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SENATOR UMAR NMA AGAIE was born in 1940 at Agaie local government area in Niger state and received his early education there and in bida in 1961and taught for one year in Agaie before proceeding to Arabic Teachers College,Sokoto,from which he graduated in 1965.After teaching for one year in Sokoto,he proceeded to Abdullahi Bayero College,Kano.His study there from 1965 to 1970 resulted in the awarding of an honours B.A degree in History and Islamic Studies.In 1970, he was one of the founder tutors of Advance Teachers College,Sokoto,following which he travelled overseas from 1971 to 1972 to obtain a masters degree in History at the university of Birmingham,England. Upon his return to Nigeria,he was appointed to the college of Arts and Arabic studies,Sokoto,as vice principal and then in 1974 as acting principal. In September 1974, he was posted to G.T.C Bida as principal. In 1976,he was posted to the Ministry of Education of the newly created Niger State as acting chief Education officer in-charge of Teacher Education. In August 1977, he became Vice Principal of Advance Teachers College Minna.In 1979,he was posted to G.T.C Lapai as Principal,he resigned his appointment and joined politics and contested for Senate Agaie/Lapai federal constituency in 1983 which he won but lasted for few months after which the military topple the government.In 1985 he was appointed as principal of Federal Government College,Kwali Abuja.In 1989 he was posted to Federal Ministry of Education, Liason office Abuja as Deputy Director. Until 29 may 1994 when he had an accident and died on his way to attend a seminar in Kaduna.