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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Short description|Nigerian Politician and administrator}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila
| name = Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila
| honorific-suffix =
| office1 = [[Executive Council of Kano|Secretary to the Executive Council Of Kano]]
| order1 = 3rd
| office1 = Secretary to the Executive Council Of Kano
| term_start1 = 11 June 1977
| term_start1 = 11 June 1977
| term_end1 = 1 October 1981
| term_end1 = 1 October 1981
| predecessor1 = Abdu Sambo
| predecessor1 = Abdu Sambo
| successor1 = Muhammad Sagagi
| successor1 = Muhammad Sagagi
| order2 =
| order2 = 1st
| office2 = [[Kano State|Principal Secretary to the Executive Governor of Kano]]
| office2 = Principal Secretary to the Executive Governor of Kano
| term_start2 = 1 October 1978
| term_start2 = 1 October 1978
| term_end2 = 1 October 1981
| term_end2 = 1 October 1981
| predecessor2 = Office Established
| predecessor2 = Office Established
| successor2 = Abdullahi Abubakar
| successor2 = Abdullahi Abubakar
| order3= 2nd
| office3= [[People's Redemption Party|Secretary, People's Redemption Party]]
| office3= Secretary, People's Redemption Party
| term_start3 = 1 April 1981
| term_start3 = 1 April 1981
| term_end3 = 31 December 1983
| term_end3 = 31 December 1983
| office4= [[Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Vice Chairman Social Democratic Party]]
| term_start4 = 22 February 1992
| term_end4 = 6 March 1993
| office5= Khalifa [[House of Maiduniya|Maiduniya]] line of the House of [[Banu Gha|Gha]]
| term_start5 = 13 January 1973
| term_end5 = 11 January 2003
|predecessor5 = [[Aliyu-Talle Maiduniya Sumaila]]
| successor5 = [[Aliyu Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|03|23|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|03|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sumaila, Sumaila, Kano State, [[Nigeria]]
| birth_place = Sumaila, [[Sumaila]], [[Kano State]], [[Nigeria]]

| nationality= [[Nigerian]]
| nationality = [[Nigerian]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|01|11|1946|03|21|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|01|11|1946|03|21|df=y}}
| death_place = Kano
| death_place = Kano
| party = [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)]]
| party = [[Northern Elements Progressive Union|NEPU]]<br>(Nigerian First Republic)<br>[[People's Redemption Party|PRP]]<br>(Nigerian Second Republic)<br>[[Nigerian Peoples Party|NPP]]<br>(Nigerian Second Republic)<br>[[Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)|SDP]]<br>(Nigerian Third Republic)<br>[[United Nigeria Congress Party|UNCP]]<br>(Aborted Abacha transition program)<br>[[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|PDP]]<br>(1998 to 2003)
| alma_mater = Wudil Teachers College
| spouse =
| alma_mater = Ahmadu Bello University
Ahmadu Bello University Advanced Teachers College(ATC/ABU Kano) now Federal College of Education Kano (FCE, Kano).
[[Ahmadu Bello University]] Zaria
| occupation = Politician
| occupation = Politician
| spouse = [[Saude Abdullahi - Aliyu]]
| website =
| footnotes =
| footnotes =
}}
}}


'''Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila''', (23 March 1946 – 11 January 2003) was the first University graduate from Sumaila Ward of Sumaila Local Government.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sumaila|first=Ahmed|title=The making of a Public Servant: Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila|publisher=Kadawa Gaskiya Press|year=2003|location=Kano}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Abdullahi|first=Ahmed|title= Kano State Permanent Secretaries in the Second Republic|year=1994|publisher=Aurora Press|location=Kano}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Annual Volumes of the laws of Kano State|date=1973|publisher=Government Printer}}</ref>
'''Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila''' (23 March 1946 – 11 January 2003) was a Nigerian politician and administrator. One of the first administrators to inherit the post first republican administrative structure instituted by the military, served the Local Education Authority, Kano State Government and the Federal Government of Nigeria from 1967 to 2003 in various positions.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rimi|first=Abdulhamid Idris|title=The History of Sumaila|publisher=Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria|year=1991}}</ref>


== Early life ==
==Background==
His father was paternally from the Madinawan Kano Clan and maternally from the Jobawa Fulani and Fulanin Chango Clans. His mother descents from Kofar Yamma Sumaila. He was born at Mandawari, Kofar Kudu Sumaila. He attended Islamic School at Sumaila where he memorized the Quran and Maliki Islamic Jurisprudence Books, He attended Sumaila Junior Primary School from 1956-1959, Sumaila Senior Primary School from 1960-1962, Wudil Teachers College from 1963-1967 where he earned a Grade II Teachers Certificate, Advanced Teachers College Kano, Institute of Education ABU Zaria from 1968-1970, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria from 1970-1974 where he earned a BSc Social Science Degree in Government (Political Science), he returned to the same University for his postgraduate studies at the Department of Political Science from 1976-1977.<ref>{{cite book | title=New Times, Volumes 30-45|date=1981|publisher=New Breed Organization Limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=A History of Ahmadu Bello University, 1962-1987|publisher=Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria|year=1989}}</ref>
He was born at Mandawari, Kofar Kudu, Sumaila, in [[Kano State]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sumaila|first1=Ahmed|title=The Life and Times of Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila|publisher=Sauda Voyager|date=2003}}</ref> He and his wife were the progenitors of the noble [[Muallimawa]] dynasty.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sumaila|first1=Ahmed|title=The History of Abdullahwa Dynasty| publisher=Sauda Voyager|year=2018}}</ref>

==Career==
He served as the Deputy Head Master of Tsangaya Primary School, Assistant Secretary Cabinet Office Kano, Assistant Secretary Ministry of Information and Home Affairs, Secretary to the Kano State Executive Council, Principal Secretary to the Governor, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works and Transport, Permanent Secretary Civil Service Commission, General Manager and Board Director Arewa Steel Works, Chairman Hadejia-Jama'are River Basin Development Authority, Chairman Kano State Television Corporation, Chairman Aurum Nigeria Limited, Director Precise Oil Resources, Director United Confectionery Nigeria Limited, Director Katday Modern Furnitures Nigeria Limited, Director Hayder Trading and Manufacturing Limited, Director Dayekh Ali Tiles, Director Ali Dayekh and Sons Nigeria Limited, Chairman A.A.Sumaila and Sons Limited, Member Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU) Sumaila Branch, Secretary-General People's Redemption Party, Vice Chairman Social Democratic Party, Campaign Manager Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi 1983 Gubernatorial Campaign, Political Secretary to Gubernatorial Candidate of Social Democratic Party Alhaji Ahmadu Rufai, Director General for Peoples Democratic Party Senatorial Candidate Kano South Alhaji Nura Mohammed Dankadai, Member Elections and Screening Panel of Gubernatorial and House of Assembly Candidates Kano State of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kano State 1998, Secretary Muslim Students Society Advanced Teachers College Kano 1968 -1970, Secretary General Kano Students Association (KSA) 1973, Member Blood Transfusion Services 1963-1974, Treasurer Third World Association Ahmadu Bello University Zaria 1972 to 1974, Chairman Kano State Hockey Club 1979 to 1983, Secretary Memorial Committee of the Head of State Late General Murtala Mohammed 1975, Chairman Kano State Government Committee Against Anti-Apartheid, Patron Kano State Youth Council of Nigeria, Member Kano State Government Sports Revival Committee 1988, Member Kano State Government Constitution Co-ordinating Committee 1998, Kano State Government Transition Main Committee 1999, Patron National Association of Kano State Students Association 1996 to 1999, Member Kano State Foundation Wudil Local Government Chapter and Chairman Finance Committee 1986.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bernard-Thompson|first1=Ikegwuoha|title=Politics and government of the Nigerian "Second Republic": October 1, 1979-December 31, 1983}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Marxism and African Reality: Solidarity Message|date=1983|publisher=Office of Adviser on Political Matters, Publicity and Propaganda Department, Governors Office}}</ref> many of his administrative reforms where integrated into the bureaucracy of the Nigerian federation.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rabiu|first1=Usman|title=KWANKWASIYYA IDEOLOGY:EMERGENCE, INFLUENCE AND LEGITIMACY}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Okanya|first1=Dan Osita|title=Political Violence in Nigeria, The Experience under the Second Republic|date=1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Annual Volume of Laws|date=1981|publisher=Kano State Government Printer Nigeria}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Nigeria Year Book|date=1982|publisher=Daily Times of Nigeria}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Kano State Handbook|date=1991|publisher=Ministry of Information and Home Affairs, Kano State}}</ref>


==Family==
==Family==
He was married to Mrs Saude Abdullahi Aliyu (nee Sarkin Fulani Abdullahi-Maikano Mahmoud Dawaki Bello Sarkin Wudil and had seven children.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rimi|first=Abdulhamid Idris|title=The History of Sumaila|publisher=Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria|year=1991}}</ref>
His father called [[Sheikh]] [[Aliyu-Talle Maiduniya Sumaila]] was a sugarcane merchant and a farmer with an illustrious ancestry and lineage,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hassan|first1=Muhammad|title=The History and Genalogy of Sheikh Aliyu T. Sumaila| publisher=Sauda Voyager|year=1998}}</ref>he belonged to the [[Madinawa]] clan on the paternal side, the Fulanin Chango and the noble [[Jobawa]] Fulani clan on the maternal side.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ahmed|first=Mubajjal|title=The Jobawa and the Jihad|date=2004|publisher=Premium Digital Printers|location=Kano}}</ref>

His mother Hajiya [[Amina Idris Ali Kofar Yamma Sumaila]] was from a trading and farming family at Kofar Yamma, Sumaila Town<ref>{{Cite book|last=Danlami|first=Nasidi|title=The people of Kofar Yamma, Sumaila|date=2013| publisher=Trends Printers}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Idris|first1=Fatima|title=The History of Hajiya Amina Idris: A Life of Service|date=1998|publisher=Idrisiya Printers}}</ref>

His paternal grandfather [[Shaykh al-Islām|Shaykhu-l-Islam]] [[Imam]] [[Waliyi Abdurrahim-Maiduniya]] was the son of [[Sheikh Ibrahim Shi'ithu Ghali]] and the grandson of [[Sheikh Shi'ithu Ghali]] who descented from the family of [[Imam Ghali]], some people regarded him as a Saint ([[Wali]]yi).<ref>{{cite book|last=Sumaila|first=Ahmed|title=History of Islamic Education in Kano State:The Example of Imam Al-Ghali Zawiya|publisher=Kadawa Gaskiya Press|year=2005|location=Kano}}</ref>

His paternal grandmother [[Maryam Muhammad Inuwa Chango]] was a Fulani from Chango Village at Warawa Local Government on the paternal side<ref>{{cite book|last=Sumaila|first=Ahmed Abdullahi|title=The History of Fulanin Chango|publisher=Kadawa Gaskiya Press|year=2001|location=Kano}}</ref> and belonged to the
[[Jobawa]] Fulani Clan on the [[Matrilineality|maternal]] side,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Salisu|first1=Yakubu|title=History of Chango Town|date=2007|publisher=Kadawa Gaskiya Press}}</ref> her mother Binta was the daughter of the [[Village head]] of Sumaila,<ref>{{cite book|last=Idris Rimi|first=Abdulhamid|title=The History of Sumaila|publisher=Institute of Administration, [[Ahmadu Bello University]]|location=[[Zaria]]|year=1991}}</ref> Sarkin Sumaila Dan Sumaila Akilu who was a descendant of Makaman Kano Iliyasu and Makaman Kano Isa I, who were [[District]] Heads of the Old Wudil District (comprising [[Wudil]], [[Garko, Nigeria|Garko]], [[Takai]] and [[Sumaila]] Local Governments)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Aminu|first1=Muhammadu|title=The Jobawa Fulani of Sumaila|date=2005|publisher=Kadawa Gaskiya Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Aliyu |first1=Sumaila |title=Jobe, a clan compendium}}</ref>

==Principles==
He was enrolled at Quranic School in Sumaila Town and he memorised the [[Quran]] and became a [[Hafiz (Quran)|Hafiz]], he also mastered other books on [[Fiqh|Islamic jurisprudence]], he was taught by [[Tijaniyya]] scholars but he criticised the leadership of the Tijaniyya sect in his Undergraduate Degree Thesis, later in life he was inclined towards the teachings of Sheikh [[Abubakar Gumi]] and the Da'awa Group of Nigeria headed by Sheikh Aminudden Abubakar who were [[Izala Society|Izala]] adherents, but he disagreed with some of the opinions of some Izala adherents, he held the opinion that the recitation of [[Dala'il al-Khayrat]] should not be forbidden, and [[Mawlid]] can be celebrated by the Muslims interested in celebrating it, as long as it is conducted according to the ethics enshrined and prescribed by the Islamic religion.

==Education==
He attended Sumaila Junior Primary School from 1956 to 1959 and Sumaila Senior Primary School from 1960 to 1962, he was in the same class with [[Bashir Dalhatu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bashir Dalhatu |url=https://blerf.org/index.php/biography/dalhatu-bashir-mohammed/}}</ref> He passed entrance examinations into [[Nigerian Military School|Nigerian Military School Zaria]] and Wudil Teachers College, his mother refused him permission to join the Military School and preferred the Teachers College, he became a [[Certified teacher]], having attended Wudil Teachers College from 1963 to 1967,<ref name="blerf.org">{{cite web |title=KG |url=https://blerf.org/index.php/biography/gayasen-arch-kabiru-ibrahim/}}</ref> a [[Teacher training college]] and earned the Higher Elementary Grade II Teachers [[Academic certificate|Certificate]] he was in the same set with Faruk Iya Sambo and Ado Shehu Ringim. He attended Advanced Teachers College Kano / ABU Zaria (ATC/ABU Kano) now [[List of colleges of education in Nigeria|Federal College of Education Kano]] from 1968–1970 to earn a [[Certificate in Education|Nigeria Certificate in Education]]<ref name="blerf.org"/> but left in his second year to undergo University Education at Ahmadu Bello University.<ref name="ABU Zaria Alumni">{{cite web |title=ABU Zaria Alumni |url=https://alumni.abu.edu.ng/memberdeteils.php?new=p&ID=3348}}</ref> He graduated from [[Ahmadu Bello University]] [[Zaria]], [[Faculty (academic staff)|Faculty]] of Arts and [[Social science]], Department of [[Government]] (now called Department of Political Science and International Studies) with a [[Bachelor's degree]] [[Social science]] in [[Government]] ([[Political science]]) in 1974, he was in the same graduating year with [[Fidelis Tapgun]],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm
|title=Nigeria Federal States
|work=WorldStatesmen.org |access-date=2010-02-19}}</ref> and Abubakar Mustapha mni, MFR, he underwent [[Postgraduate education]] and enrolled in a [[Master's degree]] of Political science from 1976 to 1977.<ref name="ABU Zaria Alumni"/> He was a Fellow of the National Association of Kano State Students and obtained a Security [[Professional certification]] from a Security Course he attended for Administrative Officers heading Security and Executive Council Affairs of [[States of Nigeria|States]] at [[Lagos State]].<ref name="Kano State Handbook and Who is">{{cite book |title=Kano State Handbook and Who is|date=1983|publisher=Ministry of Information and Home Affairs, Kano}}</ref>

==Marriage==
He married Hajiya [[Saude Abdullahi - Aliyu]] in 1973, presently a retired Federal Director of the [[Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria)|Federal Ministry of Education]], whose father Sarkin Fulani Abdullahi-Maikano ibn Mahmoud was a Village head at Wudil, her paternal grandfather Shaykh al Islam Mahmoud was an [[Allamah]] and her paternal great-grandfather Dawaki Bello was the village head of Wudil, a fulani from the Torankawa clan ([[Torodbe]]), the clan that leads the [[Sokoto Caliphate]] holding the title of [[List of Sultans of Sokoto|Sultan of Sokoto]] and [[Amir al-Mu'minin]], of the [[Fulani Empire]] (consisting of the [[Fula people#Fulbe jihad states|Fulbe Jihad States]] of which Sokoto was the headquarters),<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sumaila|first=Ahmed|title=Usman dan Fodio|date=2007|publisher=Aurora Kano,Inc|location=Kano}}</ref> while her mother Hajiya Rabi bint Shehu-Usman ibn Abdussalam (Inna) was a maternal grand daughter of a [[Qadi]] at Gano called Alkali Isiyaka through her mother called Hama from Gano in [[Dawakin Kudu]] [[Local government]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Volumes of the laws of Kano State |date=1987 |publisher=Government Printer}}</ref> The Torankawa clan are partly Arabs and partly Fulani as stated by [[Abdullahi dan Fodio]], brother of [[Usman dan Fodio]] who claimed that their clan of Torankawa are part Fulani, and part Arabs, the Torankawa claimed to descent from the Arabs through [[Uqba ibn Nafi]] who was an Arab Muslim of the Umayyad branch of the Quraysh, and hence, a member of the family of the Prophet, Uqba ibn Nafi allegedly married a Fulani woman called Bajjumangbu through which the Torodbe family of Usman dan Fodio descended.<ref>{{cite book|last=Abubakar|first=Aliyu|title=The Torankawa Danfodio Family|year=2005|publisher=Fero Publishers|location=Kano,Nigeria}}</ref> Caliph [[Muhammed Bello]] the son of Usman dan Fodio in his book Infaq al-Mansur claimed descent from Prophet Muhammad through his paternal grandmother's lineage called Hawwa (mother of Usman dan Fodio), Alhaji [[Muhammadu Junaidu]], Wazirin Sokoto, a scholar of Fulani history, restated the claims of Shaykh Abdullahi bin Fodio in respect of the Danfodio family been part Arabs and part Fulani, while [[Ahmadu Bello]] in his autobiography written after independence replicated Caliph's Muhammadu Bello claim of descent from the Arabs through Usman Danfodio's mother, taking the historical account the family of Shehu dan Fodio are partly Arabs and partly Fulani who culturally assimilated with the Hausas and can be described as Hausa-Fulani Arabs.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ibrahim|first=Muhammad|title=The Hausa-Fulani Arabs: A Case Study of the Genealogy of Usman Danfodio|year=1987|publisher=Kadawa Press}}</ref>

== Public Service Career ==
He did his teaching practice and taught primary school pupils in 1965 and 1966 at [[Kano (city)|Kano]] [[Local education authority]] Primary Schools. In 1967, he became an [[Deputy head teacher|Assistant Headmaster]] and taught Mathematics at Tsangaya [[Primary school]] [[Albasu]] [[Local government]] under the Kano Local Education Authority. His Students included [[Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya]], he served the [[National Youth Service Corps]] as a teacher of Government, History, English and English Literature at Etuno Grammar School, Igarra Midwestern State from 1/8/1974-31/7/1975 where he earned a commendation and merit award for good service to the school and community. He was an [[Assistant Secretary]] at Kano State Cabinet Office under the office of the [[Secretary to the State Government]], Assistant Secretary Kano State Ministry of Home Affairs and Information, graduate assistant, Faculty of Arts and Social Science at [[Ahmadu Bello University]],<ref name="sumaila">{{cite book |last1=Sumaila |first1=Abdullahi |title=Rise and fall of the KPP in Kano Province |date=1974 |publisher=Ahmadu Bello University Press}}</ref> Secretary to the [[Executive Council of Kano State|Kano State Executive Council]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Volumes of the laws of Kano State |date=1977 |publisher=Government Printer}}</ref> Principal Secretary to the Kano State Governor, Permanent secretary Kano State Ministry of Works,<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Volume of the Laws of Kano State |date=1981 |publisher=Government Printer}}</ref> Housing and Transport, Permanent secretary Kano State [[Civil service commission]], he was one of the first administrators to inherit the post first republican administrative structure instituted by the military,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= In the new team |work= New Times |location= print |date= 1981}}</ref> Chairman, [[Hadejia]] [[Jama'are]] River Basin Development Authority one of the River Basin Authorities in Nigeria, Chairman Kano State Television Corporation, Secretary Kano State Government Committee on the implementation of the [[Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Decree]], Patron National Youth Council of Nigeria Kano State, Member Turaki Committee chaired by [[Shehu Shagari]] GCFR Turakin [[Sokoto]] former Executive [[President of Nigeria|President, Federal Republic of Nigeria]] in the Second Nigerian Republic, and other various positions,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Politics and government of the Nigerian "Second Republic," October 1, 1979-December 31, 1983|last=Ikegwuoha, Bernard-Thompson.|date=1987|publisher=[publisher not identified]|oclc=23808008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Marxism and African Reality: Solidarity Message|date=1983|publisher=Office of Adviser on Political Matters, Publicity and Propaganda Department, Governors Office}}</ref> many of his administrative reforms where integrated into the bureaucracy of the Nigerian federation.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rabiu|first1=Usman|title=Kwankwasiyya Ideology: Emergence, Influence, and Legitimacy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Political violence in Nigeria : the experience under the second republic|last=Okanya, Dan Osita.|date=1999|publisher=Auto-Century Publishers|oclc=755264209}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ibrahim |first1=Rufia |title=The Example of Bala Muhammad |date=1981}}</ref>

==Membership of Political Parties==
He was politically mentored by [[Aminu Kano]], [[Abubakar Rimi]] and [[Shehu Musa Yar'adua]], while he mentored some politicians such as [[Rabiu Kwankwaso]] and [[Kawu Sumaila]]. <ref>{{cite news |last1=Adewale |first1=Murtala |title=PRP as an emergent third force in Kano |publisher=Guardian News |date=November 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Nigeria Year Book 1982|date=1982|publisher= Daily Times of Nigeria}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The founding fathers: Michael Imodu |url=https://leadership.ng/2019/05/19/the-founding-fathers-michael-imoudu/ |publisher=Leadership newspaper |date=19 May 2019}}</ref> He was a member of [[Nigerian People's Party]] (NPP), [[People's Front of Nigeria (PF)]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tukur |first1=Sadik |title=Gudumawar Zuriár Matawallen Katsina ga kasa |date=15 July 2016 |publisher=Aminiyya Newspaper}}</ref><ref name="Ajunwa">{{cite news |last1=Ajunwa |first1=Charles |title=The Warrior from Jada |publisher=Thisday Newspaper |date=23 February 2019}}</ref> [[Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Social Democratic Party]] (SDP),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aliyu |first1=Abdullateff |title=Doubts, questions as SDP plans big come back |date=March 28, 2018}}</ref> People's Democratic Movement (PDM),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shittu |first1=Moshood |title=Why Kwankwaso will steer the nation'ship better in 2019 |publisher=Aljazirah Newspaper |date=16 June 2017}}</ref> People's Consensus Party (PCP),<ref>{{cite book
|title= Nigeria during the Abacha Years 1993-1998: The Domestic and International Politics of Democratization
|first1=Bach'Kunle
|last1= Amuwoe
|publisher=West Africa Publishing Company Limited
|isbn=9791092312089
|year= 1996
}}</ref> United Nigeria Congress (UNC),<ref>{{cite book
|title=Political Parties and Democracy in Nigeria
|first1=Bamgbose
|last1= Jimoh Adele
|publisher=IPS
|isbn=9780477276
|year= 1998
}}</ref>[[United Nigeria Congress Party]] (UNCP)<ref>{{cite book
|title= Nigeria's Third Republic: The Problems and Prospects of Political Transition
|first1=Bamidele
|last1= Ojo
|publisher=The IFRA-Nigeria
|isbn=9781560725800
|year= 2013
}}</ref> and [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]].<ref>{{cite book|last1= Fayemiwo|first1= Moshood Ademola|title=ASIWAJU: The Biography of Bolanle Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Biography of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso |url=https://www.nigerianelitesforum.com/ng/node/67962 |date=21 May 2015}}</ref>

==Political Positions==
He was the Leader of the Student Wing of the Northern Elements Progressive Union Sumaila District in the [[First Nigerian Republic]], Secretary General [[Kano State]] Directorate of the People's Redemption Party, [[Michael Imoudu]] political faction in the [[Second Nigerian Republic]] and the Kano State Vice Chairman of the SDP in the [[Third Nigerian Republic]].<ref name="Why we are in the NPP">{{cite book |last1=Rimi |first1=Muhammadu Abubakar |title=Why we are in the NPP |date=1983 |publisher=Gaskiya Corporation}}</ref><ref name="Kano State Handbook and Who is"/><ref>{{cite journal |title=Kano |journal=Sub Saharan Africa Report |date=1982 |issue=2667 |page=50}}</ref>

He was the campaign manager of [[Abubakar Rimi|Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi]] Gubernatorial candidate of the Nigerian People's Party, 1983 elections, Political Secretary of Ahmadu Rufa'i Kano State Gubernatorial Candidate under the SDP in the Third Nigerian Republic,<ref name="maikaba">{{cite book |last1=Maikaba |first1=Balarabe |title=Political Organiser |date=2001 |publisher=Leomax graphics}}</ref> National Delegate representing [[Sumaila]] People's Front National Convention June 1989, Leader Peoples Front of Nigeria PF Sumaila Local Government, Chairman Merger Committee of [[Magaji Abdullahi]] and Ahmadu Rufa'i Gubnetorial Aspirants of the SDP Kano State, Director of Campaign North West with headquarters at [[Kaduna State]] of Major General Shehu Musa Yar'adua Presidential Candidate SDP -1992, Delegate of [[Tarauni]] Ward, Kano Municipal [[Local Government Area]] of the SDP under the [[Open ballot system]] (Option A4) 6 February 1993,<ref name="Why we are in the NPP"/> Leader United Nigeria Congress (UNC) Sumaila Local Government, Member National Contact and Mobilization Committee United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP), Member Kano State Caucus UNCP, Leader UNCP Sumaila Local Government, Member Kano State Caretaker Committee UNCP-1997, Leader People's Democratic Movement PDM Sumaila Local Government, Leader Peoples Consensus Party Sumaila Local Government, Member Kano State Elders Committee PDP, Member PDP Kano State Gubernatorial and House of Assembly Screening and Conduct of Primaries Electoral Committee 1999.Director General Campaign of Hon.Nura Mohammed Dankadai Kano South Senatorial Campaign Team under the PDP -2002. Delegate PDP Kano State Gubernatorial Primary Election December 2002, Leader PDP Sumaila Local Government 1998–2003, Chairman Elders Committee PDP Sumaila Local Government 1998–2003.<ref name="Moshood">{{cite book |last1=Fayemiwo |first1=Moshood |title=Asiwaju |date=2017 |publisher=Strategic Books |isbn=978-1-946539-50-2}}</ref>

==Private Sector Career==
He was the Chairman KADFRU, Chairman Sauda Voyager Nigeria Limited, Chairman Ramy Palace Nigeria Limited, Chairman Pathfinder Consultancy Services, Chairman Aurum Nigeria Limited,Chairman Precise Oil Resources, Chairman Saymar Bread,General Manager/ Board Director at Arewa Steel Works. He also served as a Director in the Boards of Hayder Trading and Manufacturing Company Nigeria Limited, Katday Modern Furnitures Company Nigeria Limited, Dayekh Tiles Nigeria Limited, Rima Farms, Dayekh Ali Nigeria Limited and United Confectionery Nigeria Limited.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Politics and government of the Nigerian "Second Republic," October 1, 1979-December 31, 1983|last=Ikegwuoha, Bernard-Thompson.|date=1987|publisher=[publisher not identified]|oclc=23808008}}</ref>

==Community Service==
He was a Member of the [[Scout Association of Nigeria|Boy Scouts Association of Nigeria]], Secretary Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, Advanced Teachers College Kano, National Secretary-General Kano Students Association, Treasurer Third World Association Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Treasurer Dr.Bala Mohammed Memorial Committee, Chairman Kano State Hockey Association, Chairman Kano State Government Anti-Apartheid Committee, Secretary Kano State Government General [[Murtala Mohammed]] former Head of State Memorial Committee, Member Kano State Government Sports Revival Committee, Member Steering Committee and Chairman Finance Committee Kano State Foundation Wudil Local Government Chapter, Member Blood Transfusion Service, Official Executive Member Kano Capital School Parents Teachers Association, Patron Sumaila Students Association, Executive Official Member St. Thomas Secondary School Parents Teachers Association, National Financial Secretary Wudil Teachers College Old Students Association, Member Kano State Government Nigeria Constitution Coordinating Committee, Member Kano State Government Transition Main Committee.<ref name="maikaba"/><ref>{{Cite book|title=Politics and government of the Nigerian "Second Republic," October 1, 1979-December 31, 1983|last=Ikegwuoha, Bernard-Thompson.|date=1987|publisher=[publisher not identified]|oclc=23808008}}</ref>

He was Member Federal Government College Kano Parents Teachers Association, Member Federal Government College Staff School Parents Teachers Association, Member Crescent International School Parents Teachers Association, Member Samadi International School Parents Teachers Association.<ref>{{cite book|title=Annual Volumes of the laws of Kano State|date=1997|publisher=Government Printer}}</ref>


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Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila
3rd Secretary to the Executive Council Of Kano
In office
11 June 1977 – 1 October 1981
Preceded byAbdu Sambo
Succeeded byMuhammad Sagagi
1st Principal Secretary to the Executive Governor of Kano
In office
1 October 1978 – 1 October 1981
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byAbdullahi Abubakar
2nd Secretary, People's Redemption Party
In office
1 April 1981 – 31 December 1983
Personal details
Born(1946-03-23)23 March 1946
Sumaila, Sumaila, Kano State, Nigeria
Died11 January 2003(2003-01-11) (aged 56)
Kano
Political partyPeople's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
Alma materAhmadu Bello University
OccupationPolitician

Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila (23 March 1946 – 11 January 2003) was a Nigerian politician and administrator. One of the first administrators to inherit the post first republican administrative structure instituted by the military, served the Local Education Authority, Kano State Government and the Federal Government of Nigeria from 1967 to 2003 in various positions.[1]

Background

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His father was paternally from the Madinawan Kano Clan and maternally from the Jobawa Fulani and Fulanin Chango Clans. His mother descents from Kofar Yamma Sumaila. He was born at Mandawari, Kofar Kudu Sumaila. He attended Islamic School at Sumaila where he memorized the Quran and Maliki Islamic Jurisprudence Books, He attended Sumaila Junior Primary School from 1956-1959, Sumaila Senior Primary School from 1960-1962, Wudil Teachers College from 1963-1967 where he earned a Grade II Teachers Certificate, Advanced Teachers College Kano, Institute of Education ABU Zaria from 1968-1970, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria from 1970-1974 where he earned a BSc Social Science Degree in Government (Political Science), he returned to the same University for his postgraduate studies at the Department of Political Science from 1976-1977.[2][3]

Career

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He served as the Deputy Head Master of Tsangaya Primary School, Assistant Secretary Cabinet Office Kano, Assistant Secretary Ministry of Information and Home Affairs, Secretary to the Kano State Executive Council, Principal Secretary to the Governor, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works and Transport, Permanent Secretary Civil Service Commission, General Manager and Board Director Arewa Steel Works, Chairman Hadejia-Jama'are River Basin Development Authority, Chairman Kano State Television Corporation, Chairman Aurum Nigeria Limited, Director Precise Oil Resources, Director United Confectionery Nigeria Limited, Director Katday Modern Furnitures Nigeria Limited, Director Hayder Trading and Manufacturing Limited, Director Dayekh Ali Tiles, Director Ali Dayekh and Sons Nigeria Limited, Chairman A.A.Sumaila and Sons Limited, Member Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU) Sumaila Branch, Secretary-General People's Redemption Party, Vice Chairman Social Democratic Party, Campaign Manager Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi 1983 Gubernatorial Campaign, Political Secretary to Gubernatorial Candidate of Social Democratic Party Alhaji Ahmadu Rufai, Director General for Peoples Democratic Party Senatorial Candidate Kano South Alhaji Nura Mohammed Dankadai, Member Elections and Screening Panel of Gubernatorial and House of Assembly Candidates Kano State of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kano State 1998, Secretary Muslim Students Society Advanced Teachers College Kano 1968 -1970, Secretary General Kano Students Association (KSA) 1973, Member Blood Transfusion Services 1963-1974, Treasurer Third World Association Ahmadu Bello University Zaria 1972 to 1974, Chairman Kano State Hockey Club 1979 to 1983, Secretary Memorial Committee of the Head of State Late General Murtala Mohammed 1975, Chairman Kano State Government Committee Against Anti-Apartheid, Patron Kano State Youth Council of Nigeria, Member Kano State Government Sports Revival Committee 1988, Member Kano State Government Constitution Co-ordinating Committee 1998, Kano State Government Transition Main Committee 1999, Patron National Association of Kano State Students Association 1996 to 1999, Member Kano State Foundation Wudil Local Government Chapter and Chairman Finance Committee 1986.[4][5] many of his administrative reforms where integrated into the bureaucracy of the Nigerian federation.[6][7][8][9][10]

Family

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He was married to Mrs Saude Abdullahi Aliyu (nee Sarkin Fulani Abdullahi-Maikano Mahmoud Dawaki Bello Sarkin Wudil and had seven children.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Rimi, Abdulhamid Idris (1991). The History of Sumaila. Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
  2. ^ New Times, Volumes 30-45. New Breed Organization Limited. 1981.
  3. ^ A History of Ahmadu Bello University, 1962-1987. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. 1989.
  4. ^ Bernard-Thompson, Ikegwuoha. Politics and government of the Nigerian "Second Republic": October 1, 1979-December 31, 1983.
  5. ^ Marxism and African Reality: Solidarity Message. Office of Adviser on Political Matters, Publicity and Propaganda Department, Governors Office. 1983.
  6. ^ Rabiu, Usman. KWANKWASIYYA IDEOLOGY:EMERGENCE, INFLUENCE AND LEGITIMACY.
  7. ^ Okanya, Dan Osita (1990). Political Violence in Nigeria, The Experience under the Second Republic.
  8. ^ Annual Volume of Laws. Kano State Government Printer Nigeria. 1981.
  9. ^ Nigeria Year Book. Daily Times of Nigeria. 1982.
  10. ^ Kano State Handbook. Ministry of Information and Home Affairs, Kano State. 1991.
  11. ^ Rimi, Abdulhamid Idris (1991). The History of Sumaila. Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
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