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{{Short description|Nigerian politician (born 1957)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image        = 
|caption      = 
|office       = [[Senate of Nigeria|Senator]] for [[Kebbi State|Kebbi Central]]
|term_start   = 9 June 2015
|term_end     = 
|predecessor  = [[Abubakar Atiku Bagudu]]
|successor    = 
|term_start1  = 5 June 2007
|term_end1    = 17 December 2008
|predecessor1 = Farouk Bello Bunza
|successor1   = Abubakar Atiku Bagudu
|office2      = [[List of ministers of the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)|Minister of the Federal Capital Territory]]
|term_start2  = 17 December 2008
|term_end2    = 17 March 2010
|president2   = [[Umaru Musa Yar'Adua]]
|predecessor2 = [[Aliyu Modibbo Umar]]
|successor2   = [[Bala Muhammed]]
|office3      = [[Governor of Kebbi State]]
|term_start3  = 29 May 1999
|term_end3    = 29 May 2007
|deputy3      = Abdullahi Abubakar Babaya<br>Sulaiman Muhammad Argungu
|predecessor3 = [[Samaila Bature Chamah]]
|successor3   = [[Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari]]
|birth_name   = Muhammad Adamu Aliero
|birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1957|1|1|df=y}}
|birth_place  = [[Aliero]], [[Northern Region, Nigeria|Northern Region]], [[Colonial Nigeria|British Nigeria]] (now in [[Kebbi State]], Nigeria)
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [[Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]] (2007–2011; 2012–2014; 2022–present)
|otherparty   = {{plainlist|
*[[United Nigeria Congress Party]] (1997–1998)
*[[All Nigeria Peoples Party]] (1998–2007)
*[[Congress for Progressive Change]] (2011–2012)
*[[All Progressives Congress]] (2014–2022)
}}
|spouse        = {{plainlist|
*Maimuna Aliero
*Zainab Aliero
*Aaliyah Aliero
}}
|children      = 11
|alma_mater    = [[Ahmadu Bello University]]
|occupation    = Politician
}}

'''Muhammad Adamu Aliero''' (born 1 January 1957) is a Nigerian politician who is the senator representing Kebbi Central senatorial district since 2015. He previously served in that position from 2007 to 2008.<ref>{{cite news|date=2018-09-09|title=Ex-governor Adamu Aliero seeks third Senate seat|work=[[Premium Times]]|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/282995-ex-governor-adamu-aliero-seeks-third-senate-seat.html|access-date=2020-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Adamu Aliero biography, net worth, age, family, contact & picture|url=https://www.manpower.com.ng/people/15812/adamu-aliero|access-date=2021-08-09|website=www.manpower.com.ng}}</ref> He served as the [[List of Governors of Kebbi State|governor of Kebbi State]] from 1999 to 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Kebbi Governor, Adamu Aliero Dumps Ruling APC for PDP|agency=[[Sahara Reporters]]|date=2022-06-09|url=https://saharareporters.com/2022/06/09/former-kebbi-governor-adamu-aliero-dumps-ruling-apc-pdp|access-date=2023-06-12}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]] (PDP).

Aliero was appointed [[List of ministers of the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)|minister of the Federal Capital Territory]] by President [[Umaru Musa Yar'Adua]] in December 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200812190005.html|title=Yar'Adua Renews His Mission|work=[[This Day]]|via=[[allAfrica]]|date=2008-12-19|access-date=2010-04-15|last1=Ogbuenyi|first1=Nosike|last2=Akosile|first2=Abimbola|last3=Ojeifo|first3=Sufuyan}}</ref>
He left office in March 2010 when [[Acting president|Acting President]] [[Goodluck Jonathan]] dissolved his cabinet.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201003171041.html|title=Jonathan Sacks Ministers|work=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|last=Idonor|first=Daniel|date=17 March 2010|access-date=2010-04-14|via=allAfrica}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born in [[Aliero]], Aliero Local Government Area of Kebbi State (then part of the [[Northern Region, Nigeria|Northern Region]]), Adamu received his primary education at an [[Islamic]] school. His elementary education commenced in 1965 at Aliero Town Planning School. He then attended the Government Secondary School in [[Koko, Nigeria|Koko]] and graduated in 1976.

This was followed by admission into the School of Basic Studies at [[Ahmadu Bello University]], where he enrolled in the Interim Joint Matriculation Board ([http://ijmbexam.com/brief-history-of-ijmb/ IJMB]) certificate program. He began his undergraduate studies in 1977 and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[political science]] in 1980.

==Early career==
In 1981, Aliero began his working career as an [[Public administration|administrative officer]] at the [[College of Education]] in [[Sokoto (city)|Sokoto]] and joined the [[Nigeria Immigration Service]] in the same year. In 1997, he voluntarily resigned from the Customs and Excise Service and went into the [[private business]] sector, dealing in [[International trade|export and import trade]].

==Political career==
His political career began in 1998 when, running on the platform of the now defunct [[United Nigeria Congress Party]] (UNCP), he contested and won a [[Senate of Nigeria|Senate]] seat representing the Kebbi Central [[constituency]]. The results of the election annulled soon after they were announced. Following the death of [[military dictator]] General [[Sani Abacha]] and a brief period of transition, new elections were held. Aliero, now representing the [[All People's Party (Nigeria)|All People's Party]] (APP), contested and won the Kebbi State gubernatorial election. He was sworn in on 29 May 1999.

Aliero was re-elected in 2003 for a second four-year term and was one of only four incumbent ANPP (the APP was later renamed All Nigeria People's Party due to a factional split) governors to maintain their positions.

Aliero left the ANPP and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in February 2007. He contested the April 2007 general elections for the Senate and won under the banner of the PDP. He is currently the member representing Kebbi Central Senatorial District in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He has been switching from one party to the other. For example, he re-decamped to PDP after spending about a year in CPC in early 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sharpedgenews.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=5074:cpc-scribe-adamu-aliero-decamps-to-pdp&Itemid=641|title=Home}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://premiumtimesng.com/news/4343-aliero_cpc_acn_governorship_candidates_in_kebbi_decamp_to_pdp.html|title=Breaking News: Aliero, CPC, ACN governorship candidates in Kebbi decamp to PDP|work=Premium Times|date=2012-03-22|access-date=2024-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/politics/why-we-abandoned-cpc-for-pdp-kangiwa-twins/9321.html|title=Why we abandoned CPC for PDP - Kangiwa twins|access-date=2017-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002222200/https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/politics/why-we-abandoned-cpc-for-pdp-kangiwa-twins/9321.html|archive-date=2017-10-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> He later moved from PDP to APC in 2014. He and his some of his close associates since 1999, like Sani Zauro, who was also former state chairman of defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) board of trustees (BoT) in Kebbi State also quit PDP for APC.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/hausa/news/2014/12/141207_aleiro_defectio{{Dead link|date=August 2021|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.peoplesdailyng.com/pdp-chieftain-defects-to-apc-in-kebbi/|title=PDP chieftain defects to APC in Kebbi|work=[[Peoples Daily (Nigeria)|Peoples Daily]]|access-date=2017-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002165724/http://www.peoplesdailyng.com/pdp-chieftain-defects-to-apc-in-kebbi/|archive-date=2017-10-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was named the chairman, Senate committee on land transport of the 10th senate on 8 August 2023.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lawan, Yari, Tambuwal, Oshiomhole, Sani Musa, Others Emerge Senate Committee Chairmen|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/08/08/lawan-yari-tambuwal-oshiomhole-sani-musa-others-emerge-senate-committee-chairmen|date=2023-08-08|access-date=2023-08-09|work=This Day}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Aliero has three wives Maimuna, Zainab and Aaliyah. He is the father of 11 children 10 boys and a girl. Their names are Fatima, Sadiq, Mustapha, Abdulazziz Aliyu, Umar, Abbati, Khalil, Abubakar, and Ahmed. He is currently living in Abuja.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adamu Aliero|url=https://www.manpower.com.ng/people/15812/adamu-aliero|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of governors of Kebbi State ]]

==References==
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