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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila
| name = Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila
| honorific-suffix =
| honorific-suffix =
| order1 = 3rd

| office1 = [[Executive Council of Kano|Secretary to the Executive Council Of Kano]]
| 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 = 1st
| order2 = 1st
| office2 = 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
| 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]]
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'''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>
'''Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila''' (23 March 1946 – 11 January 2003) was a Nigerian administrator, politician, entrepreneur, lecturer, farmer and teacher.

== Early life ==
He was born at Mandawari Kofar Kudu Sumaila , his father a cognate of the royal [[Jobawa]] Fulani clan was called [[Sheikh]] Aliyu-Talle Sumaila a [[sugarcane]] [[merchant]] and a farmer from Kofar Fada Sumaila, his father belonged to the [[Fulani]] tribe in both the [[Patrilineality]] and [[Matrilineality]] sides with the [[Kano Emirate]] appointing the paternal side as [[Imam|imams]] of Kadawa town, Jumar Galadima Ward at [[Warawa]] local government and the maternal side as District heads and village heads at [[Wudil]], [[Garko, Nigeria|Garko]] and [[Sumaila]] local governments and ward heads at Chango town, Jumar Galadima Ward at Warawa local government, his mother was called Hajiya Amina ibn Idris ibn Ali Kofar Yamma Sumaila, his [[Kunya (Arabic)|Kunya name]] is Dattijo, a fulani name derived from ndottiijo meaning an older, respected person or gentleman to show respect to the name [[Abdullahi]] because he was named after his paternal great grand uncle called Abdullahi Mai Kili Wudil, his paternal grandparents were a Fulani [[Allamah]] and [[Mufti]] called [[Shaykh al-Islam]] Abdurrahim Gidan Malamai Kadawa, and Maryam yar Maiunguwar Chango jikar Dansumaila,his paternal Great-grandparents were the Ward Head of Chango Maiunguwar Chango and Binta the daughter of Dansumaila Akilu the [[Village head]] of Sumaila,his paternal Great-great grand parents were Dansumaila Akilu the village head of Sumaila and Dansumaila Akilu's wife called Hauwau who hailed from Lamire at Garko Local Government, Dansumaila Akilu was the son of Makaman Kano [[Ilyas| Iliyasu]] and Makaman Kano Iliyasu was a descendant of Makaman Kano [[Isa (name)|Isa]] na I [[District|District Head]] of [[Wudil]], Makaman Kano Isa na daya was the son of Mallam Saidu from Utai Town Wudil Local Government.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aliyu |first1=Sumaila |title=Jobe, a clan compendium}}</ref> He was enrolled at Quranic School and memorised the [[Quran]] and became a [[Hafiz (Quran)|Hafiz]], he also mastered other books on [[Fiqh|Islamic jurisprudence]], he attended Sumaila Junior Primary School from 1956-1959 and Sumaila Senior Primary School from 1960-1962 he was in the same class with Bashir Mohammed Dalhatu <ref>{{cite web |title=Bashir Dalhatu |url=https://blerf.org/index.php/biography/dalhatu-bashir-mohammed/}}</ref> (Wazirin Dutse), former Secretary Ministry of [[Ministry of Transport|Transport and Aviation]], Minister [[Ministry of Mines and Steel Development|Ministry of Power and Steel]], and Minister of [[Federal Ministry of Interior|Internal Affairs]]. 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, other students who were successful that year at the Military School examination included Major General [[Idris Garba]] former Governor of Kano State, he became a [[Certified teacher]], having attended Wudil Teachers College from 1963-1967,<ref>{{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]] in 1967 he was in the same class with Farouk Iya Sambo former Speaker [[Kano State House of Assembly]], Legal Adviser [[Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation]], and former Board member of [[Niger Delta Development Commission]]. He attended Advanced Teachers College Kano/ ABU Zaria from 1968-1970 to earn a [[Certificate in Education|Nigeria Certificate in Education]]<ref>{{cite web |title=KG |url=https://blerf.org/index.php/biography/gayasen-arch-kabiru-ibrahim/}}</ref> but left in his second year to undergo University Education at Ahmadu Bello University from 1970-1974.<ref>{{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 former Governor of Plateau State [[Fidelis Tapgun]],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm
|title=Nigeria Federal States
|work=WorldStatesmen.org |accessdate=2010-02-19}}</ref> and Abubakar Mustapha mni, MFR, former National Organising Secretary of the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)]], he underwent [[Postgraduate education]] and enrolled in a [[Master's degree]] of Political science from 1976-1977,<ref>{{cite web |title=ABU Zaria Alumni |url=https://alumni.abu.edu.ng/memberdeteils.php?new=p&ID=3348}}</ref> he has a Security [[Professional certification]] from a Security Course he attended for Administrative Officers heading Security and Executive Council Affairs of [[States of Nigeria|State Governments in Nigeria]] which the [[Kano State]] Government sponsored him to attend during the administration of Colonel [[Sani Bello]] at [[Lagos State]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Kano State Handbook and Who is|date=1983|publisher=Ministry of Information and Home Affairs, Kano}}</ref> He married (Mrs.) Hajiya [[Saude Abdullahi - Aliyu]] in 1973, presently a retired Federal Director of the [[Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria)|Federal Ministry of Education]] appointed by the [[Civil Service Commission of Nigeria|Federal Civil Service Commission]] whose father Abdullahi Maikano Sarkinfulani was a Fulani Village head at Wudil, her grand father Shaykh al Islam Mahmoud was an [[Allamah]] and her great-grandfather Dawaki Bello was the village head of Wudil, a fulani from the Torankawa clan, 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), while her mother Hajiya Rabi (Inna) was a grand daughter of a [[Qadi]] at Gano in [[Dawakin Kudu]] [[Local government]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Volumes of the laws of Kano State |date=1987 |publisher=Government Printer}}</ref>

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== Career ==

He did his teaching practice and taught primary school pupils in 1965 and 1966 at Wudil Primary School, in 1967 he became an [[Deputy head teacher|Assistant Headmaster]] <ref>{{cite web |title=KG |url=https://blerf.org/index.php/biography/gayasen-arch-kabiru-ibrahim/}}</ref> 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 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 |url= |work= New Times |location= print |date= 1981|access-date= }}</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, Secretary [[Muslim Students Society of Nigeria]] Advanced Teachers College [[Kano]], National Secretary Kano State Students Association (KSA), Treasurer [[Third World]] Association [[Ahmadu Bello University]], Treasurer Dr. Bala Mohammed Memorial Committee, Chairman Kano State Hockey Association, Chairman Kano State Government Anti-[[Apartheid]] Committee, Secretary Kano State General [[Murtala Mohammed]] Memorial Committee, Member Kano State Sports Revival Committee, Patron Works Golden Stars Football Club Kano 1981-1983 (as Perm Sec Ministry of Works), Promoter Sumaila Jet Bombers Football Club, Member [[Parent-teacher association]] Kano Capital School, Member [[Parent-teacher association]], St. Thomas Secondary School Kano, Founding Financier Dagora Primary School Massu Ward Sumaila Local Government, Founding Financier Ma'aji Islamiya School Sumaila, Propierator Abdullahi Sumaila Quranic School Suleman Crescent, [[Nasarawa, Kano State]] GRA, Propierator Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila Islamiya School Hotoro GRA, [[Tarauni]] Local Government, Member Steering Committee [[Wudil]] [[Local government]] Chapter Kano State Foundation, Chairman Finance Sub Committee Kano State Foundation [[Wudil]] Local government Chapter, Member Seminar Committee Kano State Students Association 16/6/1973, Member Kano State Students Association Week Committee 9/1/1971, Member Blood Transfusion Services 1963, Founder and Chairman Sumaila Students Association (SSA), National [[Financial secretary]] [[Wudil]] Teachers College Old Students Association (WUTCOSA), Chairman Class of 1967 Wudil Teachers College Old Students Association (WUTCOSA Class of 1967), Member [[Kano State]] Nigeria Constitution Co-ordinating Committee 1998, Member [[Kano State]] Transition Main Committee 1999, Patron National Association of Kano State Students Association [[Bayero University]] appointed 1996/1997 Session,Fellow awarded by the National Association of Kano State Students for the 1997/1998 Session, Patron National Association of Kano State Students, Nigerian Law School Chapter (October Batch)-1999, Certificate of Honour, Muslim Students Society, Shekara Government Girls Secondary School -1994, Post-Humous Award by the National Association of [[Kano State]] Students [[Bayero University]] on Saturday 25 October 2003 at Theater 1 Old Campus BUK, Letter of commendation Muslim Students Society, FGGC [[Kazaure]]- 1995, Certificate of Honour FGGC Kazaure-1997, Letter of Commendation Kano State Students, [[Zaria]] Branch 4 May 1972, Certificate of Honour, FGGC [[Minjibir]]-2002, Certificate of Honour Sumaila Progressive Association (SUPA)-2002, Patron Sumaila Development Association (SUDA), Grand Patron Sumaila Progressive Association (SUPA)-2002, Grand Patron Sumaila Development Associations Forum (SUDAF), Grand Patron Sumaila Law Students Association (SULSA) -1999, Post Humous award by FGGC [[Potiskum]]- 2010, Post Humous award by FGC [[Kiyawa]]-2012, Propeirator Baitul Ilm Academy Kano, Propeirator Yayya Comprehensive Nursery School Mariri [[Kumbotso]] Local Government, Propeirator Muftahul Ulum Secondary School Jido [[Dawakin Kudu]] Local Government, Chairman KADFRU, Chairman Sauda Voyager Nigeria Limited, Chairman Ramy Palace Nigeria Limited, Chairman Pathfinder Consultancy Services, Chairman Aurum Nigeria Limited, Chairman Precise Oil Resources, Director at Arewa Steel Works, Hayder Trading and Manufacturing Company, Katday Modern Furnitures Company Nigeria Limited,Dayekh Tiles Nigeria Limited, Rima Farms,Dayekh Ali Nigeria Limited, United Confectionery Nigeria Limited and other various positions,<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/23808008|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|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/755264209|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>


==Background==
Politically mentored by [[Aminu Kano]], [[Abubakar Rimi]] and [[Shehu Musa Yar'adua]]. He was a political mentor of many politicians including [[Rabiu Kwankwaso]] and [[Kawu Sumaila]] whom he endorsed and sponsored for the Chairman seat of Sumaila Local Government in the local government elections held on March 15, 1997 on the platform of the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) but Kawu Sumaila lost to the candidate of [[Magaji Abdullahi]], Hon. Musa Inuwa Gala of the National Center Party of Nigeria (NCPN), in the Kano State House of Assembly elections of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1999, Kawu was sponsored and endorsed again by Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila but the ticket of the party was given to Hon. Shehu Musa Usman, Abdullahi Sumaila was a member of the [[Northern Elements Progressive Union]](NEPU),<ref>{{cite book |title=Kano State Handbook and Who is|date=1983|publisher=Ministry of Information and Home Affairs, Kano}}</ref> [[People's Redemption Party]] (PRP),<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> [[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
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>
|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>


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==Career==
He was the Leader of the Student Wing of the Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU Zaharhaqu) 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>{{cite book |last1=Rimi |first1=Muhammadu Abubakar |title=Why we are in the NPP |date=1983 |publisher=Gaskiya Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Kano State Handbook and Who is|date=1983|publisher=Ministry of Information and Home Affairs, Kano}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Kano |journal=Sub Saharan Africa Report |date=1982 |issue=2667 |page=50}}</ref>
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==
He was 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 to the [[Tarauni]] Ward [[Kano Municipal]] [[Local Government Area]] of the SDP under the [[Open ballot system]] (Option A4) 6 February 1993,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rimi |first1=Muhammadu Abubakar |title=Why we are in the NPP |date=1983 |publisher=Gaskiya Corporation}}</ref> 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>
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>


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Latest revision as of 08:56, 16 October 2024

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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