Barrister Ahmadu Abdulkadiri was born on 22^nd June 1969 and hails from Etsako East local government area of Edo State. He attended the university of Jos from 1990 to 1994 where he obtained a Bachelor of Law BL (Hons) and an LLB from the Nigeria Law School in 1996 when he was called to the Nigerian Bar.

He did his National Youth Service (NYSC) in Lagos with the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Company (NDIC) where he served in the office of the Board Secretary/Legal Adviser’s office between 1996-1997.

He was retained for a period of six months upon completion of his NYSC as a result of his diligence, commitment and dedication to service.

He is an avid sports person and particularly plays football till date. He was called up to the National under 17 camp and the junior national team, the flying eagles at different stages. He also played for National premier league teams, the Niger-Tornadoes of Minna in 1997 and Kano Pillars in 1998.

He also played for the Ministry of Commerce and Tourism football team known as Trade Bombers FC for several years where he won the FCT challenge cup in 1996.

He joined the service of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority in December 1999 as a level 09 Legal Officer in the Legal department where he served until 2016 when he was posted to the Compliance and Enforcement department which was later changed to Monitoring and Compliance department in 2020.

He currently serves as the Director of Monitoring and Compliance department.