Background
Bawa was born in Nigeria"s northern city of Kaduna. He is the son of Alhaji Bawa Garba, the founder of Nigeria"s ABG Group.
Bawa was born in Nigeria"s northern city of Kaduna. He is the son of Alhaji Bawa Garba, the founder of Nigeria"s ABG Group.
He was later transferred to Kaduna Staff School, by his parents, where he completed his early education. In 1999, Bawa completed a bachelor’s degree in geography at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.
He started his primary education at the Kaduna Polytechnic staff school. He began his secondary education at Sardauna Memorial College then later on transferred to Essence International School, completing his secondary education in 1993. He started his early professional career working in his father’s communication’s firm - ABG Communications Limited.
Later, he started a number of firms including Group Special Mobile.COM Limited and Top desk International Limited.
Following his decision to join active politics in 2011, Bawa resigned his positions in all the businesses. He started his political career in the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) where he previously ran for the House of Representatives to represent Kaduna North Federal Constituency.
Bawa was appointed as Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Communications. The committee has oversight responsibility for the Federal Ministry of Communications Technology and its subsidiary agencies including the Nigerian Communications Commission (National Cadet Corps) and Nigerian Postal Service (Net Promoter Score).
During the time he was acting Chairman of the Communications Committee in 2011, Bawa chaired the Sub-Committee that was set up to investigate the SIM Card Registration exercise superintended by the National Cadet Corps. Usman is also member in the some other committees namely: Diaspora, Navy Banking & Currency, Gas Resources, Electoral Matters, Health, Legislative Compliance, and Solid Minerals Development.
He later joined former Head of State and leading opposition figure, General Muhammadu Buhari to form a new political party - the Congress for Progressive Change (cost per click).
He is a member of the All Progressives Congress (American Power Conversion). Bawa is a member of the leading opposition party All Progressives Congress (American Power Conversion).