Biographical overview
Industry in 1955. He formally retiredfrom Zaria NA. in 1956 and was appointed Deputy Chairman Northern Region Development Corporation and later Chairman in 1957. Hewas awarded OBE in January, 1958. He was re-elected Member Northern House of Assembly in 1961 and resigned from NRDC in the same year. Also in the sameyearhe was appointed Minister of State. He later again became afull Minister in theMinistry of Establishment andTrainingin March 1965. After the January 1966 coup thatterminated'theirgovernmentandthe creation of States in 1967, Alhaji Aliyu was to serve the North Central State government as Chairman of the Scholarship Board. Alhaji Aliyu died on the 12* of January, 1974 in Zaria. He was one of the few Cabinet Ministers who defied the tense situation of the country to bravely attend the funeral ceremony of the great Sardauna of Sokoto Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello who together with some very important Nigerians was slain in the mindless and brutal coup of January, 1966
Biographical record
- Surname
- ZAZZAU
- First Name
- ALIYU
- Other Names
- TURAKIN
- Gender
- Male
- Profession
- Teacher
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