Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai

January 11, 2024
Politician

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Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai
Full Name Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai
Date Of Birth Feb 16, 1960(1960-02-16)
Age 64
Birthplace Daudawa
Country Nigeria
Birth City Katsina State
Horoscope Aquarius

Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai Biography

Birthday Feb 16
Birth Year 1960

Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 16, 1960 in Daudawa, Katsina State, Nigeria. Nasir Ahmad El Rufai was born February 16, 1960, to a Fulani family from Daudawa. When he was eight years old, his father died. He was then sponsored by an uncle in Kaduna to continue his schooling. El-Rufai attended Barewa College. As a junior at the college President Umaru Yar’Adua served as the house captain for his dormitory. He graduated in 1976 at the top, and won the “Barewa Old Boy’s Association Academic Achievement Trophy”.

El-Rufai was appointed economic advisor by Abdulsalami Abubakar in 1998 after the death of Sani Abacha, a military dictator. El-Rufai worked in this capacity with the World Bank as well as the International Monetary Fund. The Fourth Nigerian Republic was born after President Olusegun Obasanjo was elected president in 1999.

In July 2003, he was appointed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. During his tenure, he presided over a radical transformation of the federal capital earlier riddled with corruption and vast deviation from the original masterplan. With the establishment of the Abuja Geographic Information System, the capital became the first municipality in Nigeria with a computerised land register and information system.

In 2008, following Umaru Yar’Adua rise to power, El-Rufai went into self- imposed exile and became a vocal critic of the administration. In exile, he received a law degree from the University of London in August 2008, and a master’s degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University in June 2009. He also received the Kennedy School Certificate in Public Policy and Management having spent 11 months as an Edward A. Mason Fellow in Public Policy and Management from July 2008 to June 2009.

Then he went to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he obtained a bachelor’s in quantity surveying. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School in 1984. El Rufai attended many professional and post-graduate programs including Georgetown School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Politician
House Living in own house.

Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai is one of the richest Politician from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born 16 February 1960, Nasir Ahmad El Rufai is a Nigerian politician. He was elected Governor of Kaduna State in 2015. From 2003 to 2007, he was the Minister of Federal Capital Territory. He also served as the Director of the Bureau of Public Enterprises. He is a founder member of the All Progressives Congress.

El-Rufai & Partners was founded in 1982 by him and three other partners. He managed the firm until 1998. The firm was awarded civil and building engineering contracts, including those for Abuja construction, during the military junta of 1983-1998. This made the partners “young millionaires”.

In November 1999, he was appointed the director of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, and secretary of the National Council of Privatisation where he spearheaded the privatisation of several government owned corporations alongside Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

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Who is Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai Dating?

According to our records, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai married to Hadiza El- Rufai , Asia El–Rufai, Ummi El-Rufai. As of December 1, 2023, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai’s is not dating anyone.

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In January 2016, El-Rufai’s administration launched the School Feeding Programme, aimed at providing one free meal per day to 1.5 million pupils in public primary schools within the state. His administration also abolished the collection of fees and levies in public primary and junior secondary schools in Kaduna, thereby removing a financial burden of N3 billion from the parents.

Facts & Trivia

Nasir Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Nigeria. Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai celebrates birthday on February 16 of every year.

El-Rufai tested positive for COVID-19 on March 28 2020, following contact with an index case. He has placed a curfew in Kaduna State and restricted movement, to prevent the spread of the virus.

How old is Nasir El Rufai?

62 years (February 16, 1960)

Where is El Rufai originally from?

Daudawa, Nigeria

When was El Rufai born?

February 16, 1960 (age 62 years)

Who is Governor of Kaduna?

Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai

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