[5] One of his school classmates and army colleagues was Ibrahim Babangida, who married Duba's cousin Maryam in September 1969.

[9] Colonel Garba Duba was appointed Military Governor of Bauchi State in July 1978.

He provided infrastructure in the form of residential accommodation and offices, including secretariats for the 16 Local Governments.

The rector was given Duba's brigade commander's guest house as his quarters, and army offices for administration.

He expanded the number of Teacher Training Colleges and introduced Schools of Basic Studies on the site now used by the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University.