Abdullahi Aliyu

Dr. Abdullahi Aliyu is a Nigerian Civil servant who joined the Civil Service in August 1980 and became a Permanent Secretary in January 2001.[1] In 2006, he was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Science & Technology.[2] In July 2007, Abdullahi Aliyu said that he had received a presidential mandate to explore use of nuclear energy in Nigeria for generation of electricity.[3]

In March 2008, as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy (Power Section), Abdullahi Aliyu testified before a panel investigating expenditures in the power sector in the previous eight years. Aliyu said that contracts had been awarded by the former minister of Power and Steel and the Presidency, and said that the civil service had not been involved in the contract awards and payments.[4]

In May 2009, he was arraigned by a High Court in Abuja over alleged fraud in the rural electrification contracts, along with Senator Nicholas Ugbane and others. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the accused had breached public trust and conspired among themselves to defraud the country.[5] The High Court ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody until June 4, 2009 when it would decide on their bail requests.[6] He was granted bail, but in June 2009 was rearrested by the EFCC on fresh charges.[7] In November 2009 the EFCC preferred a fresh 130-count charge for defrauding the government in the amount of over N5.2. All of the accused pleaded "not guilty".[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Permanent Secretaries". Office of the Head of Service of the Federation. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  2. ↑ "Abdullahi Aliyu". AfDevInfo. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  3. ↑ "Nigerian president says country needs nuclear energy". World Nuclear News. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  4. ↑ John Abba-Ogbodo (March 14, 2008). "Ministry denies awarding 300 energy contracts". Guardian (Nigeria). Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  5. ↑ Funso Muraina (15 May 2009). "N6.2 Billion Scam - Ugbane, Elumelu, Eight Others Arraigned". ThisDay. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  6. ↑ From Lemmy Ughegbe (May 19, 2009). "Court remands Ugbane, Elumelu others in Kuje Prison". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  7. ↑ "EFCC Re-Arrests Elumelu, Aliyu on Fresh Corruption Charges". Channels TV. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  8. ↑ "Reps member, others face fresh charges". The Port Harcourt Telegraph. November 2, 2009. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
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