The former governor of Nasarawa State, Aliyu Akwe-Doma, is dead. He was said to have died today, Tuesday, at the age of 75 years and six months, after a brief illness in an Israelis hospital.
The nephew to the deceased, Ahmed Bako, confirmed the death of Akwe Doma, even as sympathizers are already gathering around the deceased Abuja residence in Orozo, Karshi district of Abuja.
Aliyu Akwe Doma, was born on 1 September 1942 in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State to parents from the Alago Ethnic group. Akwe Doma completed his primary education in Doma Junior Primary School and Lafia Senior Primary School respectively between 1951 and 1957.
He proceeded to Government Secondary School, Katsina Ala and the Higher Teachers’ Training College, Gombe, where he obtained the Grade II teacher’s certificate in 1963. He attended the University of Ibadan from 1964 to1966, the British Drama League, London, England in1968 and the World Tourism Organization, Centre for Advanced Tourism Studies, Turin, Italy in 1973. He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zarian in Kaduna state in 1976, and Ambros Ali University, Ekpoma in 2002 where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Public Administration.
He entered the old Plateau State civil service, where he rose to become Permanent Secretary in several departments between 1976 and 1983. He then became Deputy Governor of Plateau State. He was a member of the Presidential Joint National Consultative and Advisory Committee of Traditional Rulers and Leaders of Thought from 1995 to1998, and a member of the National Committee on the future of Higher Education in Nigeria from1996 to1998.
He was appointed a member of the Technical Committee of Presidential Council on Tourism in 2004. He held private sector positions as Chairman of the Oriya Group of Companies in 1984, Chairman of Integrated Tourism Consultants in 2003 and as a representative of Steyr Nigerian.
Aliyu Doma ran successfully for election as governor of Nasarawa State in April 2007 on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) platform, taking office on 29 May 2007. He ran for a second term in office in April 2011, but lost to Umar Tanko Al-Makura, the candidate of the opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).
