Aliyu Modibbo Umar
| Aliyu Modibbo Umar | |
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| Minister of State for Power and Steel | |
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In office December 2002 – May 2003 |
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| Minister of Commerce | |
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In office July 2006 – July 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Idris Waziri |
| Succeeded by | Charles Ugwuh |
| Minister of the Federal Capital Territory | |
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In office July 2007 – October 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai |
| Succeeded by | Adamu Aliero |
| Personal details | |
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15 November 1958 Gombe State, Nigeria |
Aliyu Modibbo Umar is a Nigerian technocrat who was the federal Minister of State for Power and Steel from December 2002 to May 2003, Minister of Commerce from July 2006 to July 2007, then Minister for the FCT (Federal Capital Territory, Abuja), a post he held until October 2008.
Aliyu Modibbo Umar was born of Kumo origin in Gombe State on 15 November 1958. He obtained a BA in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach; an MA in African Studies and a PhD in Comparative Education both from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
His first job was in 1979 as a reporter for the Nigerian Television Authority. Between 1986 and 1992, he worked in the United States, returning to Nigeria in 1993 to take up a position as a Lecturer at the University of Abuja. He then moved into civilian administration, working in the office of the Chief of Staff to the President.
Under President Olusegun Obasanjo, Aliyu Modibbo was appointed Minister of State for Power and Steel from January to May 2003. In March 2003, he stated that the Federal government had spent N2.2 billion on rural electrification projects in Gombe State. He blamed saboteurs for the frequent power outages during this period. 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.
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. In March 2004 he detailed plans to re-launch manufacture of Peugeot cars in Nigeria, selling them at affordable prices.As Chairman of PAN, he resolved the industrial crises between management and Staff of the company which grounded operation in the factory for several years and within 90 days, he turned the fortunes of PAN around. during his tenure as chairman, Dr Modibbo pioneered the first export of made in Nigeria Peogeot cars to other African countries. it was Dr. Modibbo that insisted that Pegeot 307 cars be used for Abuja Taxi scheme introduced by the then Minister of FCT Mallam Nasir El Rufai. Dr. Modibbo also facilitated the adoption of peogeot 307 cars as taxis in Rivers state under the administration of Dr. Peter Odili as governor of Rivers state. He championed the introduction of Consumer Car Finance Scheme for Public servants in which 15, 000 military, paramilitary and police personnel benefitted from. 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.
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