Ahmadu Ali served as Chairman of the PDP National Working Committee from 2005 to 2007.
16 Facts About Ahmadu Ali
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Ahmadu Ali was born to Mallam Ukuteno Ahmadu Ali Anaja, a member of the ruling house of Attah of Igala and Hajiya Aideko Maimuna.
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Ahmadu Ali attended Dekina primary school and then Okene middle school.
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Ahmadu Ali had his basic education in Idah and went on to secondary school in Zaria in 1949.
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Ahmadu Ali graduated from Barewa College in 1954 with the best O'Level results of that year.
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Ahmadu Ali proceeded to the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology Zaria for his GCE A Levels.
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Ahmadu Ali was an active student unionist and became the general secretary of National Union of Nigerian Students.
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Ahmadu Ali gained admission into University College Ibadan to study Medicine.
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Ahmadu Ali's unionism influenced national politics; As the NUNS secretary of University College Ibadan, he formed a club which invited Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, and Premier of the Northern Region, to give a public lecture at the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan.
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Ahmadu Ali was then posted to the First Battalion in Ibadan where he was in charge of the medical reception station whilst running the clinic and receiving military training.
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Ahmadu Ali was the founding director of the NYSC and had to go on lecture tours of the Nigerian universities to quell agitations against the program.
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Ahmadu Ali was appointed the Minister of Education by three consecutive Heads of State; Yakubu Gowon, Murtala Mohammed and Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Ahmadu Ali established the National Universities Commission and supervised the first National Policy on Education.
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Ahmadu Ali was elected to the Nigerian Senate in 1979,1982 and 1991 and was a proponent of the creation of Kogi State which was eventually created on 27 August 1991 during the regime of General Babangida.
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Ahmadu Ali has 1 wife, Dr Marian Nneamaka Ahmadu Ali who hails from Asaba, Delta state, with whom he has 6 children.
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Ahmadu Ali has 11 children 5 of which are from previous marriages.