Aliyu Abdullahi was born on 28 January 1957 and is a Nigerian Civil servant who joined the Civil Service in August 1988 and became a Permanent Secretary in January 2001.
10 Facts About Abdullahi Aliyu
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In July 2007 Aliyu said that he had received a presidential mandate to explore the use of nuclear energy in Nigeria for the generation of electricity.
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In March 2008, as the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Abdullahi Aliyu testified before a panel investigating expenditures in the power sector in the previous eight years.
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Abdullahi Aliyu said that contracts had been awarded by the former minister of Power and Steel and the Presidency, and said that the civil service had not been involved in the contract awards and payments.
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Abdullahi Aliyu was granted bail, but in June 2009 was rearrested by the EFCC on fresh charges.
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Abdullahi Aliyu was born on 28 January 1957 in Damau, Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
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Abdullahi Aliyu lectured at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the University of Zimbabwe, Harare, before joining the Raw Materials Research and Development Council, Abuja, in 1988.
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Abdullahi Aliyu said the programme remains Nigeria's only hope in the big task of reducing poverty and minimising income disparities between the rich and the poor.
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Abdullahi Aliyu was a visiting professor at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi in 1998.
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In 2007, Dr Abdullahi Aliyu was awarded for his services to the nation with the title of Officer of the Order of the Niger by former late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.