Ali Ndume, former Lecturer Now A High Profile Politician




Mr Ndume was born on November 20, 1959 in Gwoza Town of Borno State and 12 years after birth, he obtained his first school leaving certificate in Gadamayo Primary School in Gwoza. That was in 1972. One year after, he proceeded to Comprehensive Secondary School Mubi, former Gongola state, now Adamawa State, from 1973 to 1978 where he obtained his WASC. In the course of his secondary education, he was appointed Junior House Captain and promoted to House Captain in his final year. 

After Secondary education, Mr Ndume, in 1978, proceeded to Kaduna State Polytechnic where he studied Marketing and obtained his Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in 1980 and Higher National Diploma (HND) in Marketing in 1982 at Upper Credit level. He then went for his compulsory one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Ogun State where he served with the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro in Ogun State between 1982 – 1983.

 Mr Ndume was in 1983 employed as lecturer in Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri. Here, he rose to the rank of a Senior Lecturer and decided to further his studies seven years after. In 1988, Mr Ndume was awarded the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Post-Graduate Scholarship to study Business and Computer Education at the University of Toledo Ohio, United States of America and graduated with a B.Ed and M.Ed in 1990 and was awarded Magna Cum Laude academic honour. After graduation, Mr Ndume returned to Nigeria and continued with his teaching career at same institutions.

 He joined politics in 2003

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