Aliyu Modibbo Umar (born 15 November 1958) is a Nigerian technocrat who currently serves as the Special Adviser on General Duties to the Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima.
[10] After a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in March 2003, Modibbo Umar stated it had been decided to ban imports of toothpicks of any kind, bottled water, biscuits of all types, spaghetti and noodles.
[11] He was appointed Chairman of Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Ltd. (PAN) in May 2003, as well as holding the post of Senior Special Assistant to the President on Research and Liaison.
It was Dr. Modibbo that insisted that Peugeot 307 cars be used for Abuja Taxi scheme introduced by the then Minister of FCT Mallam Nasir El Rufai.
[12] In September 2004, he stated that Peugeot Automobile Nigeria had started to export to Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon, with an initial delivery of 120 cars.
In March 2007, speaking at the official commissioning of the Human Capital Development Centre in Ikoyi, Lagos, Aliyu Modibbo Umar said that Nigeria should take advantage of African Growth and Opportunity Act which was signed into law on 18 May 2000, by US President Bill Clinton.
[18] In July 2007, two months after he had been elected, President Umaru Yar'Adua appointed Aliyu Modibbo Umar Minister of Federal Capital Territory.
Other projects and policies initiated by him include Abuja Downtown Mall which was to provide modern lifestyle centre made up of high street shopping, entertainment, residential, hospitality and world class office spaces.
[22] In May 2008 he announced that the FCT Administration had concluded plans to establish a City University in Abuja, offering courses in management sciences to help working-class people gain skills.