An haifi Umar Garba a karamar hukumar Danbatta dake jihar Kano. A ranar 22, ga watan Janairu, shekara ta alif 1959. KARATU B.Eng, Msc. da kuma PhD. Digiri daga Jami'ar Fasaha ta Wroclaw, Poland da Jami'ar Manchester Institute of Science and Technology United Kingdom. AIKI Umaru Garba Danbatta ya fara aikin koyarwa a Sashin Injiniya na Lantarki a tsangayar Fasaha ta Jami'ar Bayero Kano. Inda fanninsa na musamman shine Injiniya Sadarwa da Fasahar Sadarwa da Sadarwa. ya rike manyan mukamai na gudanarwa a lokuta daban-daban kamar, Shugaban Sashen, Dean of Faculty, shugaban riko na harkokin Dalibai, da kuma Daraktan Cibiyar Harkokin Fasaha (CIT). Ya kuma kasance memba a wasu kwamitoci da suka hada da Shugaban Kwamitin aiwatar da Jami’ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Jihar Kano . Daga nan ya zama mataimakin shugaban riko a 2001. Ya zama Farfesa a fannin Injiniyan Lantarki da Lantarki a Jami’ar Bayero Kano, inda ya kware a fannin Injiniyan Sadarwa da Fasahar Sadarwa da Sadarwa. Ya kula da ayyuka sama da 60 na Doctorate, Masters da Degree a fannoni daban-daban na sadarwa kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai jarrabawar waje ga Jami'o'i da Polytechnic da yawa.