He attended General Murtala Mohammed College, Yola, and Federal Government College, Sokoto. He later proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna where he graduated with B.Eng (Civil Engineering) degree in 1973. In 1976 he obtained an M.Sc. degree in civil engineering with specialization in Water Resources Technology from University of Birmingham in the UK and thereafter, a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (1981) from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland.
