Ali Ahmad (lawyer)
Ali Ahmad (born November 23, 1965) is a Nigerian lawyer, scholar, and politician. Currently, he is a professor of law at the University of Abuja, Nigeria. His academic career started in 1990 at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, and included positions at Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the University of Ilorin, and Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria. He has practiced law in Nigeria and New York City, United States.
Ali Ahmad | |
|---|---|
| Speaker, 8th Kwara State House of Assembly | |
| In office 8 June 2015 – 7 June 2019 | |
| Deputy | Mathew Okedare |
| Preceded by | Abdurazaq Atunwa |
| Succeeded by | Yakubu Danladi Salihu |
| Member, 7th House of Representatives, Ilorin East/Ilorin South | |
| In office 8 June 2011 – 7 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul-Wahab Oladimeji Isa |
| Succeeded by | Abubakar Amuda Kannike |
| Attorney-General, Kwara State | |
| In office 2010–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Saka Abimbola Isau, SAN |
| Succeeded by | Kamal Ajibade, SAN |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1965 Kaduna, Nigeria |
| Political party | Peoples Democratic Party |
| Other political affiliations | All Progressives Congress |
| Parent | Ahmad Tijjani Ali (Father) |
| Alma mater | Bayero University, Kano Harvard Law School George Washington University Law School |
| Profession | Lawyer, scholar and politician |
Ali's political career started as a special assistant to the then Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, in 2005. He was elected to Nigeria's 7th House of Representatives in 2011, representing Ilorin East/Ilorin South Federal Constituency. He moved to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013 and was appointed a member of the Governing Council of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies in 2012.
Under the APC, he contested and won a seat to represent Ilorin South at the Kwara State House of Assembly during the 2015 Nigerian General Elections. He was elected Speaker of the 8th Kwara State House of Assembly. In company with his political group, he moved back to PDP in July 2018. During the gubernatorial primaries of the same year in which he fully participated, he had to step down from the contest to maintain party cohesion, even as he was the candidate to beat.
During the 2023 Nigerian General Election, Ali was appointed and inaugurated by the leader of the party as the Director-General of the gubernatorial campaign council of PDP in Kwara State, which the party lost.
Ali played a key role in the moulding and establishment of the Kwara State University, Malete, during the administration of Governor Saraki in his capacity as Secretary of the Feasibility Committee as well as Secretary of the Planning Committee and the Steering Committee in 2009.