[2] He was the last Director General of the now defunct National Sports Commission, [3] a Muslim and a Senior Staff in the Nigerian Civil Service and a member of the Board of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation.

[5] and Director of Employee Relations and Welfare in the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation in the Nigerian government.

In 1981, he went to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna to obtain a Diploma in Physical & Health Education and later got a Bachelor of Science in Physical and Health Education from Ahmadu Bello University [6] , Zaria, Kaduna State in 1986.

[10] Nigeria Football Association, and in 2007 as the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Premier League[11] Alhassan has served as Special Assistant to four Nigerian Honourable Ministers of Sports and Social Development; these include Ishaya Mark Aku (2002), Stephen Akiga (2004), Saidu Samaila Sambawa (2006) and Bala Kaoje (2007).

[15] In 2012, he obtained an Intermediate Olympics Committee (IOC) Advance Diploma in Sports and Administration.

Since 2016, Al-Hassan has been a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration, and from 1 May 2015, a member of the Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sports.