Mohammed Abba Gana served as a Special Adviser on Civil Society to the Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

n Vice President Atiku Abubakar

Atiku Abubakar

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, alias Turakin Adamawa, GCON was the Vice-President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. He is a Muslim native of Adamawa State, and was an influential member of the ruling People's Democratic Party until 2006 when he switched affiliation to the Action Congress party...

 until 22 June 2006, when he was sacked by President Olusegun Obasanjo.
He had previously served as a Federal Capital Territory Minister from 8 February 2001 to 17 July 2003.

Gana was born in 1943 in Damboa

Damboa

Damboa is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Damboa.It has an area of 6,219 km² and a population of 231,573 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 601....

, Borno State

Borno State

Borno State is a state in north-eastern Nigeria. Its capital is Maiduguri. The state was formed in 1976 from the split of the North-Eastern State...

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He attended the Yelwa Boarding Senior Primary School, Maiduguri

Maiduguri

Maiduguri, also fondly called Yerwa by its locals, is the capital and the largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria. The city sits along the seasonal Ngadda River which disappears into the Firki swamps in the areas around Lake Chad...

 (1956 - 1958), Government College, Zaria

Zaria

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, now Barewa College

Barewa College

Barewa College is a college in Zaria, Kaduna State, northern Nigeria. Founded in 1922 by British Governor General Hugh Clifford, it was originally known as "Katsina College." It switched its name to "Kaduna College" in 1938 and then "Government College, Zaria" in 1949 before settling on "Barewa...

 (1959 - 1963) and Okene-Provincial Secondary School (1964 - 1965). He was admitted to Ahmadu Bello University

Ahmadu Bello University

Ahmadu Bello University is the largest university in Nigeria and second largest in Africa, second only to Cairo University, Egypt. It is situated in Zaria. It was founded on October 4, 1962 as the University of Northern Nigeria....

, Zaria

Zaria

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 (1966 - 1969) where he obtained a degree in electrical engineering.

He worked as executive engineer in the Ministry of Works and Housing of North-Eastern State.
In October 1979 he was appointed Bornu State Commissioner for Works and Housing by the Greater Nigerian People's Party

Greater Nigerian People's Party

The Great Nigeria People's Party was one of the six major political parties that fielded candidates for elections in the Nigerian Second Republic. The party was formed by a splinter group from the Nigerian People's Party, the group was led by Waziri Ibrahim, a politician and businessman from Borno....

 (GNPP) government of Bornu State under Governor Mohammed Goni

Mohammed Goni

Alhaji Mohammed Goni is a retired civil servant who was Governor of Borno State, Nigeria in the Nigerian Second Republic.-Background:Mohammed Goni was born in 1942 in Kareto, Mobbar Local Government Area, Borno State....

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In 1983 he was the gubernatorial candidate of the GNPP in Bornu State.

Abba-Gana became a wealthy man.
For several years he was on the board of the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA).