Kanal Muhammadu Abdullahi Wase shi ne gwamnan jahar Kano na goma sha biyu. Shi mutumin Wase ne ta cikin Jahar Filato. An haife a shekarar 1948 a garin Wase. Karatu Kanal Muhammadu Abdullahi Wase mutum ne mai kaifin ƙwaƙwalwa. Ya fara karatunsa na ƙaramar firamare (junior primary school) a garin Wase, bayan ya kammala kuma aka tura shi garin Pankshin inda ya yi karatunsa na babbar firmare (Senior Primary School) kamar yadda ake yi da. Daga nan kuma ya samu nasarar shiga Kwalejin Horas da Malamai (Toro Teachers College) da ke Toro. A nan ya fita da sakamakon jarabawa mafi kyau a dukkan faɗin Arewacin Najeriya . Daga nan ya wuce zuwa Makarantar Tsaro ta Najeriya (Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA)) da ke Kaduna , a wannan makaranta ma shi ne ɗalibin da ya fi kowa ƙwazo a fannin kadet (Cadet). Ya kammala karatunsa a wannan makaranta ta (NDA) a shekarar 1970. Kanal Muhammadu Abdullahi Wase ya samu nasarar fita ƙasashen waje dan yin kwasawasai. Daga cikin ƙasashen da ya je akwai Ghana, da kuma Birtaniya . Haka nan ma a Najeriya ya halarci kwas a makarantar sojoji ta Jaji.