Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed Biography: Age, State of Origin, Wife, University, Tribe, Parents & Net Worth

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Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed Biography

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed was born in 1975 or 1976. He is a Nigerian economist and politician who served as Senator for Kaduna North from 2011 to 2012 and member of the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. 

A member of the Labour Party, he is the party’s vice presidential nominee in the 2023 presidential election running alongside Peter Obi.

From the prominent Baba-Ahmed family of Zaria, Baba-Ahmed graduated from the University of Maiduguri. 

After schooling, he worked in business and banking for several years before entering politics. Baba-Ahmed was elected as House of Representatives member for Zaria in 2003; while in the position, he became known for speaking out against corruption and the Third Term Agenda. 

After leaving office in 2007, Baba-Ahmed continued advocating for good governance while returning to his Baze business grouping and founding Baze University. By 2011, he moved back to politics and successfully ran for Senator for Kaduna North; however, the electoral tribunal overturned his victory and he left office in 2012. After an unsuccessful presidential campaign in the 2019 PDP primary, Baba-Ahmed joined the Labour Party in 2022 to become Obi’s running mate.

Early Life and Education

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed was born to the Baba-Ahmed family in Zaria in the 1970s. 

He is among the thirty-three children of his father, Baba Ahmed, was an Arab cattle-trader from modern-day Mauritania who later became a notable professor and expert on Islamic jurisprudence.

Baba-Ahmed has a BSc and MSc in Economics from the University of Maiduguri in Borno State.

He worked in the security Printing and Minting, Lagos before entering politics.

In 2006, while a Federal representative, he earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy when he completed his PhD studies at the University of Westminster.

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed Career

Baba-Ahmed was elected in April 2003 to the Federal House of Representatives for the Zaria Federal Constituency, Kaduna State.

He ran on the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) platform. Baba-Ahmed was popular for his principled activism.

During the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, he was among lawmakers who opposed letting Obasanjo run for a third term.

In May 2006 he said he would not run for reelection unless action was taken to investigate allegations that members had been bribed to support the constitutional changes needed for a third term presidency.

In 2007 he took the Independent National Electoral Commission to court over conduct of past elections. 

Baba-Ahmed contested and won the Kaduna North Senatorial elections in 2011 under Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) which was then led by President Muhammadu Buhari; the election was challenged at the court by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which lead to Ahmed’s controversial victory being upturned. 

In 2018, he ran unsuccessfully for the Presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). 

He recently lost his quest as a gubernatorial aspirant vying to run under the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) for the 2023 governorship elections in Kaduna State. 

In July 2022, he was appointed as the vice president running mate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Nigeria General election.

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Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed Wife

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed is married to his beautiful wife and the union is blessed with children.

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed Net Worth

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed is a Nigerian economist and politician. He has an estimated net worth of $6 million.