Muhammad Adamu Aliero (born 1 January 1957) is a Nigerian politician who is the senator representing Kebbi Central senatorial district since 2015. He previously served in that position from 2007 to 2008. He served as the

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from 1999 to 2007. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Aliero was appointed

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by President

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in December 2008. He left office in March 2010 when

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dissolved his cabinet.

Early life and education

Born in Aliero, Aliero Local Government Area of Kebbi State (then part of the Northern Region), Adamu received his primary education at an

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school. His elementary education commenced in 1965 at Aliero Town Planning School. He then attended the Government Secondary School in Koko and graduated in 1976. This was followed by admission into the School of Basic Studies at

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, where he enrolled in the Interim Joint Matriculation Board
IJMB
certificate program. He began his undergraduate studies in 1977 and graduated with a

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degree in

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in 1980.

Early career

In 1981, Aliero began his working career as an

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at the

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and joined the

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in the same year. In 1997, he voluntarily resigned from the Customs and Excise Service and went into the

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sector, dealing in export and import trade.

Political career

His political career began in 1998 when, running on the platform of the now defunct

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(UNCP), he contested and won a

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seat representing the Kebbi Central

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. The results of the election annulled soon after they were announced. Following the death of

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General

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and a brief period of transition, new elections were held. Aliero, now representing the All People's Party (APP), contested and won the Kebbi State gubernatorial election. He was sworn in on 29 May 1999. Aliero was re-elected in 2003 for a second four-year term and was one of only four incumbent ANPP (the APP was later renamed All Nigeria People's Party due to a factional split) governors to maintain their positions. Aliero left the ANPP and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in February 2007. He contested the April 2007 general elections for the Senate and won under the banner of the PDP. He is currently the member representing Kebbi Central Senatorial District in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He has been switching from one party to the other. For example, he re-decamped to PDP after spending about a year in CPC in early 2012. He later moved from PDP to APC in 2014. He and his some of his close associates since 1999, like Sani Zauro, who was also former state chairman of defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) board of trustees (BoT) in Kebbi State also quit PDP for APC. He was named the chairman, Senate committee on land transport of the 10th senate on 8 August 2023.

Personal life

Aliero has three wives Maimuna, Zainab and Aaliyah. He is the father of 11 children 10 boys and a girl. Their names are Fatima, Sadiq, Mustapha, Abdulazziz Aliyu, Umar, Abbati, Khalil, Abubakar, and Ahmed. He is currently living in Abuja.

References

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Early life and education

Early career

Political career

Personal life

See also

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