Born in 1933 in Azare, Katagum LGA, Bauchi State, Sale attended elementary school in Azare 1941-44, Bauchi middle school 1944-49, attended clerical training college Zaria, 1950-51 attended institute of administration Zaria for diploma in accounting 1956-57.
Sale was born in Azare, Katagum LGA, Bauchi State in 1933. He attended elementary school in Azare between 1941 and 1944, then middle school in Bauchi from 1944 to 1949. From 1950 to 1951, he studied at clerical training college Zaria, and later obtained a diploma in accounting from the institute of administration Zaria between 1956 and 1957.