Hamza Abdullahi
Hamza Abdullahi was born in Hadejia, Jigawa State, Nigeria on March 2nd, 1945 and is the Politician. At the age of 79, Hamza Abdullahi biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Hamza Abdullahi, the Air Vice Marshal (retrained), was Governor of Kano State in Nigeria from January 1984 to August 1985 during General Muhammadu Buhari's military reign. Following General Ibrahim Babangida's deposition, he was named Minister of Works and Housing and later Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
Early life
Hamza Abdullahi was born in Hadejia (now Jigawa State) and was educated in Kano.
Later life
He was promoted to Air Vice Marshal, Nigeria's third highest rank, in October 1988, and resigned two months later. He lived a private life in retirement and was a partner at Julius Berger, a German building and engineering company; Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company Limited, a Nigerian-German building company, was a director. He was widely admired for his military service and disciplinary pedigree. He was an associate and close friend of General Ibrahim Babangida.
Military career
He joined the Nigeria Air Force in 1964, and attended the Nigeria Air Force Tactical Training Wing in Kaduna. From 1964 to 1966, he completed the Aircraft Technical Officer's Course in West Germany, and later took part in the Nigerian Civil War effort. After the war, he was the Air Provost Marshal, Air Provost Group from 1971 to 1980; and also attended the Royal Military Police Training Centre in Chichester in 1974. He participated in the 1975 military coup d'état which brought General Murtala Mohammed to power; and from 1980 to 1984 was the Group Commander, Ground Training Group in Kaduna.