Alh. Badamasi Burji was born on November 15, 1968, in Burji village, Kano State, Nigeria
He is a seasoned and successful businessman, publisher, entrepreneur, writer, journalist and a generous philanthropist.
He studied Mass Communication at Bayero University, Kano, after which he attended the Institute of Alazhar (ALIYU IBN ABI Talib Kano, from 1986 to 1987 ) for religious study.
After his 13 years impactful and successful teaching career (1987 – 1999), he ventured into the world of business and entrepreneurship by joining Nagari General Enterprise, a leading gas and electric gas cooker distributor in Kano. He served as a chief accountant. His stellar performance propelled him to the position of the managing director.
Alhaji Badamasi Burji is the Founder of Badamasi Burji Foundation ,which was established in 2015.
Through his foundation, single handedly build a school in his home town which presently is accommodating hundred of pupils with free scholarship, free uniform and feeding during school hours. He has empowered thousand of women and youths from Burji Town and Beyond and the empowerment programme is still ongoing.
It started with sponsorship of the establishment of special Islamic and Western primary and secondary school in the area with about 5,212 pupils currently studying and with the gestures of free education, free uniforms, free feeding, free books and writing materials, living in a conducive environment with well furnished classrooms.
The Foundation has sponsored 109 students 98 girls and 11 boys into different junior secondary schools.
Girl-Child Empowerment programme was also initiated with the aim of training the young girls in various skills with a view to making them become self-dependent. The initiative behind the empowerment programme is to minimize rural migration to the urban centre, job creation, self reliance and create opportunity for the community to improve the socio-economic development of the area.
The women had already been trained in different kinds of businesses which include soap making, pomade, menthol, toiletries and many more.
His foundation is embarking on free plantation to go with the climate change. Which include social, communal, environmental and economic benefit to the society. In part of the world programme of making the environment green.
BBF launched 10,000 (Ten Thousand) Trees to be done by the school children, their parents and adult education centre students.
As a philantropist, his philantropic activities as been commended my many and worthy of emulation.
