhat Dan-AliDean, Faculty of LawDr. Usman JunaiduDean, Faculty of Management SciencesDr. Abdussalam AbubakarDean, Faculty of Social SciencesDr. Mahmud AbdulsalamDean, Faculy of Natural and Applied SciencesProf. Yusuf Ibrahim El-LadanDean, Faculty of Earth & Environmental SciencesDr. Hafsatu Bawa SaniDean, Faculty of Basic Medical SciencesDr. Lawal Iro SaniDean, Student AffairsDr. Murtala Abdullahi MuhammadDirector, Entrepreneurship Study CenterDr. Ahmed Lawal MashiAg. Director, Ibrahim Shehu Shema Center for Renewable Energy ResearchMurtala Umar KurfiAg. Director, data and Communication TechnologyEngr. Lawal SalisuDirector, Physical Planning and Develop

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    In life he was a force to reckon with...
                ...in death his legacy remains a guidance to those who hold power and those who seek power.

    Born in Katsina on March 5, 1943 to the late Mutawallin Katsina, Mallam Musa Yar'Adua, young Shehu was greatly influenced by his father's strength of character and capacity for leadership. A member of the Katsina Emirate Council, Mallam Musa Yar'Adua was one of the leading lights of Nigerian political development and a pillar of political wisdom. During the First Republic, Mutawalli served as a member of the House of Representatives, Federal Minister for Establishment, Nigerianisation and Training and later as Minister for Lagos Affairs.

    Shehu Yar'Adua was educated at Katsina Provincial Secondary School and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, U.K. He returned from Sandhurst in 1964 as a young second lieutenant not long before the Nigerian Civil War broke out. Major Yar'Adua's capture of Onitsha in 1967

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