Aliyu Akwe Doma (1 September 1942 – 6 March 2018) was a Nigerian civil servant who became governor of

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in May 2007, standing for the People's Democratic Party (PDP).

Birth and education

Aliyu Akwe Doma, was born on 1 September 1942 in

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Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in the Alago Ethnic group. Akwe Doma completed his primary education in Doma Junior Primary School and Lafia Senior Primary School respectively between 1951 and 1957. He proceeded to Government Secondary School, Katsina Ala and the Higher Teachers' Training College, Gombe, where he obtained the Grade II teachers certificate in 1963. He attended the

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(1964–1966), the

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, England (1968) and the

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, Centre for Advanced Tourism Studies,

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, Italy, (1973). He attended

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in 1976, and

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in 2002 where he obtained a Master's in Public Administration. He died on March 6, 2018, after a brief illness at a foreign hospital in Israel.

Career

He entered the old

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civil service, where he rose to become Permanent Secretary in several departments between 1976 and 1983. He then became Deputy Governor of

. He was a member of the Presidential Joint National Consultative and Advisory Committee of Traditional Rulers and Leaders of Thought (1995–1998), and a member of the National Committee on the future of Higher Education in Nigeria (1996–1998). He was appointed a member of the Technical Committee of Presidential Council on Tourism in 2004. He held private sector positions as Chairman of the Oriya Group of Companies in 1984, Chairman of Integrated Tourism Consultants in 2003 and as a representative of Steyr Nigeria.

Governor of Nasarawa State

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in Nigeria Aliyu Doma ran successfully for election as governor of

in April 2007 on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform, taking office on 29 May 2007. He ran for a second term in office in April 2011, but lost to

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, the candidate of the opposition

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(CPC).

References

1942 births 2018 deaths Governors of Nasarawa State Peoples Democratic Party state governors of Nigeria University of Ibadan alumni {{Nasarawa-politician-stub