[3] Ata was born on 22 June 1962 in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State.
Ata obtained Bachelor of Science in Economics and Masters in Development Studies from Bayero University, Kano (BUK) in the year 1984 and 2001 respectively.
In 1997, he was also transfer to Kano State Housing Cooperation as a Principal Planning Officer and server for one year he resigned from civil service and joined politics in 1998.
[5][6] Ata became Speaker Kano State House of Assembly as the result of Kabiru Alhassan Rurum resignation due to the allegation against him,[7][8][9] After several attempt to impeached Ata by Kabiru Alhassan Rurum Group[10][11][12][13] they were succeeded on Monday 30 July 2018, 27 Members out of the 40 Members of House impeached him, based on the claim that he cannot run the affairs of the House, the motion was raised by Labaran Abdul Madari Member Representing Warawa Constituency and second by Abdullahi Chiromawa Member Representing Kura/Garum Mallam Constituency[14][15] and replaced by his predecessor Kabiru Alhassan Rurum.
[16][17][18][19] Ata was defeated in the 2019 Nigerian General Election by Tukur Muhammad of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).