[2] He is the owner of Usman International School, the first all-inclusive education institution in Kano State for both normal students and those with all kinds of special needs.
Alhaji was born on 20 December 1948 in Birnin Kudu local government area of Kano, now Jigawa State.
He proceeded to Rumfa College, Kano, between January 1967 and December 1968 where he did his Higher School Certificate, which is equivalent to A-levels.
[3] He was the nominee of the Peoples Democratic Party of Kano South senatorial district in the 2007 Nigerian general election and lost to Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party, now the All Progressive Congress.
[4] He was also the nominee of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change which merged with ANPP, for the Kano South denatorial district in the 2011 Nigerian general election.