Maharazu Alhaji Yusuf

Background

Yusuf, Maharazu Alhaji was born on January 30, 1960 in Bebeji, Kano, Nigeria. Son of Yusuf Gidalle and Khadija Yusuf (Bebeji) Abubakar.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Geography, Bayero University, Kano, 1987. Master of Science in Land Resources, Bayero University, Kano, 1992. Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Management, Bayero University, Kano, 1995.

Career

Project supervisor, Directorate of Food, Rds. and Rural Infrastructures, Gongola, Nigeria, 1987-1988; teacher, Ministry of Education, Kano, 1988-1991; graduate researcher, Agropastoral Adaptation to Environmental Change, Cambridge, England, 1992-1993; assistant research fellow, Soils, Cultivars and Livelihoods in Northeastern Nigeria, Cambridge, England, 1994-1995; lecturer, Bayero U., Kano, since 1995. Consultant Agro Pastoral Research Project, Cambridge, 1993-1994. Resource person Nigerian Giant in the Sun, Abuja, 1993.

Secretary Bebeji Cmty. school and Library., 1991.

Achievements

• Maharazu Alhaji Yusuf has been listed as a notable Soil scientist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Patron Association for Sustainable Agriculture, Kano, since 1992. Member Kano Club (auditor 1990-1992), University Staff Club.

Interests

• Avocations: badminton, swimming, travel, reading, stamp collecting.

Connections

Married Asabe Amina Suleiman, May 27, 1983. Children: Abubakar, Mustapha, Rukayya, Aliyu.

Father:

Yusuf Gidalle Abubakar

Mother:

Khadija Yusuf (Bebeji) Abubakar

Spouse:

Asabe Amina Suleiman

child:

Abubakar Yusuf

child:

Rukayya Yusuf

child:

Aliyu Yusuf

child:

Mustapha Yusuf