Biography of idris wada of kogi state

By admin Jun 10, , am. The former Executive Governor of Kogi state Capt. His father, Alhaji Ejiga Wada is a renowned community leader and a retired jurist who served for over 30 years as a judge in different parts of Kogi state. His late mother, Hajia Rakiya Wada was a devoted housewife, mother and trader who worked hard to see to the stability of the home and the proper upbringing of the children.

In he was admitted to the famous Government Secondary School Dekina for his post primary education. At Dekina, Idris Ichalla Wada built a reputation for himself as an excellent all-rounder.

The former Executive Governor of Kogi state Capt.

He was not only a keen sportsman but also a brilliant academic. The one earned him the post of games prefect while his brilliance shone through in his West African School Certificate examination where he scored the best cumulative aggregate score any student could ever garner in the WAEC exam, an aggregate 6 distinction. This earned him a scholarship to study at the Federal Government College Sokoto where in he earned the Higher School Certificate, again passing in flying colours.

Given his academic pedigree, the choices of career paths available to Captain Wada were many. His first instinct was to follow his dream of becoming a doctor to fulfil his desire of helping to alleviate human suffering. Divine providence was however to point him in the direction of flying. In recognition of his outstanding performance in the Higher School Certificate examination at the Federal Government College Sokoto, Idris Wada was awarded an International Civil Aviation scholarship, the only Nigerian in his set to be so honoured.

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This was when he pinched his tent and romance with flying began. EAS as the brand was known, operated as a cargo airline servicing various destinations across the globe. He bowed out of active involvement in commercial aviation early in to focus on community service and attended to his other businesses.