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Abba Kabir Yusuf was born in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State on 5 January 1963
He started his Islamic education at an early age at Gaya local government area of Kano State.
He attended Sumaila primary school between 1968 and 1975. He then proceeded to Government Secondary School Dawakin Tofa and later moved to Government Secondary school Lautai in Gumel where he completed his secondary education in 1980. He gained admission into the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi in the defunct Gongola State, now Adamawa State, where he bagged his National Diploma (ND) in Civil Engineering in 1985 and later obtained a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Water Resources/Environmental Engineering in 1989 at Kaduna Polytechnic
He attended Bayero University, Kano, where he obtained a postgraduate diploma and a master’s degree in business administration.
He started his civil service career at the Kano State Water Resources Engineering and Construction Agency (WRECA), where he held various positions
He was appointed as the chairman, Governing Board of the National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), Ondo State where he served between 2009 and 2011. He was appointed Commissioner of Works, Housing and Transport in 2011.
In 2019 he contested the governorship candidate with the incumbent and re-contested again and won in 2023.