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Nasir Yusuf was born on 6 August 1967, to the family of Alhaji Yusuf and Hajiya Fatima, in Kano city. He is a descendant of Garba Gawuna and Sheikh Hassan Gawuna families on the paternal and maternal lineages respectively.
Nasiru Gawuna enrolled at Gawuna Primary School in the year 1973. He completed Gawuna Primary School in 1979, and the following year, he enrolled at Government Secondary School Gwaram (now in Jigawa State) where he did his junior secondary school. After completing his high school education at Science Secondary School Dawakin Kudu in 1984, he gained admission into Ahmadu Bello University's School of Basic Studies in Zaria for a year preliminary study. He finished his preliminary in 1985.
He then proceeded to the prestigious Usman Danfodiyo University, where he graduated in 1990 with a degree in Biochemistry.[8]
Gawuna in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Hassan Musa Fagge, on 18 April 2022 resigned as the Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources.[15][16][17][18] in order for him to be eligible to join the race for the 2023 Kano State governorship election.[19][20] The incumbent Governor of Kano State Abdullahi Umar Ganduje supported Gawuna to be his successor in 2023 Nigeria General Election. Governor Ganduje announced his decision at the stakeholders meeting on Saturday 7 May 2022.[2][3][4]