Mamman Bello Ali

Mamman Bello Ali
Senator - Yobe South senatorial district
In office May 1999 – May 2007
Succeeded by	Adamu Garba Talba
Governor of Yobe State
In office 29 May 2007 – 26 January 2009
Preceded by	Bukar Abba Ibrahim
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Geidam
Personal details
Born	1958
Died	26 January 2009(2009-01-26) (aged 50–51)

Mamman Bello Ali (1958 – 26 January 2009) was Nigerian senator for Yobe South senatorial district. He was the chairman senate committee on public account from 1999 to 2007, and the governor of Yobe State from 2007 until his death in 2009. He was a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).

Personal life

Late Mamman Bello Ali was born in 1958 in Jimeta town of Adamawa state, Nigeria. Late Mamman lived in his father's house in Jimeta, he spent most of his time in his father's house and sometime he liked to spend his time with his friend Alhaji Mouktar Garba Ibrahim of Attah's Family. He used to spend most of his time in Alhaji Mouktar's house behind the famous Beta Shop.The two places were the famous place used to find Mamman during his life time. Late Mamman died on the 26th January 2009 when he was receiving his medical treatment for leukemia in a Florida hospital when he died.

Education background

Late Mamman Bello Ali has his primary and secondary education in Jimeta, He attended Numna Craft School in Gongola state. Mamman Also attended Kaduna Polytechnic for his Higher National Diploma(HND). In 1982 he proceeded to the National Services in Kaduna and Abuja in Nigeria.

Career

Mamman 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. He served as a chairman of the committee in the FCT for six Months and six months as a Visa-chairman, Senate Committee on internal Affairs. Mamman was a chairman of the Senate Public Accounts Committee from 1999 to 2007 and chairman of ECOWAS parliament Party. Hes was a Governor of Yobe State in 2007 until his death in 2009.

Contributions

During his stewardship, his government opened a lot of opportunities for the people of Yobe state. He constructed a lot of roads within the state thereby opening up the state for both industrial and commercial purposes. Late Mamaan provided infrastructural and school equipment to Yobe secondary school, he also up graded teacher's salary scale. Late Mamman did rehabilitation of a number of health sectors across the state.