Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila (23 March 1946 – 11 January 2003) was a Nigerian politician and administrator.
One of the first administrators to inherit the post first republican administrative structure instituted by the military, served the Local Education Authority, Kano State Government and the Federal Government of Nigeria from 1967 to 2003 in various positions.
[1] He was born at Kofar Kudu, Sumaila, his father called Malam Aliyu - Talle Sumaila on the paternal side descended from the Madinawan Kano Clan and maternally descended from the Fulani of Chango and Jobawa Fulani Clan, while his mother called Amina Idris Ali was from Kofar Yamma Sumaila, after earning a Grade II teacher's certificate in 1967 he attended Ahmadu Bello University Zaria from 1970-1974 where he earned a BSc Social Science Degree in Government (Political Science) and did his postgraduate studies at the Department of Political Science there from 1976-1977.
[2] The positions he held included Deputy Headmaster Tsangaya Primary School, Assistant Secretary Cabinet Office, Assistant Secretary Kano State Ministry of Home Affairs and Information, Secretary to the Executive Council of Kano State, Principal Secretary to the Governor, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works and Transport, Permanent Secretary Civil Service Commission, Secretary General People's Redemption Party, Vice Chairman III Social Democratic Party (Nigeria), Deputy Chairman United Nigeria Congress Party Interim Committee Kano State, Chairman Kano State Hockey Association, Chairman Aurum Nigeria Limited, Director Precise Oil Resources Nigeria Limited, Director Katday Modern Furnitures Nigeria Limited, Director Dayekh Tiles Nigeria Limited, Director Hayder Trading and Manufacturing Nigeria Limited, Director United Confectionery Nigeria Limited, Director Dayekh Ali and Sons Nigeria Limited, General Manager and Board Director Arewa Steel Works, Chairman Hadejia Jama'are River Basin Development Authority and Chairman Kano State Television Corporation.
[5][6][7][8][9] He was married to Mrs Saude Abdullahi Aliyu (nee Sarkin Fulani Abdullahi-Maikano Mahmoud Dawaki Bello Sarkin Wudil) and had seven children.