Biography of Shuaibu Abubakkar Audu, career, family, life story

Shuaibu Abubakar Audu is a Nigerian investment banker and politician who is the current minister of Steel Development since August 2023.

 

This post by ENigeria Newspapers archives the biography, career, family and life story of Shuaibu Abubakkar Audu.

 

Profile Summary

Name: Shuaibu Abubakkar Audu

Born: 6th November, 1980

State of origin: Kogi, Nigeria

Education: University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Religion: Islam

Occupation: Politician, banker

 

Early Life

Audu was born on 6th November, 1980 in Kogi state Nigeria.

 

Education

After his early and secondary education, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Business economics in 2001 from the University of Leicester. He acquired a master’s degree from Henley Business School, University of Reading and went further to obtained a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Oxford in 2013.

 

Family

His father was the former governor of Kogi State, Abubakar Audu. Audu is married with children.

 

Career

Shuaibu Audu has been an investment analyst with Stanbic IBTC at Lagos. He also served as an executive director of the bank’s assets management subsidiary.

Before he ventured into politics, Audu served as chief executive officer of the Stanbic IBTC Investment for about a decade.

 

Politics

He entered politics in the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and was the party’s flag bearer for the Kogi State governorship elections.

In February 2023, he announced his intention to contest in the November 2023 Kogi State gubernatorial election under the Alll Progressives Congress (APC) but lost in the party’s primaries.

In August 2023, he was made Minister of Steel Development by President Bola Tinubu.