By Sabiu Abdullahi
Ghali Umar Na”Abba, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, passed away early Wednesday in Abuja.
Sources indicate he succumbed to a brief illness at an Abuja hospital.
Born on September 27, 1958, into the family of businessman Umar Na’Abba in Tudun Wada, Kano City, Na’Abba, a political science graduate from Ahmadu Bello University in 1979, left a notable mark on Nigerian politics.
His early education at Jakara Primary School, Kano, and later at Rumfa College and the School of Preliminary Studies, Kano, paved the way for admission to Ahmadu Bello University in 1976.
In 2004, he capped his educational journey with a postgraduate programme on leadership and good governance at Harvard University.