Aliyu Doma

Aliyu Akwe Doma OON
Governor of Nasarawa State
In office 29 May 2007 – May 2011
Preceded by	Abdullahi Adamu
Succeeded by	Umaru Tanko Al-Makura
Personal details
Born	(1942-09-01)1 September 1942 People's Democratic Party (PDP)

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

Birth and education

Aliyu Akwe Doma, was born on 1 September 1942 in

, (1973). He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1976, and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma 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.^[1]

Career

He entered the old Plateau State civil service, where he rose to become Permanent Secretary in several departments between 1976 and 1983. He then became Deputy Governor of Plateau State. 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.^[1]

Governor of Nasarawa State

Aliyu Doma ran successfully for election as governor of Nasarawa State in April 2007 on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform, taking office on 29 May 2007.^[1] He ran for a second term in office in April 2011, but lost to Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, the candidate of the opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).^[2]

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