A Former Labour Party vice presidential aspirant, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has revealed that his father emigrated from Mauritania in North Africa and settled in Nigeria in 1925.
Speaking during an interview with Arise TV about what inspired him to establish Baze University, Datti traced his family's educational legacy. "The legacy started from when the patriarch settled in Nigeria. He came from North Africa, Mauritania was a local government in the province of North Africa. But I'm a Nigerian, I was born and brought up and raised here," he said.
He provided additional historical context about his family's origins, noting that his ancestors were travelers from the Arabian Peninsula before settling in Nigeria, though he chose not to delve deeply into that history.
The former vice presidential aspirant explained his father's deliberate choice of settlement location in Nigeria, indicating the family's commitment to education.
He revealed that his father settled near one of Nigeria's printing presses in 1925, demonstrating an early bias toward learning and scholarship.
Datti also noted that his father quickly established relationships with religious scholars, the emirate, and prominent writers including the late Dr. Abubakar Imam, while also authoring several books himself.
He revealed that his family's heritage centers strictly on education rather than industry, commerce, or traditional trades, explaining why establishing a university became a natural extension of that long-standing legacy.
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