Ahmadu Adah Ali // ⓘ (born 1 March 1936) is a retired Nigerian military officer, a physician and a politician.

[2] Ali served as the Deputy Director of Army Medical Services and Chief Consulting Physician of the Military Hospital, Kaduna.

His 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.

He 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.

[6] Ali was appointed the Minister of Education by three consecutive Heads of State; Yakubu Gowon, Murtala Mohammed and Olusegun Obasanjo.

[6] He 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 the 27th of August, 1991 during the regime of General Babangida.