 Wada attended Shuhuci Elementary School and in 1938, he graduated from the Kano Middle School.He then went on to train as a teacher at the Katsina Higher College from 1933-1938 and later became a teacher in Kano where he taught History, English and Geography and also edited a paper, 'Yadda Yake Yau'.After putting nine years in teaching, he left the profession for the offices of the Kano Native Authority and worked there as a clerk, Chief Scribe and Information Officer.