Professor Ado was born on the 24th August 1957 in Garki, Jigawa State. He obtained B.Sc. Agriculture from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in 1979 and joined Ahmadu Bello University as a Graduate Assistant in 1980. In 1983, he obtained M.Sc. in Crop Breeding in the same University. He obtained a Ph.D in Plant Breeding in the same University in 1991. He has also attended several courses in Agricultural related courses in Nigeria and overseas including:

• 1995, Advanced Agro-technologies, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Israel with an International Certificate
• International Certificate in Applied Plant Breeding, Wageningen, Agricultural University, Netherlands.
• International Certificate Course in Advance QPM Training Course, CIMMYT Mexico in 2002
• International Certificate course in Biological Fertilizer Technology Baoding, Republic of China in 2003

Prof. Ado also obtained International Certificate on Farmer Participatory Methods for On-Farm Testing and Evaluation of Varieties, Kumasi, Ghana in 1998.

Prof Ado’s work experience with Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) and Jigawa State College of Agriculture as detailed below:

• Oct 1980 – Graduate Assistant
• Oct 1981 – Assistant Research Fellow
• Oct 1984 – Research Fellow II
• Oct 1987 – Research Fellow I
• Oct 1990 – Senior Research Fellow
• Oct 1996 – Principal Research Fellow
• Oct 2001 – Professor

Prof Ado has also held prominent Agricultural Research appointments locally and internationally from 1993 to date. He is currently the Executive Director of the Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR) Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria.

A seasoned agricultural expert, Prof Ado is a member of many Agricultural Societies; namely:

• Life member, Horticultural Society of Nigeria.
• Member, Genetic Society of Nigeria 1983.
• Member, Forestry Association of Nigeria 1995.
• Member, Biotechnology Society of Nigeria 2005 amongst others.

To his credit, Prof Ado has published and co-authored many Research Journals not less than 20 publications.