Biography of dalhatu sarki tafida

Nigerian politician

Dalhatu Sarki Tafida (born 24 November 1940) was elected Senator for the Kaduna North Senatorial District of Kaduna State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.

He took office on 29 May 1999.^[1] He was reelected for a further four-year term in 2003.^[2]

Birth and early career

Tafida was born on 24 November 1940 in Zaria, Kaduna State.^[3] He attended Barewa College, Zaria (1954 - 1959) and Government College, Keffi (1960 - 1961), then was admitted to the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (1962-1967) where he earned the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

He was House Officer and then Senior House Officer at Ahmadu Bello University, (1967 - 1969) and Registrar (1969 - 1970). He studied at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, England (1970 - 1971) and the University of Liverpool, England (1971-1972),