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ProfessorShehu Usman AdamuModibbo
Dean
Faculty of Health Sciences
National Open University of Nigeria
In office
2020–2024
Commissioner
Kaduna State
In office
2015–2017
GovernorNasir Elrufai
Minority Leader
Kaduna State House of Assembly
In office
2011–2013
Personal details
Born(1968-11-04)November 4, 1968
Kaduna State
ResidenceKaduna State
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
Usman Danfodiyo University
ProfessionProfessor
Websitehttps://www.noun.edu.ng/

Shehu Usman Adamu is a Nigerian professor, politician, administrator, former Member, Kaduna State House of Assembly, public commentator and political analyst. He has some 27 publications on Google Scholar cited 123 times between 2019 and 2024.

Early life

Adamu was born on 4 November 1968, at Tudun Saibu, of Soba Local Government Area, of Kaduna State. He attended Tudun Sabiu Primary School between 1974 and 1980. He attended Government Secondary School, Saminaka between 1980 and 1985. He attended Kano State College of Art and Science between 1986 and 1988. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from Usman Danfodiyo University Sokoto in 1994. He completed a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Parasitology from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi in 1998 and 2004, respectively. Adamu earned a master's degree in Public Health at the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom in 2013, and a postgraduate diploma in Education from National Open University of Nigeria in 2022.

Career

Adamu began his career as a graduate assistant with Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, rising. to the level of senior lecturer. There he held many responsibilities, including committee member, level coordinator, up to project and IT officer in consultancy.

He entered politics in 2006 and ran in the 2007 Nigerian general election to represent Maigana Constituency of Soba Local Government. He won election as Kaduna State House of Assembly Member. He ran again in the 2011 Nigerian general election under the defunct Congress for Progressive Change. Winning the election, Adamu become the Minority Leader in the Kaduna State House of Assembly in 2011.

He served as the Commissioner in Kaduna State under the former Governor Malam Nasir Elrufai between 2015 and 2017.

References

  1. "Prof. Shehu Usman Adamu (MODIBBO) | Faculty of Health Sciences".
  2. "Bioethics researchers meet at NIH to reflect on the past, look to the future - Fogarty International Center @ NIH".
  3. "Kaduna Assembly appoints new principal officers - Daily Trust". 26 September 2013.
  4. "North more backward under Buhari - Prof Adamu, Buhari supporter laments in tears". Political Economist. 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  5. "Shehu Usman Adamu". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  6. Adamu, Shehu Usman (31 May 2003). "Nigeria: ASUU: Why the Fight?".
  7. Ajibola, Akinola (May 17, 2015). "SURE-P Funds: Kaduna APC Lawmakers Threaten Gov Yero With Impeachment".
  8. Alabi, Christiana T. (10 September 2015). "Nigeria: Kaduna Suspends Principal Over Felling, Sale of Trees".
  9. "El-Rufai nominates 13 Commissioners". www.premiumtimesng.com. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  10. "Minor Cabinet Reshuffle in Kaduna – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
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