An haifi Adamu Maina Waziri a Jihar Yobe a ranar 14 ga Satumba 1952. KARATU Ya yi karatun digiri na biyu (BSc) da MBA a Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello Zaria. an nada shi ministan harkokin ‘yan sandan Najeriya a ranar 6 ga Afrilun 2010, lokacin da mukaddashin shugaban kasa Goodluck Jonathan ya bayyana sabuwar majalisarsa. Ya zama malami a Jami’ar Maiduguri a shekarar 1979. Ya yi aiki a Hukumar Bayar da Lamuni na Dalibai, Ma’aikatar Ilimi ta Tarayya, sannan ya kasance mataimaki na musamman ga Ministan Noma, Babban Mataimaki na Musamman ga Shugaban Kasa, Ko’odinetan shirin kawar da talauci na kasa da kuma Shugaban Hukumar Kare Hatsari. Ya kasance Babban Sakatare, Asusun Haɓaka Fasahar Man Fetur tsakanin 2005 zuwa 2006. Yayi aiki tare da dike mukamai a masana'antu masu zaman kansu sun hada da Babban Darakta, Hydro Quest Nigeria da Babban Jami'in, Bogaru International. Waziri ya kasance dan takarar gwamnan jihar Yobe a karkashin jam'iyyar PDP a zaben 2007. Bayan zaben shugaban kasa Umaru Musa Yar’adua , an nada shi karamin minista a ma’aikatar noma da albarkatun ruwa ta tarayya.