Nigeria's Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu is many things to different people.

He is one of the few Ministers from the last Cabinet who retained their portfolio.

Many Nigerians admit that it may be due to his loyalty to the president, while others feel it may due to his performance in his first term as Minister.

Check out 9 things you never knew about the Accountant turned Journalist:

1. Adamu was born on 25 May 1956 in Katagum, Bauchi State
2. He graduated from Ahmadu Bello University where he obtained bachelor's degree in Accounting
3. Adamu is polyglot, being fluent in Arabic, Persian, Fulfulde, Hausa and French.
4. Adamu Adamu got hired as an accountant at CCP immediately after graduation and then continued to work at the CNL in Bauchi State, before joining the local government in the same position.
5. However, after deciding that he needs another challenge, he thereafter proceeded to Columbia University’s School of Journalism where he obtained a master's degree in Journalism.
6. He took his first newspaper editor job in 1984 but made a name for himself as a columnist for Daily Trust. During those years, he became known as an active commentator on the events that transpired in Nigeria.
7. For a couple of years, the Minister of Education served as a Personal Assistant to late Chief Soloman Lar, one of the original supporters of the PDP and its first national chairman.
8. He has been a loyal follower of President Muhammadu Buhari for years before the latter was elected the President of Nigeria.
9. He was first appointed Minister of Education by President Muhammadu Buhari on November 2015 and now has been redeployed back to the Ministry.
Why do you think he was able to retain his portfolio in this 'next level' cabinet? Feel free to comment.

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He is the minister of education who know next to nothing on education

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SERIOUSLY PLANNING ON BRANCHING OUT JUST LIKE HIM EDUCATIONALLY

Woah this is good

That's part of the problems of the country.
A journalist, accountant and politician is in charge of Education ministry.
No Professor, or former VC, someone from the academic sector to be a minister.
Later we start complaining about drop in educational standard

Isorite

As a core northern man myself I say this Man is a disaster to the education sector.

As things dey go for 9ja no hope for we youth ooo
I keep saying this government dont like we masses everybody just dey fight for dem pocket
So we youth neee to wakeup!! Becos all this greedy old people not ready to leave this sit oooo

Won ti so di oro ile

Ok

Also writes President Buhari's Speeches.

Congrats to him, but Nigerians expect him to perform better than he perform in the last four years. The education ministry is pivot to the development of any country and he nearly ran it aground in his first tenure

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Nyamuri flat.head!! With all ur education, did that stop ur people from smuggling drugs, fraud, ritual, prostitution etc?

gwarotango:
As a core northern man myself I say this Man is a disaster to the education sector.

erons22:
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yinkus6750:
That's part of the problems of the country.
A journalist, accountant and politician is in charge of Education ministry.
No Professor, or former VC, someone from the academic sector to be a minister.
Later we start complaining about drop in educational standard

You wantn him to be a Vice Chancellor firstly

erons22:
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erons22:
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hahhhaha I came back to laugh. That was funny

Nyamuri:
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You're a funny man

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Please apply some sense. WTF. Why paste such an image on frontpage, is that what we came to read here?

Japaa

Adamu is simply an accidental discharge in Ministry of Education.

If after almost 4 years as education minister he has almost nothing to write home about concerning progress in the educational sector, sincerely i wonder why returning him back to the ministry.

is sowore still in detention?

How can a man with a shallow profile like this understand the value of education? If you expect this man to return your 13 Million out of school kids back to school, you are in a delusion of the highest order.

yinkus6750:
That's part of the problems of the country.
A journalist, accountant and politician is in charge of Education ministry.
No Professor, or former VC, someone from the academic sector to be a minister.
Later we start complaining about drop in educational standard

Oga, those things don't guarantee success in administration. Even in most developed countries today, nobody looks into all those things for political appointments. And they have continued to grow faster than us.

We have had scholars and professors in the different positions in this country before, where did it take us? The most recent one was Jonathan and his PhD but couldn't understand left and right in administration for almost six years. But buhari that people are arguing whether he has waec or not has done far better than him.

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Nyamuri:
Nyamuri flat.head!! With all ur education, did that stop ur people from smuggling drugs, fraud, ritual, prostitution etc?

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