Achievements of tafawa balewa official visit
Ahmadu bello!
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the first Prime Minister of Nigeria before and after Nigerian independence from Great Britain in 1960.
Born in December of 1912 in Bauchi in Northern Nigeria, Balewa’s father, Mallam Yakubu, was a minor official in the Native Authority, part of the British colonial administration.
Achievements of tafawa balewa official visit
Balewa received his primary education in Tafawa Balewa from 1922 to 1925. He then attended Bauchi Middle School in Bauchi from 1925 to 1928. Following this Balewa attended Katsina Teachers Training College from 1928 to 1933 where he received his teaching certification.
After graduation, Balewa returned to Bauchi Middle School as a teacher where he taught English to his pupils.
During the next ten years, Balewa rose in the ranks of the teaching staff, qualifying as a Teacher Grade I in Nigeria in 1944.
The following year he was admitted to the London University Institute of Education, receiving his diploma in 1946. Balewa returned to Bauchi Middle School in 1949 as Hea