[2] Mamman Bello Ali did his primary and secondary education in Jimeta, He attended Numan Craft School in Gongola state.

[citation needed] In 1982 he proceeded for his National Service (NYSC) in Kaduna and later started working in Abuja, Nigeria.

[3] Mamman later, started his public career in Borno Civil service where he worked as a senior engineer for 15 years.

He obtained his Higher National Diploma in Civil Engineering from Kaduna Polyethnic and two degrees in Extension and Construction from Tuskegee Institute in the United States.

In 1989 Mamman became Executive Director of SGC as a joint venture till 1991 and a managing Director/CEO MAL Nigeria Limited from 1991 to 1999.