An haifi Muhammad Gado Nasko a ranar 20 ga watan Yuni, 1941, a garin Nasko dake karamar hukumar ,Magama a jihar Neja. Ya fara karatun sa na farko a makarantar firamare ta Native Authority da ke Ibeto daga 1947-1954 sannan ya wuce Kontagora Senior primary School daga 1955 – 1956. Bayan kammala karatun firamare, Nasko ya samu gurbin shiga Makarantar Sakandare na wucin gadi a Bida a 1957 kuma ya kammala karatunsa na sakandare 1962. A watan Disamba 1962, ya fara aikin soja tare da abokan karatunsa na sakandire da suka hada da: Janar Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalam Abubakar, Muhammad Magoro, Garba Duba, Muhammad Sani Sami (Sarkin Zuru), marigayi Mamman Vatsa da Kanar Sani Bello. Rtd. Janar Nasko ya samu horon soji a Kwalejin Horar da Sojoji ta Najeriya (NMTC) Kaduna daga 1962-1963 sannan ya wuce Mons Officer Cadet School of Artillery, Larkhill, United Kingdom daga 1963-1964; Makarantar Makarantu ta Amurka, Fort-sill, Oklahoma a cikin 1965; Tasha Gunnery Course a Royal School of Artillery, Larkhill, United Kingdom 1972-1973; Kwalejin Command and Staff College, Jaji, Januray - Yuli 1977;