Abubakar Gimba (An haife shine a garin lapai, Jahar Niger) . Ya fara makarantar sa a Gulu Primary School daga shekara ta alif 1959 zuwa alif 1962, sannan ya je Senior Primary School Lapai ya gama a shekara ta alif 1964 kuma ya ci gaba inda ya sami takardar kammala kwaleji ta Government College Keffi daga alif 1965 zuwa alif 1969,Daga nan yayi jami'ar Ahmadu Bello Zaria daga shekara ta alif 1970 Har zuwa shekara ta alif 1974 inda yayi digirin shi na daya da na biyu, Sannan kuma ya halarce jami'ar Cincinmati wato University of Cincinmati a 1977 sai jami'ar lowa wato University of Iowa don program service. Gimba yayi aiki a bankin Union sai kuma United Bank of Africa a matsayin darakta me cikakken iko. Kafin ya fara kasuwanci Ya kasance ma'aikacin gwamnati wanda ya samu daukaka a tsakanin abokan aikinsa zuwa sakatare na dindindin a ma'aikatan kudi a lokacin David Mark tsakanin 1984 zuwa 1987. Bayan ajiye aikin sa daga hidimar bankuna, an sa cikin masu aiki ko bada shawara wasu bangaren public institutions. An ba Gimba mukamin shugaban kwamitin ladabtarwa ta jami'ar Ahmadu Bello, lokacin makarantan yana tsakanin mulkin Mamman Kontagora.