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Tanko Yakasai is a Nigerian politician and elder statesman. He was born on 5 December 1925 in Niger State, Nigeria. He is the founder of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), a political pressure group in northern Nigeria. He was a member of the Nigerian Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1979 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Yakasai was a member of the Nigerian Senate from 1979 to 1983. He was also a member of the Supreme Military Council from 1975 to 1979. He was the Minister of Works and Housing from 1983 to 1985. Yakasai is currently 98 years old. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs about 70 kg. Yakasai is married to Hajiya Zainab Yakasai and they have four children. Yakasai has an estimated net worth of $1 million. He has earned his wealth through his political career and business investments. He is also a philanthropist and has donated to various charities and causes.

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Age 99 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 5 December, 1925
Birthday 5 December
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Nationality Niger

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1953

Between 1953 and 1986, Tanko Yakasai was one of the most persecuted politicians in the history of Nigerian political activism, he was subjected to arrests and detentions on ten different occasions: four during colonial era, four in the First Republic, and two during military regime: one each under the (1983 to 1985) regime of General Muhammad Buhari and (1985 to 1993) regime of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida.

1925

Alhaji Tanko Yakasai OFR (born 5 December 1925) is a Nigerian politician, human rights activist and former Liaison Officer to President Shehu Shagari. He is a founding member of Arewa Consultative Forum.

Yakasai was born on 5 December 1925 in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, Yakasai Quarters Kano. He resides in Kano with his family. One of his children, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, was the social media aide of the governor of Kano State until he was arrested by Department of State Services at the end of February 2021.