Muktar A. Gadanya

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Dr. Muktar A. Gadanya is the youngest recipient of National Honour in Nigeria (Member of the Order of the Federal Republic, MFR) in 2007. [1]

He has initiated a campaign to harness the goodwill of the Nigerian youth for a successful Umaru Musa Yar'Adua presidency. [2]

He is recipient of several other prizes, [3] and is currently a Consultant Public Health Physician with the Department of Public Health, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. [1]

He was among the people recommended for meeting with Stephen Hawking, who was in quest for an "African Einstein". [4]

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  1. 1 2 http://www.dailytrust.com/content/view/11956/205/%5B%5D
  2. Yar'adua, MDGs and Youth. Usman, U.A 2008.]
  3. http://www.interaction.org/newswire/detail.php?id=4187%5B%5D
  4. "Between Mailafia". www.gamji.com.