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Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 1
Aliyu Aminu Ahmed
Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy
Advocate and Project Management
Professional
+2348056155435, aliyuaminuahmed@gmail.com
 PhD (in view) PhD Business & Management
 MSc Project Management (Salford UK)
 Post Graduate Program in Data Science and Business Analytics (University
of Texas-McCombs)
 B. Tech Statistics (MAUTECH)
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Aliyu Aminu Ahmed
Mr. Aliyu is an expert in Project Management, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (M&EL)
and Policy Advocacy, with over 20 years of knowledge, skills and experience in diverse
development projects and M&E systems; including international development organizations,
private sector and public sector (Federal/State).
Mr. Aliyu holds a B.Tech. in Statistics from The Federal University of Technology Yola, Nigeria
and MSc Project Management from Salford University in the UK and most recently a Post
Graduate Program in Data Science and Business Analytics (University of Texas-McCombs). He
is proficient in Microsoft office, KoboTool, ODK collect and Spectrum software.
Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 3
Mr. Aliyu is an expert in Assessments and Evaluations (ex-ante, mid-term, final, ex-post and
sustainability). Mr. Aliyu employs participatory approaches in engaging stakeholders in project
implementation and systems strengthening. Mr. Aliyu adeptly applies social science research
and results-based M&E tools, methods, quantitative and qualitative approaches to
crosscuttings issues including institutional capacity assessment and organization capacity
development and management. Mr. Aliyu’s NGO Advocacy and M&E career spans various
sectors including health (Reproductive Health and Familyplanning), education programs, Solar
and Renewable Energy, Gender, youth, human rights, democracy, governance and public
financial management reforms. Having worked with several key projects across the entire
Nigeria and a few West African Countries.
Mr. Aliyu has gained progressive experience through positions and consultancies with entities
and programs of various donors, including USAID, the World Bank (SEEFOR Project, IUFMP and
SFTAS Program), UNDP, DFID, EU, Bill & Melinda Gates and several others.
Mr. Aliyu is a social scientist - a statistician with strong project management skills possesses
tools necessary to uphold advocacy, project management and M&E ethics / guidelines. He has
recognized skills in analysis, synthesizing data and writing credible reports with clear, realistic,
and feasible recommendations. He has led numerous project baseline, midline, and end-line
evaluations.
Mr. Aliyu enforces confidentiality and safeguards for all findings and subjects. Mr. Aliyu was
the pioneer National President of the Nigeria Association of Evaluations (NAE) and currently
the convener of Data Science Monitoring and Evaluation Association, as well as an active
member of several other professional organizations including the American Evaluation
Association, the European Evaluation Society, The Social Value International and the United
Kingdom Evaluation Society. He is an active member and cochair of Last Mile Advocacy Stream
of Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition.
Technical Expertise
 Excellent knowledge of principles and
methods of evaluation, in the context of
international development
 Impact evaluation and M&E systems
 Busines improvement and management
 Project management, Statistical methods
 Qualitative and quantitative techniques
Core Values
 Hardworking and passionate
 Respect for Diversity
 Integrity, Professionalism and Result
Oriented
 Ability to work with multidisciplinary
and multicultural teams
 Accountability
 Creativity, innovation and initiative
 Ability to deliver results timely
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 Policy Advocacy and community
mobilization
 Ability to manage large team (above 100) /
big events
Core Competencies
 Creative Problem Solving
 Effective Communication
 Project delivery
 Strong analytical skills, including
ability to rapidly analyze and
integrate diverse information with a
discerning sense for quality of data
 Entrepreneurial spirit and putting
ideas to action
 Making complex situations simple and
understandable
 Leading by Example, Inclusive
Collaboration, Teamwork
 Stakeholder Engagement and good
facilitation
 Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding
Gender, inclusion and People with
Disability Issues
Education
 2021 PhD (in view) PhD Business & Management,
 2019 MSc, Project management, Salford, Manchester, UK,
 2020 Post Graduate Program in Data Science and Business Analytics (PGPDSBA)
The McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
 1999 BTech (Honors), Statistics, Federal University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria
 1989 Yelwa Government Secondary School, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria
 1984 Toungo Primary School, Yola Adamawa State, Nigeria
Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 5
Technical/Computer Skills
 Microsoft Office Applications: MS Word, Power Point and Moderate Excel, Outlook
 Statistical Tool: Basic R-programming,
 Data Visualization: Basic- Tableau, Basic SPSS and Excel
 New Media: Social media, internet/intranet, basic web design
 Other packages: Spectrum (RAPID, FamPlan and Demproj), BASIC, CORE Plus, FP GAP
Tool (pilot)
Personal information
Date of Birth: 26th April 1973
Sex: Male
Civic Status: Married with four children
Nationality: Nigerian
State: Adamawa
LGA: Yola South
Languages
Mr. Ahmed is a native Fulani and is fluent in Hausa and English. Reads and writes Arabic fairly
Work Experience/ Professional Experience
Flexible Time-Consultant, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist, Program
Coordination Unit, World Bank States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and
Sustainability (SFTAS)/ World Bank supported project (October 2020 to present)
SFTAS is a USD$1.5 Billion programme that is focused on public finance reforms, strengthening
the fiscal sustainability, transparency and accountability of the 35 Nigerian States (excluding
FCT).
Roles and responsibilities:
• Design the M&E Framework and Implementation Plan of SFTAS
• Implement Program M&E activities according to the M&E Implementation Plan
• Help build the capacity of the Federal Ministry of Finance Home Finance Department (HFD)
• Development of a Framework to monitor and evaluate the aggregate performance of all
the States in Nigeria in the Performance for Results (PforR) component
• Analysis of the States’s performance data from the Independent Verification Agent (IVA)
• Establish quarterly monitoring dashboard
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• Produce Semi-Annual M&E Reports aggregating performance of States
• Provide relevant Annual Program performance to the World Bank
Lead Consultant, M&E Institute, The Development of Monitoring And Evaluation Policy
And The Installation Of A Management Information System For The Monitoring And
Evaluation Department Of The Ministry Of Economic Planning, Delta State 4th May
2020 – August 31st, 2020
• Support the Ministry responsible in developing a State M&E Policy that: Is consistent with
priorities of the state government, Respects the legal and administrative frameworks, Fits
the organizational functioning of the public administration system, its capacities and
resources,
• Plan and support the design of an M&E Database for the Delta State Ministry of Economic
Planning
Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, Monitoring and Evaluation Consultancy Services For
The Development Bank Of Nigeria Plc, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) March 2020 -
December 2020
Roles and responsibilities:
• Provides technical and advisory services for the implementation of a Monitoring and
Evaluation (M&E) project to ensure that funds disbursed by the Client to Participating
Financial Institutions (“PFIs”) under the on-lending arrangements were disbursed to the
end-borrowers (i.e. Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (“MSMEs”) & Small
Corporates.
• Confirming the disbursements made by the Client to the PFIs and finally, to the end-
borrowers (MSMEs) on an agreed minimum sample size of 383 MSMEs with physical visits
to at least 50 MSMEs
• Developing a Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism acceptable to the Client, that
combines: Evaluating the entire population of DBN end-borrowers and an intensive
sample-based impact assessment of select PFIs and end-borrowers.
• Employ in the provision of the services, a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods
that include, but are not limited to the following: Database Review and Evaluation,
Monitoring Surveys with MSMEs, Monitoring Surveys with PFIs, and In-depth qualitative
interviews with MSMEs and Indepth Interviews with PFIs.
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist – Consultant, Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF)
thirdparty Project Management Firm to States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and
Sustainability (SFTAS)/ World Bank supported project (February 2020 – August 2020)
Roles and responsibilities:
• Lead the development of M&E Strategy, milestones, tools, guides for mobile teams
• Coordinate the development of M&E reports and collaborate with peer review coordinators
to distill good practices and major lessons
• Assisting the development of work plan, quarterly and annual reports
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Technical Team Lead and Advisor/Member, Technical Advisory Committee Member
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Impact Assessment and Documentation of 20
years TETFund Intervention September 08, 2019 – January 2020
Roles and responsibilities:
The assignment was focused on assessing and documenting the impact of the TETFund
intervention in the entire Nigeria tertiary education between 1999 – 2018 (20 years).
• Provided leadership in the methodology design, evaluation tools and reporting
• Conducted training of data collectors and State leads on quantitative and qualitative
approaches
• Developed survey tools using KoboToolBox and ODK Collect
• Planning for analysis of Value for Money (VFM) and
• Evaluative Social Return on Investment (SROI)
• Conducted the Institutional Capacity Assessment (ICA) and review of the TETFund
M&E system
Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for Mid-Term
Evaluation of the $220 million Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project (IUFMP),
World Bank Supported Project, November 2019. PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Roles and responsibilities:
• Provide the technical knowledge on quantitative and qualitative assessment
• Co-developed appropriate methods, tools a, protocols and evaluation work plan
• Designed the Monitoring and Evaluation aspect of the Mid-term evaluation assessments
• Contributed to the development of the Technical Assessment Report for the evaluation of
IUFMP.
• Participation in MTR Mission; presenting the results of the final report to all project
stakeholder
Consultant – UNDP-Gombe State Government. Developing an M&E Framework for
Gombe State Ten-Year development Plan (2020-2030) July 2020 to January 2021
Roles and responsibilities:
• To review existing State Government M&E system.
• To develop and design a 10year M&E Framework that aligns and strengthens the State
Government M&E system.
• To design and conduct at least one Training-of-Trainers workshop on use and
operationalization of the M&E Framework.
• To submit final report on the whole process and activities under this assignment and
provide recommendations to implement the M&E Framework.
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Project Manager and Evaluation Specialist: National Social Investment Programme
(NSIP), End of Phase One Evaluation and Impact Assessment of the NSIP
Roles and responsibilities:
• Portfolio evaluation of four National projects; Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT), N – POWER
job creation and skills empowerment programme, Enterprise and Empowerment
Programme (GEEP), and Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP)
• Determine Value for Money (VFM), Evaluative Social Return on Investment (SROI) and
performance • Progress of program results benchmarked against global indicators
• Determine key successes, challenges, constraints, and lessons learned till date with a view
to incorporating them into the programme as its sustainability strategy
• Review of existing M&E protocols
• Within the evaluation we are also piloting Carbon Footprints evaluation
Sustainability Evaluation Specialist (48 Days) July 29 to November 20, 2019
Provided support and Short-Term Technical Assistance (STTA) for the $19.2 Million
Strengthening
Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE) - sustainability evaluation for the Peace, Democracy
and
Governance (PDG) office of USAID/Nigeria. https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00W6Z4.pdf
Roles and responsibilities:
• Review available information to identify information gaps and refine data collection tasks
accordingly.
• Prepare a presentation for an in-brief with the USAID Peace, Democracy and Governance
(PDG) technical office.
• Design data collection instruments for individual interviews and focus group discussions.
• Design discussion guides for stakeholder roundtables.
• Develop a detailed work plan for USAID approval.
• Plan the logistics of the evaluation field work.
• Conduct individual interviews with SACE activity stakeholders who are identified in the
target areas and groups section of this SOW Conduct focus group discussions (roundtable
discussion) to answer the evaluation questions and bring together stakeholders involved
with the project.
• Debrief PDG on the preliminary findings at the end of field work.
• Support the development of the final evaluation report; and
• Develop and review a PowerPoint presentation for the dissemination meeting after the
submission and approval of the final report
National Consultant - Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor (World Bank SEEFOR, October
2016 – June 2020).
Roles and responsibilities:
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• Conducted M&E Institutional Capacity Assessment of the $300 million World Bank /
European Union (EU) supported SEEFOR Project in in Bayesla, Rivers, Delta, and Edo States,
supporting the development of an M&E system, M&E tools and training staff in relevant
skills. Provided capacity building and technical assistance on M&E, use of the Results
Framework, compliance to the project PIM and PAD, data collection processes etc.
Strengthened the synergy between national and state level project coordinating units and
participated in joint implementation support missions. Organized M&E Clinics; developed
custom indicators and innovative M&E and data policy tools. Developed Geo-spatial
Kobotool Box Monitoring. Trained M&E officers on data management, and data quality
assessment (DQA) and reporting.
• The project development objective (PDO) is to enhance opportunities for employment and
access to socio-economic services, while improving the public expenditure management
systems in the participating states.
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager. December 2014-April 2015 Creative Associates
International, Abuja, Nigeria
Roles and responsibilities:
• Conducted all M&E reporting, site visits, baseline assessment and project guarantee
performance reviews. Served as primary point of contact for Grants Office when developing
impact assessments, success stories and weekly reporting on $50 million dollars OTI
project.
Program Manager/Country Coordinator. March 2011-April 2014 Futures
Group/USAID Health Policy Project (HPP), Abuja, Nigeria Roles and responsibilities:
A policy advocacy project. I facilitated the capacity of local CSOs such as Advocacy Nigeria and
Association for Advancement of Family Planning. I coordinated the advocacy for family
planning at National level and Several States. I also implemented budget advocacy and
tracking process in Cross River and Zamfara State. Supported development of National RAPID
Advocacy using Spectrum software. Conducted M&E trainings for National Health Insurance
Scheme and development of M&E Strategy for NHIS. It is a $4 million dollars project.
• Capacity Strengthening for Advocacy Nigeria a national Reproductive Health NGO and FP
Action Group (FPAG)- a national coalition of FP/RH NGOs (now Association for the
Advancement of Family Planning in Nigeria)
• Trainings on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for National Health Insurance Scheme and
development of NHIS M&E Strategy
• Support to NHIS, FMoH and National Population Commission (NPopC) in the development
of National RAPID Presentation Using Spectrum Software
https://www.healthpolicyproject.com/index.cfm?id=publications&get=pubID&pubId=430
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• Developed FP GAP Tool analysis for Nigeria, FPAG Advocacy Strategy and Communication
Matrix
https://www.healthpolicyproject.com/index.cfm?id=publications&get=pubID&pubId=3
• Supported in developing project Performance Monitoring Plan, Capacity Building for
AdvocacyNigeria
- Supported the implementation of 1st and 2nd Nigeria Family Planning Conferences
- Supported the emergence of Civil Society for Family Planning in Nigeria (a coalition
of local CBOs on FP)
- Supported budget advocacy in several States of Nigeria
https://www.healthpolicyproject.com/index.cfm?id=publications&get=pubID&pubI
d=104
Head/Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. December 2008-September 2010.
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Abuja, Nigeria
Roles and responsibilities:
• Established and optimized M&E system for several CEPPS/USAID and SNAP DFID projects
valued of over $10 million, including restructuring the reporting system and conducting
regular DQAs. Prepared comprehensive Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) and
participated in baseline assessments. Improved documentation for 5-year Strengthening
the National Assembly Program (/ NAP) - DFID legislative strengthening program.
Managed 3 staff.
Program Manager, February 2007-November 2008 Winrock International, Abuja
Roles and responsibilities:
• Managed 10 implementing partners and 7 staff and ensured quality implementation and
reporting in 15 project states on a $5 million USAID/AIDS Impact Mitigation (AIM) HIV
Prevention, Care and Support project.
Consultancies Various Organizations, Abuja, Nigeria (select)
• Resource Person. Hands-on-Session for Staff of Ministry of Economic Planning, Rivers
Satte Selected for Field Monitoring Exercise 20th – 21st August 2020
• STTA Focus Group Facilitator. Designed and led focus groups for USAID/OTI-funded
North East Regional Initiative (NERI) project, measuring relevant outputs and outcomes of
NERI’s media campaigns battling indifference about violent extremism. (Creative
Associates, June 2018-July 2018)
• Media Monitoring Expert. Garga Media/British Council/ Managing Conflict in the North
East Program Media Support for the Launch of Family Support Unit and Youth
Empowerment Programme October 2018.
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• Program Manager Consultant. Facilitated consensus building for reconciliation and
reintegration in Pulka, Gwoza, and Borno states. Conducted work planning, selection of
beneficiaries, and engagement with stakeholders, while training beneficiaries on
community reintegration strategies in Pulka. (Garga Foundation, April 2018-June 2018)
• Consultant. GIZ/ECOWAS Facilitation of the Annual Meeting of The CSOs Under the
Umbrella of West African Civil Society Forum (WASCOF), Lagos, Nigeria March 2019
• Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (50 days). for Technical Assistance and Capacity
Strengthening Project for Borno State Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and
Resettlement (MRRR). Implemented short – term capacity development interventions
based on the findings of the Institutional Capacity Assessment (ICA) and the Capacity
Development Response (CDR) developed in 2018. Contributed to the development of a
four – year 2019 – 2022 Strategic Plan for the MRRR, provided low-scale capacity
strengthening for data collection and data management, contributed to the development
of a one-year partnership and coordination work plan. Developed a low scale Monitoring
and Evaluation (M&E) System for the MRRR and provided M&E Trainings to staff, so the
Ministry can effectively and reliably track the progress and asses its performance and
impact
• Technical Lead. The design and implementation of a performance monitoring and
evaluation system for Bauchi State Government (Susman & Associates, April 2017 –
December 2018). Conducted a review of the existing Monitoring and Evaluation System of
Bauchi State Government focusing on eight MDAs, developed indicators and draft
frameworks, data policy, a contributed to development of implementable Performance
Contracting and processes for institutionalizing a Results Based M&E system for Bauchi
State. Conducted several trainings for key personnel of the targeted MDAs towards
implementation of the RBM M&E system
• Data and Information Analyst. Assessed existing and desired data capacity assets, as well
as gaps in the Borno State Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement
(MRRR); designed M&E Capacity Development Response (CDR) plan M&E (Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation, March 2018-May 2018).
• Senior Local Evaluation Consultant. Conducted comparative assessment of USAID
Technical Assistance for Routine Immunization Program in Bauchi and Sokoto States
project to determine the effect of USG technical assistance, specifically if there were any
improvements that could be made to routine immunization programs, processes, systems
and outcomes. (Dexis Consulting Group, January 2018-March 2018).
https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00T89Q.pdf
• Consultancy Team Lead. Reviewed existing tools and systems for data collection,
developed M&E manual, PMP, and results-based management framework and scorecards
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for the government’s Change Agenda. (Ministry of Budget and National Planning, June
2016-June 2017).
• Lead Consultant. Study of transfer of LGA Senior Officials (PM/SPs) from Project
Intervention to Non-intervention LGAs in Jigawa State and how these transfers of PM/SPs
affects sustainability of DFID Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) project results.
(Palladium, Sept. 20 – October 12, 2016).
• Team Lead Consultant. Reviewed the existing systems and processes including tools and
templates for data collection and reporting. Developed an M&E manual, performance
monitoring plan, conducted interviews with and developed key performance indicators
(KPIs) for 20 MDAs. Developed results-based management frameworks scorecards, trained
the staff of the MBNP’s M&E department on RBM, and reviewed the project’s reporting
system. Developed an RBM framework for the project’s change agenda of the current
administration, which focused on comparative details on intermediate outcomes and
outputs and produced it as a part of the M&E system overhaul. Built the capacity of officers
of the MBNP and relevant officers in the MDAs. (Ministry of Budget and National Planning,
June 2016-June 2017).
• End-line Assessment Regional Coordinating Consultant. Conducted end-line
assessment on the portfolio of MacArthur Foundation-funded Population and
Reproductive Health Evaluative Activities program in Adamawa, Bauchi and Jigawa states.
Participated in evaluation planning meetings with MacArthur Foundation, and compared
draft implementation plan for the midline evaluation to project results. Reviewed
Encompass’ M&E tools and provided feedback. Organized logistics, including vehicles and
dates for visits. (Encompass LLC, August 2016-December 2016)
• Midline Assessment Regional Coordinating Consultant. Conducted midline assessment
on the Population and Reproductive Health Evaluative Activities program (EnCompass LLC,
June 2015-February 2016). It is a portfolio evaluation of MacArthur Foundation
Reproductive Health program in Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe and Jigawa State. I participated
in the baseline and continued during the midline coordinating data collectors to collect
State level midline data, team meetings, organizing logistics, data collection, data cleaning
and upload on to Dedoose software
• Baseline Assessment Regional Coordinating Consultant. or MacArthur Foundation/
EnCompass LLC Washington. Conducted baseline assessment on the Population and
Reproductive Health Evaluative Activities program (EnCompass LLC April – September
2014). Conducted Evaluative Activities program for the foundation in preparation for
baseline data collection and M&E capacity building of grantees working in 13 states for the
Foundations Population and Reproductive Health accountability portfolio.
Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 13
Local Evaluator. Mid-Term Evaluation of USAID / Strengthening Advocacy and Civic
Engagement (SACE) Evaluation for the Nigeria Learning Program to DevTech Systems
August - September 2017. https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00N6QF.pdf
• Consultant/Facilitator. Human Resources (HR) Staff Retreat of the ECOWAS Commission,
German Development Corporation, GIZ, Abuja 30 November – 15 December 2017.
• Team Lead. Review of National Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System, Ministry of
Budget and National Planning (June 2016 – June 2017, 2018)
• Lead Consultant. Mid Term Evaluation Plan International - Better Life Options and
Opportunities Model Plus (BLOOM+) Project, Calabar 12 October 2017 –Jan 2008
• Deputy Team Leader. (Susman & Associates, March 2015-December 2015) Provide
Technical Leadership in the design of tools for data collection, provided field technical
assistance to individual consultants and staff in the areas of tools development, data
collation, data analysis and reporting. Reviewed existing documents in targeted Ministries,
Departments and Agencies (MDAs), contributed in the design of a Results Based
Management RBM M&E system including development of indicators and Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs) for ten (10) targeted MDAs and performance contracts for the MDAs.
Provided guidance in the development of Performance Management Plans (PMPs) for
MDAs especially Lagos State Public Procurement Agency. Developed report layout, review
inputs, finalized the inception report and final report. Provided training on Monitoring and
Evaluation for Staff of the MDAs
• Consultancy – Team Leader. Garga Media / Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation
Programme
(NSRP) / British Council. Media Monitoring of Conflict in Nigeria with focus on select
Newspapers
and Radio FM stations in Kaduna, Rivers, Borno, Yobe, Kano (June 2014 – 2018)
• Team Leader (Monitoring and Evaluation Institute) Sept. 2014 – Feb. 2015 Impact
Assessment of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Formal Sector” National Health
Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Abuja
• Consultant Trainer. December 17 – 19, 2012 NHIS System Strengthening Developing
Performance Monitoring Plan for Community Based Health Insurance Schemes (CBHI)
• Principal Researcher (HAFSAYAH Ltd). Nov.09 – Jan. 2010 Principal Researcher, Needs
Assessment for Social Health Insurance Coverage to Victims of Human Trafficking in
Nigeria. National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)/Hafsayah
• Monitoring and Evaluation Expert. The Federal Ministry of Health/ Palladium-HP+
facilitating the development of National M&E Plan for the second National Strategic Health
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Development Plan (NSHDP Il) and review of Federal and several State level SHDP II June
2018 https://www.health.gov.ng/doc/NSHDP_II_ME_Plan.pdf
 Lead Consultant. Hope for the Village Child Rickets Program. MISEREO Germany/HVCF
Nigeria, Evaluation of the seven years implementation of the project September 27 –
November 14, 2013 Consultant/Trainer. “Conducting four (4) workshops of five (5) days
each” - Monitoring and Evaluation Trainer of ECOWAS Focal Points GAMBIA. ECOWAS
GIZ/Gambia Ministry of Trade (MOTIE) training of several Ministries September – December
2013
• Consultant/Trainer. M&E British Council Mainstreaming Strategic Communication across
Government for National Security, Effective Tools for Monitoring and Evaluating
Communication Plans 26 - 27, July 2017
• Consultant. / State Team Lead Mobilization for Development (M4D)/DFID PALLADIUM /
GRM Analysis and Reporting of Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability Scale (ARCS)
and Community Dialogue and Action Scorecard (CDAS) Re-administration, Kano State
November 2016 – March 2017
• Consultant. / State Team Lead, Consultant /State Team Lead, Mobilization for
Development (M4D)/ DFID PALLADIUM / GRM. Analysis and Reporting of Accountability,
Responsiveness and Capability Scale (ARCS) and Community Dialogue and Action
Scorecard (CDAS) Re-administration 2015 Kaduna State. November – December 2015
• Consultant Evaluator. Mobilization for Development (M4D)/DFID PALLADIUM / GRM
Consultant Study of PM/SPs from M4D to Non-M4D LGA – Jigawa State. September 20th
– October 12th, 2016.
• Consultant New Business. AECOM International Proposal preparation support and
technical knowledge to enable AECOM in response to USAID/Nigeria’s State2State project
2016
• Consultant Evaluator. Mobilization for Development (M4D)/DFID PALLADIUM / GRM
International. Analysis of LISCAS Datasets at ward and LGA level 21 January 2016 – 29
January 2016
• Consultant. Development of Robust Monitoring and Evaluation plan for the project
“Deepening Economic Development for Peace and Stability in Plateau State”, Developed
Data Policy, M&E strategy, PMP and trained staff on Results Based Management M&E
System October 5, 2015 – November 6, 2015
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• Consultant Data Management. Presidential Initiative for the North East Data
Management, Needs Assessment in the Health Sector of the Six (6) North Eastern States of
Nigeria October – November 2015
• Consultant Research. Preston Health Care Consulting Ltd / Marie Stopes International.
Training of Data Collectors on Quantitative and Qualitative methodologies for study of
Knowledge, Attitude & Practices for Family Planning among 15 -19-year old in Kano State
March 2015
• Consultancy. December – February 2015 Consultant / Monitoring & Evaluation Expert,
Creative Associates International Inc. /USAID North East Regional Initiative NERI Project.
Baseline Assessment/ State situation profile, Monitoring and Evaluation set up process
(Indicators development and review), grantee monitoring and technical assistance in
documentation in Adamawa State
Consultant. Creative Associates International Inc/USAID/NERI Project Monitoring &
Evaluation Expert Baseline Assessment/State situation profile, M&E set up process
(Indicators development and review), grantee monitoring and technical assistance in
documentation in Adamawa State December – February 2015
• Consultant - M&E Expert. Provision of Technical Assistance on the Results Based
Management Practice in M&E System of SMEDAN. Pro-poor Growth and Promotion of
Employment in Nigeria (SEDIN) Programme, Deutche Gesellschaft fur Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmnH December 15, 2014 – February 28, 2015
• Consultant Researcher. UNDP Nigeria, Assessment of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
involved in Anti-Corruption at National and Sub-national Levels April 8th, 2014 – June 30,
2014
• Lead Consultant. National Planning Commission, Federal Government of Nigeria.
Designing the baseline assessment and impact evaluation of the Subsidy Reinvestment and
Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) across Nigeria –May 2014 - July 2014
• Consultant Evaluator. M&E capacity needs assessment of Federal Government of Nigeria
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)/Presidency/The
Deutsche GIZ
• Consultant/Trainer. ECOWAS Monitoring and Evaluation, GIZ Support Programme to the
ECOWAS Commission. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GiZ
GmbH)/
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nigeria and several Ministries, Departments and Agencies
June 2013
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• Consultant/Trainer. Training of ECOWAS focal points on Development Results Based
Management, World Bank/ Economic Reform and Governance Project (ERGP). World
Bank/Federal Government of Nigeria June 2013
• Facilitator. Retreat for Commissioners of National Population Commission 15–18/4/ 2013
• Consultant/Trainer. National Planning Commission Workshop on Monitoring and
Evaluation for Officers of FMOT and its Agencies, National Planning Commission /Fed.
Ministry of Transport September 17th – 21st, 2012
• Consultant/Trainer. National Planning Commission /Oyo State Government Induction
Training on Monitoring and Evaluation for Public Sector Officials November 2012
• Consultant Facilitator. Year III Work Planning Workshop. Research Triangle International
(RTI), LEAD Project Bauchi State Nigeria Sept. 21 – Oct. 30, 2011
• Consultant Monitoring and Evaluation. Consultant RTI – Research Triangle International,
LEAD Project Bauchi - Review of Monitoring and Evaluation, Performance Monitoring Plan
Feb. 2011- March 2011
 ConsultantMonitoringand Evaluation. December 2011Consultant DRPC – Development
Research and Projects Center (DRPC), Kano, Proposal development and review of
Performance Monitoring Plan
• Consultant Monitoring and Evaluation. Consultant DRPC – Development Research and
Projects Center, Kano. M&E and project management June 2010
• Consultant Monitoring and Evaluation. Consultant Support DRPC Staff to organize
information in hard and soft copies, determine the strength of the existing project M&E
systems, establish gaps and develop strategies and instruments to address the gaps
20/05/10
• HouseholdSurvey Expert/ Lead Consultant. SOS Children’s Village Family Strengthening
Program, Household survey of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in 10 wards and
Participatory Baseline Assessment (qualitative research – FGD and IDI) with stakeholders in
Gwagwalada Area Council, FTC Nigeria
• Health Systems Development Specialist (National). Health Systems Development
Specialist (National) OPTIONS, London, UK. Strategic Review and Planning for DFID/
Partnership for Transforming Health Systems (PATHS) Phase 2, Nigeria Jan – Feb 2009
• Consultant New Business. 2008 Partners for Development (PFD): Development of
Prevention Component of LIFT Proposal to USAID/PEPFAR. The organization won the
project which is over $8 Million Dollar
Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 17
• Health Systems DevelopmentExpertConsultant. OPTIONS, London, UK. Health Systems
Development Expert Consultant) Inception phase technical planning for implementation of
DFID/ PATHS 2 Phase 2 and Review evidence base on health service utilization, health
seeking behaviours, barriers to access/ Output 4: Raised Public Awareness of Entitlement
to, and Demand for, Quality Healthcare Nov. – Dec. 2008
• Consultant/Coordinator. e-Gen Consulting/World Bank/Alibella, Nigeria Investment
Promotion Council (NIPC), Abia Palm Oil Value Chain Project April 2008
• Lead Consultant. Nigerian National Volunteer Service: Development of Nigeria National
Volunteer Policy and program implementation tools 2008
• Lead Consultant. 2008 Nigerian National Volunteer Service [NNVS], Development of
Strategic Plan for 2008 – 2010
• Consultant Manual Development. Private Agencies Collaborating Together (PACT)
Consultant: Development of Advocacy Training Manual for improving the capacity of
partners April 2007
• Consultant Data Collect. Qualitative research for a Grantee, MacArthur Foundation FLD/
Focus Group Discussions and In-dept. Interviews aimed at understanding health care
information and HIV/AIDS Programming in Muslim Societies FLD Project. John D. Catherine
T. Mac Arthur Foundation Mar. – Apr. 2006
Consultant Data Collector. Family Health Int. (FHI/GHAIN, Formative assessment research
on KABP of health Care providers towards clients. Conducted State-level FGDs and IDIs for
various audiences, Transcribed FGD tapes, Analyzed FGD and IDI data and summarized key
data and reports 2005
Other Job Experiences
Founder/Executive Director. October 2010-March 2011 Garga Foundation, Yola, Nigeria
Convened and led staff development, strategic planning, partnership development, donor
relationships, fundraising, and best practice dissemination. Implemented projects on elections,
women in politics, voter education, and health. Provided overall management of projects and
management, including overseeing 10 technical, management, and M&E staff.
• Supervise implementation of Women in Politics (WiP) Program, PHASE 1 and PHASE 2,
National Democratic Institute (NDI) / DFID. Advocating for women rights and participation
in politics
18 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae
• Supervised implementation of Facilitating Consensus Building for Reconciliation and
Reintegration in Pulka. Peace, Building, Media and Conflict Resolution / Countering Violent
Extremism (CVE). USAID/NERI, USAID
• Supervised and Implemented projects on Elections and Voter Education, National
Democratic Institute (NDI)-USAID.
Advocacy Officer. November 2005-Februray 2007 Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria
(HERFON), Abuja, Nigeria
Coordinated the establishment of a health sector reform coalition across 36 Nigerian states.
Trained over 20 State Chapters of HERFON on Advocacy and Coalition Building
• Successfully coordinated the Advocacy for New Bill for Health Sector Reform
• Conducted Town Hall Meetings and was responsible for sustainably initiating the process
of National Health Conference in 2006
Program Officer Advocacy, Gede Foundation December 2003 – September 2005 www.
gedefoundation.org , Abuja-Nigeria
• Managed the Advocacy for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Program and PMTCT
• Participated in organizing a National Conference on vaccines research, coordinated
research on host genetic studies of factors influencing MTCT of HIV by National Cancer
Institute USA, Developed IEC materials for HIV education and Supported the
implementation of OVC program in several sites
Program Manager, Society for Promoting Productivity of Youth (SPPY)/DFID Capacity
Building for Decentralized Development (CBDD)/DFID Pilot Activity Fund – 1998 - 1999
• Intervention in five community in Renewable Natural Resources; goat breeding and sheep
fattening for youths and rural women – Yola Town, Wuro Hausa and Malkoi Community
• Training of youths in the areas business skills and vocational skills
• Established women and youth economic empowerment project focused on Renewable
Natural Resources
Program Volunteer, Centre for Women and Adolescent Empowerment (CWAE), Yola
• Provided training to women and adolescents on Reproductive Health/Rights
• Advocacy for women rights
• Participated in community development activities; water, environment, and sanitation as
entry point for advocating for women rights
• Participated in several training in family planning and family life education
Accounts Officer/Intern – Industrial Training Fund (ITF) April – September 1996 worked
in several departments such as customer care, cashier etc...
Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 19
TRAININGS FACILITATED (select)
 Trainer/ Consultant. UNDP-Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning
“Capacity Building of DPRS, MDAs and M&E Officials on Results-Based Management
Monitoring and Evaluation processes and system, 19th – 22nd October 2020
 Trainer/ Consultant. World Bank / SEEFOR Hands-On Training On Budget Monitoring And
Evaluation For Staff Of The Ministry Of Budget And Economic Planning Rivers State Held
on 20-21 August, 2020
TRAININGS PARTICIPATED (select)
 Certificate in Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Wageningen University,
Netherlands (Nuffic Scholarship) March – April 2010
 Certificate Training on Financial Tracking for Analysts and Advocates, USAID/DELIVER – PAI,
London July 2014
 Certificate Center for African Family Studies, Nairobi, Kenya: Training on Advocacy for
Reproductive Health, 2004
 Certificate USAID/Mitchell Group Inc. USA: Training course on Performance Evaluation
Management USAID-Nigeria MEMS, Kaduna, Nigeria February 2009
 Certificate Data Quality Training, USAID/ USAID/Nigeria’s Monitoring & Evaluation
Management Services (MEMS) II project - June 2007
 Certificate An Introduction to Conflict Assessment and Programming – Training and
Education Division, Training of Trainers Course – Capacity Building on Countering Violent
Extremism for Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria, North East Regional Initiative (NERI)/
USAID May 2018
 Certificate Development Evaluation Training by the evaluation unit (EVA-11, Development
Evaluation Unit (EVA-11), Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland September 2017
 Online Certificate Results-Based Project Management: Monitoring and Evaluation, Wits
School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand May – June 2017
 Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA) / CLEAR: Strengthening
Monitoring and Evaluation Education and Training in Anglophone West Africa: A Regional
Workshop, March 2016
 Certificate November 2012ECOWAS/GIZ/GECA-Prospective: TOT ECOWAS Monitoring and
Evaluation, Abuja
 Certificate National Planning Commission “Training on Institutionalizing M&E System
Results” April 2013
 InWEnt Global Campus / 2008 the GERMANY InWEnt Global Campus: Training on
Measuring HIV/ AIDS and its Socio-Economic Impacts 2008
 Certificate Winrock Int. Abuja: Training on Finance and Administration Policy Procedure,
June 2008
20 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae
 Certificate Advocacy (Scholarship by CIPPEC & GDN) “How to build a policy influence plan.
Sharing lessons learned in Latin America, Asia and Africa” Buenos Aires, Argentina.
(Scholarship by CIPPEC & GDN) May – June 2011
 Certificate Training Workshop on “Data Collection, Processing and Quality Control”
Millennium
 Development Goals (MDGs), Federal Capital Territory (FCT)/Alibella Consulting November
2007
 Scholarship “Fields and Theories of Qualitative Research” Sub-regional Methodological
workshops for social research in Africa. 2006 Special Session for Nigeria Ibadan, Nigeria
August – September 2006
 “Training on the Use of Spectrum Models”. USAID/POLICY Project 29 Sept – 1 Oct. 2004
 Certificate World Bank Institute, the World Bank, USA
 Course on “Health Outcomes and the Poor” June 2004
 Course on “Trade Growth and Poverty” May 1 – June 30, 2005
 Course on “Trade in Services” Sept 25 – Nov 30, 2006
 Course on “Choosing and Comparing Poverty Line” November 1 – 19, 2004
 Certificate Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop for Election Observers for the 1998/99
Nigerian Election National Democratic Institute/TMG, Maiduguri, Dec. 1998
Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 21
POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS / EXPERIENCE / GOVERNMENT
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
 Gubernatorial Aspirant, Adamawa State – nominated for Governor under the umbrella of
Action Alliance (AA) Party – General Election 2019
 Senior Special Assistant – Local Apprenticeship Scheme (LAS) Sensitization, Mobilization
and Contacts to His Excellency the Governor of Adamawa State 2012 – 2015
 Member of Techinical Working Group (TWG) for the Preparation of Medium-Term National
Development Plan (MTNDP) 2021 - 2025 and Nigeria Agenda 2050 – June 10, 2020 to date
 Member M&E Sub-Committee: the technical sub-committee of the Northern States
Governors’ Forum (NSGF) Committee on New Nigeria Development Company Limited
NNDC, Development of Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation. The company was
established in 1949 as a statutory Corporation named, the Northern Regional Production
Development Board (NRPDB) to contribute to the economic development of the then
Northern Region of Nigeria and now nineteen (19) Norther States of Nigeria
https://www.nndcgroup.com.ng/content/about-nndc August - September 2019
 Committee Member: Technical Advisory Committee Member Tertiary Education Trust Fund
(TETFund) Impact Assessment and Documentation of 20 years (2009 – 2018) TETFund
Intervention. September 2019 to March 2020
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
 Data Science Monitoring and Evaluation Association /National Convener – Present
 Nigeria Association of Evaluators (NAE) / National President (2015 – 2019)
 The Social Value International UK
 African Evaluation Association (AfrEA)
 American Evaluation Association (AEA) – Active member
 European Evaluation Society, Czech Republic – Active member American Educational
Research Association – Active member
 United Kingdom Evaluation Society – Active member
 Institute of Development Economic and Program Management
22 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae
 Nigeria Statistical Association
 Nigeria Mathematical Society
FELLOWSHIP/SCHORLARSHIPS
 Full Scholarship - Feb 2010 , Community Educator Conference of Retroviruses and
Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2010 Community Educator Program, San Francisco, USA
 Full Fellowship- April 2020 - The Netherlands Government (NFP/TP fellowship) February
2010 to study monitoring and evaluation in Netherlands.
 Full Scholarship – 2008 German Government Training On Measuring HIV/AIDS and its
SocioEconomic Impacts, 2008 the GERMANY InWEnt Global Campus 2008
 Full Scholarship – 2007 , Community Educator Conference on Retroviruses and
Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2007 Community Educator Program, Los Angeles, USA
 Full Scholarship – 2006, Community Educators Conference on Retroviruses and
Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2006 Community Educator Program, Denver, USA
 Schorlarship – 2006 Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
(CODESRIA), sub-regional Methodological workshop for social research in Africa, on “Fields
and Theories of Qualitative Research” August-Sept., 2006
RESEARCHES / PUBLICATIONS
 MSc Dissertation 2019: Project Management Processes and Their Relevance to Small
Construction Business Survival, Growth and Sustainability in Abuja, Nigeria
 Post Graduate Capstone 2020: Post Graduate Program in Data Science and Business
Analytics Capstone Project: MarketingAirplane Passenger Satisfaction Prediction
https://eportfolio. greatlearning.in/aliyu-aminu-ahmed
 Undergraduate project 1999: An Empirical Study of Expenditure on Advert. and Sales
Promotions as They Relate to Annual Turn-over. A case study of Cadbury (Nig) Plc, Lagos
The Essence of Regression Analysis in Management (Final year Undergraduate Paper)
(1998)
Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 23
 Community Banking: Ummah Community Bank, Yola in perspective. (U-grad. Tech. Report
1998)
 Coker, A.A.A.; Ahmed, A.A.; Adebayo, C.O.; Alabi, O.O. (2015).Enhancing States’ Agricultural
Development Programmes’ Efficiency through Innovative Results-based & Performance
Management System- A Case of Federal Capital Territory ADP, Nigeria. Paper presented at
the Nigeria Association of Agricultural Economics Conference held at Kano State University
of Science and Technology, Wudill, Kano State, October 2015
 Econometric Impact of Agricultural Productivity Shock on Nigerıa’s Economy
Ayodeji Alexander Ajiblola Coker and Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Techinical, 3rd
International
Conference on Food and Agricultural Economics. http://www.econagro.com/ Alanya
Alaaddin Keykubat University, Turkey
econagro.com/Conference%20Programme%20ECONAGRO.pdf
 Family Planning Advocacy: Politics and Complexities of Coalition Building lessons learned
from Nigeria Aliyu A.A.(1), Bilkisu Y(2) , Zubairu A. (2), Chinyere I. (2), Lauretta C. (2),
Ummulkhair U. (2), Khadija L.G. (3) A. Maiwada (4)
 B. Oluwatayo* and Aliyu A. Ahmed** “Gender Differentials in Information Communication
Technologies (ICTs) Usage in Rural Nigeria: Case of Atisbo Local Government Area of Oyo
State
Nigeria Journal of Rural Sociology Vol 7 No 1 & 2 August 2007 Pg 57 – 69
 LAR, C.1, OGAZI, J.E.1, IBE, O.2, AHMED, A.A.1, DIALA, I.2, IGBINEDION, A.1, SAMAILA, H.L.1,
ZAKKA, T.1, PROHOW, S.3 “Sustaining OVC Care and Support by Empowering Caregivers”
08A1292 Accepted for oral presentation at the 2008 USAID-HIV/AIDS Implementers’ June
3 -7 2008, Uganda. Oral Presentation Abstract 292 Page 9
 C. Lar1, J. Ogazi1, A. Adeogun1, A.A. Ahmed1, O. Ibe2, K. Green2, T. Zakka1, A. Igbinedion1,
L. Samaila1, N. Stanford3 “Impact of Small Equipment Grants on Commercial Sex Workers
(CSW) Risk Perception and Sexual Partner Reduction in Nigeria”
 Shadows in Shades: Challenges of massive scale up of Antiretroviral Drugs in resource
constrained communities of Nigeria. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed, P16 - p18 VOLUME 19, ISSUE 1,
AIDS and Anthropology Bulletin, The AIDS and Anthropology Research Group, Department
of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Connecticut USA 2006
24 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae
 Understanding Community Perceptions of HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trials in Nigeria: Case Study
of Masaka and Kuchikau Communities in Nassarawa State (Gede Foundation FGD research
and project submitted to VIHEAF End-of- Module Project) 2003
 Mitigating the Social Effects of HIV/AIDS on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), in
Abuja NIGERIA (Accepted for Abstracts in XV International Conference on HIV/AIDS,
Bankok, Thailand July 2003)
CONFERENCES
 The 9th African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) International Conference, Abidjan, Cote
D’Ivoire. “Accelerating Africa’s Devt.: Strengthening National Evaluation Ecosystems” 11 –
15 March 2019
 1st National Conference of Nigeria Association of Evaluators: Evaluation and Good
Governance: Using Evaluation to Improve Nigerian Lives Through Better Policy Making
November 2015
 3th National Conference of Nigerian Association of Evaluators: Accountability Framework
for Monitoring and Evaluating the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria December 6–
8, 2017
 TDR Pour L’organisation Du 2ème Forum International Des Jeunes Sur La Paix Et La Securite
“Niamey-2015”/ USAID OTI Partners Meeting - Niamey – Niger March 2015
 General Membership Meeting and Side Meetings 20-24October 2014,Mexico City, Mexico
October 2014
 28th Annual Scientific Conference and General Meeting of The Association of Public Health
Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN) – Plenary Presenter (RAPID 2012) March 2012
 November 2012 2nd National Family Planning Conference - Population and National
Development
 Nigeria Health Financing Conference, Calabar 2012: Improving Financial Access to Maternal
Newborn and Child Health Services for the Poor in Nigeria 1 – 3 Nov. 2011
 International Family Planning Conference, Dakar, Senegal Nov 29– Dec 2, 2011
 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, San Francisco 16-19/2/10
 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Los Angeles 25-28/2/2007
 13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Denver 5-8/2/06
 Nigeria National Health Conference “Health in Nigeria in the 21st Century – Sustaining the
Reforms Beyond 2007” Nov. 28 – 29, 2006
 African Union Special Summit on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, 2-4/5/2006
 “Interactive Seminar on Dev. And Clinical Trials of Vaccines for HIV/AIDS and other
Infectious Diseases May 25th, 2004
Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 25
 “Energetic Solutions”: An Int. Renewable Energy Conference, The Canadian Institute for
Sustainable Living November 22, 2004
 Nigeria Mathematical Society, the 20th Annual Conference, Kaduna Nigeria 10 – 13/4/01
 June 22 – 24 2011 Reproductive Security Coalition Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
HOBBIES
Reading, Qualitative Research, Stocks and I love traveling: Traveled several countries Kenya,
USA (Washington DC, Denver, Hollywood LA, San Francisco CA), Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Ghana,
Cameroon, United Kingdom, The Gambia, Cote d’ivoire, Mexico, Chad, Niger, Togo,
Netherlands, Germany, France, Ethiopia, Tanzania and all states in Nigeria etc.
REFEREES
 Zhokwo, Usman Mohammed
zhokwo@yahoo.com +234-8039732553
 Nura Nasir Isa
nurnasisa@gmail.com
+234-8172051926, +234-8036011345
 Zakariya’u Mohammed Zakari
babazaks@gmail.com +234-8036362063
Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy Advocate
and Project Management Professional
, aliyuaminuahmed@gmail.com
+2348056155435

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February 2021 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed CV

  • 1. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 1 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy Advocate and Project Management Professional +2348056155435, aliyuaminuahmed@gmail.com  PhD (in view) PhD Business & Management  MSc Project Management (Salford UK)  Post Graduate Program in Data Science and Business Analytics (University of Texas-McCombs)  B. Tech Statistics (MAUTECH)
  • 2. 2 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae CONTACT M&E Institute, B11 Midland House, Gwarimpa, Abuja Nigeria FOLLOW ME Website: www.aliyuaminuahmed.ng Skype: aliyuaminuahmed Twitter: @aliyuaminuahmed Instagram: aliyuaminuahmed Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliyuaminuahmed Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aliyuaminu.ahmed Slide Share: https://www.slideshare.net/AliyuAminuAhmed Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ aliyuaminuahmed Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Mr. Aliyu is an expert in Project Management, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (M&EL) and Policy Advocacy, with over 20 years of knowledge, skills and experience in diverse development projects and M&E systems; including international development organizations, private sector and public sector (Federal/State). Mr. Aliyu holds a B.Tech. in Statistics from The Federal University of Technology Yola, Nigeria and MSc Project Management from Salford University in the UK and most recently a Post Graduate Program in Data Science and Business Analytics (University of Texas-McCombs). He is proficient in Microsoft office, KoboTool, ODK collect and Spectrum software.
  • 3. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 3 Mr. Aliyu is an expert in Assessments and Evaluations (ex-ante, mid-term, final, ex-post and sustainability). Mr. Aliyu employs participatory approaches in engaging stakeholders in project implementation and systems strengthening. Mr. Aliyu adeptly applies social science research and results-based M&E tools, methods, quantitative and qualitative approaches to crosscuttings issues including institutional capacity assessment and organization capacity development and management. Mr. Aliyu’s NGO Advocacy and M&E career spans various sectors including health (Reproductive Health and Familyplanning), education programs, Solar and Renewable Energy, Gender, youth, human rights, democracy, governance and public financial management reforms. Having worked with several key projects across the entire Nigeria and a few West African Countries. Mr. Aliyu has gained progressive experience through positions and consultancies with entities and programs of various donors, including USAID, the World Bank (SEEFOR Project, IUFMP and SFTAS Program), UNDP, DFID, EU, Bill & Melinda Gates and several others. Mr. Aliyu is a social scientist - a statistician with strong project management skills possesses tools necessary to uphold advocacy, project management and M&E ethics / guidelines. He has recognized skills in analysis, synthesizing data and writing credible reports with clear, realistic, and feasible recommendations. He has led numerous project baseline, midline, and end-line evaluations. Mr. Aliyu enforces confidentiality and safeguards for all findings and subjects. Mr. Aliyu was the pioneer National President of the Nigeria Association of Evaluations (NAE) and currently the convener of Data Science Monitoring and Evaluation Association, as well as an active member of several other professional organizations including the American Evaluation Association, the European Evaluation Society, The Social Value International and the United Kingdom Evaluation Society. He is an active member and cochair of Last Mile Advocacy Stream of Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition. Technical Expertise  Excellent knowledge of principles and methods of evaluation, in the context of international development  Impact evaluation and M&E systems  Busines improvement and management  Project management, Statistical methods  Qualitative and quantitative techniques Core Values  Hardworking and passionate  Respect for Diversity  Integrity, Professionalism and Result Oriented  Ability to work with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams  Accountability  Creativity, innovation and initiative  Ability to deliver results timely
  • 4. 4 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae  Policy Advocacy and community mobilization  Ability to manage large team (above 100) / big events Core Competencies  Creative Problem Solving  Effective Communication  Project delivery  Strong analytical skills, including ability to rapidly analyze and integrate diverse information with a discerning sense for quality of data  Entrepreneurial spirit and putting ideas to action  Making complex situations simple and understandable  Leading by Example, Inclusive Collaboration, Teamwork  Stakeholder Engagement and good facilitation  Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender, inclusion and People with Disability Issues Education  2021 PhD (in view) PhD Business & Management,  2019 MSc, Project management, Salford, Manchester, UK,  2020 Post Graduate Program in Data Science and Business Analytics (PGPDSBA) The McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin, USA  1999 BTech (Honors), Statistics, Federal University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria  1989 Yelwa Government Secondary School, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria  1984 Toungo Primary School, Yola Adamawa State, Nigeria
  • 5. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 5 Technical/Computer Skills  Microsoft Office Applications: MS Word, Power Point and Moderate Excel, Outlook  Statistical Tool: Basic R-programming,  Data Visualization: Basic- Tableau, Basic SPSS and Excel  New Media: Social media, internet/intranet, basic web design  Other packages: Spectrum (RAPID, FamPlan and Demproj), BASIC, CORE Plus, FP GAP Tool (pilot) Personal information Date of Birth: 26th April 1973 Sex: Male Civic Status: Married with four children Nationality: Nigerian State: Adamawa LGA: Yola South Languages Mr. Ahmed is a native Fulani and is fluent in Hausa and English. Reads and writes Arabic fairly Work Experience/ Professional Experience Flexible Time-Consultant, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist, Program Coordination Unit, World Bank States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS)/ World Bank supported project (October 2020 to present) SFTAS is a USD$1.5 Billion programme that is focused on public finance reforms, strengthening the fiscal sustainability, transparency and accountability of the 35 Nigerian States (excluding FCT). Roles and responsibilities: • Design the M&E Framework and Implementation Plan of SFTAS • Implement Program M&E activities according to the M&E Implementation Plan • Help build the capacity of the Federal Ministry of Finance Home Finance Department (HFD) • Development of a Framework to monitor and evaluate the aggregate performance of all the States in Nigeria in the Performance for Results (PforR) component • Analysis of the States’s performance data from the Independent Verification Agent (IVA) • Establish quarterly monitoring dashboard
  • 6. 6 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae • Produce Semi-Annual M&E Reports aggregating performance of States • Provide relevant Annual Program performance to the World Bank Lead Consultant, M&E Institute, The Development of Monitoring And Evaluation Policy And The Installation Of A Management Information System For The Monitoring And Evaluation Department Of The Ministry Of Economic Planning, Delta State 4th May 2020 – August 31st, 2020 • Support the Ministry responsible in developing a State M&E Policy that: Is consistent with priorities of the state government, Respects the legal and administrative frameworks, Fits the organizational functioning of the public administration system, its capacities and resources, • Plan and support the design of an M&E Database for the Delta State Ministry of Economic Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, Monitoring and Evaluation Consultancy Services For The Development Bank Of Nigeria Plc, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) March 2020 - December 2020 Roles and responsibilities: • Provides technical and advisory services for the implementation of a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) project to ensure that funds disbursed by the Client to Participating Financial Institutions (“PFIs”) under the on-lending arrangements were disbursed to the end-borrowers (i.e. Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (“MSMEs”) & Small Corporates. • Confirming the disbursements made by the Client to the PFIs and finally, to the end- borrowers (MSMEs) on an agreed minimum sample size of 383 MSMEs with physical visits to at least 50 MSMEs • Developing a Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism acceptable to the Client, that combines: Evaluating the entire population of DBN end-borrowers and an intensive sample-based impact assessment of select PFIs and end-borrowers. • Employ in the provision of the services, a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods that include, but are not limited to the following: Database Review and Evaluation, Monitoring Surveys with MSMEs, Monitoring Surveys with PFIs, and In-depth qualitative interviews with MSMEs and Indepth Interviews with PFIs. Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist – Consultant, Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) thirdparty Project Management Firm to States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS)/ World Bank supported project (February 2020 – August 2020) Roles and responsibilities: • Lead the development of M&E Strategy, milestones, tools, guides for mobile teams • Coordinate the development of M&E reports and collaborate with peer review coordinators to distill good practices and major lessons • Assisting the development of work plan, quarterly and annual reports
  • 7. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 7 Technical Team Lead and Advisor/Member, Technical Advisory Committee Member Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Impact Assessment and Documentation of 20 years TETFund Intervention September 08, 2019 – January 2020 Roles and responsibilities: The assignment was focused on assessing and documenting the impact of the TETFund intervention in the entire Nigeria tertiary education between 1999 – 2018 (20 years). • Provided leadership in the methodology design, evaluation tools and reporting • Conducted training of data collectors and State leads on quantitative and qualitative approaches • Developed survey tools using KoboToolBox and ODK Collect • Planning for analysis of Value for Money (VFM) and • Evaluative Social Return on Investment (SROI) • Conducted the Institutional Capacity Assessment (ICA) and review of the TETFund M&E system Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for Mid-Term Evaluation of the $220 million Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project (IUFMP), World Bank Supported Project, November 2019. PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Roles and responsibilities: • Provide the technical knowledge on quantitative and qualitative assessment • Co-developed appropriate methods, tools a, protocols and evaluation work plan • Designed the Monitoring and Evaluation aspect of the Mid-term evaluation assessments • Contributed to the development of the Technical Assessment Report for the evaluation of IUFMP. • Participation in MTR Mission; presenting the results of the final report to all project stakeholder Consultant – UNDP-Gombe State Government. Developing an M&E Framework for Gombe State Ten-Year development Plan (2020-2030) July 2020 to January 2021 Roles and responsibilities: • To review existing State Government M&E system. • To develop and design a 10year M&E Framework that aligns and strengthens the State Government M&E system. • To design and conduct at least one Training-of-Trainers workshop on use and operationalization of the M&E Framework. • To submit final report on the whole process and activities under this assignment and provide recommendations to implement the M&E Framework.
  • 8. 8 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae Project Manager and Evaluation Specialist: National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), End of Phase One Evaluation and Impact Assessment of the NSIP Roles and responsibilities: • Portfolio evaluation of four National projects; Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT), N – POWER job creation and skills empowerment programme, Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), and Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) • Determine Value for Money (VFM), Evaluative Social Return on Investment (SROI) and performance • Progress of program results benchmarked against global indicators • Determine key successes, challenges, constraints, and lessons learned till date with a view to incorporating them into the programme as its sustainability strategy • Review of existing M&E protocols • Within the evaluation we are also piloting Carbon Footprints evaluation Sustainability Evaluation Specialist (48 Days) July 29 to November 20, 2019 Provided support and Short-Term Technical Assistance (STTA) for the $19.2 Million Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE) - sustainability evaluation for the Peace, Democracy and Governance (PDG) office of USAID/Nigeria. https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00W6Z4.pdf Roles and responsibilities: • Review available information to identify information gaps and refine data collection tasks accordingly. • Prepare a presentation for an in-brief with the USAID Peace, Democracy and Governance (PDG) technical office. • Design data collection instruments for individual interviews and focus group discussions. • Design discussion guides for stakeholder roundtables. • Develop a detailed work plan for USAID approval. • Plan the logistics of the evaluation field work. • Conduct individual interviews with SACE activity stakeholders who are identified in the target areas and groups section of this SOW Conduct focus group discussions (roundtable discussion) to answer the evaluation questions and bring together stakeholders involved with the project. • Debrief PDG on the preliminary findings at the end of field work. • Support the development of the final evaluation report; and • Develop and review a PowerPoint presentation for the dissemination meeting after the submission and approval of the final report National Consultant - Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor (World Bank SEEFOR, October 2016 – June 2020). Roles and responsibilities:
  • 9. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 9 • Conducted M&E Institutional Capacity Assessment of the $300 million World Bank / European Union (EU) supported SEEFOR Project in in Bayesla, Rivers, Delta, and Edo States, supporting the development of an M&E system, M&E tools and training staff in relevant skills. Provided capacity building and technical assistance on M&E, use of the Results Framework, compliance to the project PIM and PAD, data collection processes etc. Strengthened the synergy between national and state level project coordinating units and participated in joint implementation support missions. Organized M&E Clinics; developed custom indicators and innovative M&E and data policy tools. Developed Geo-spatial Kobotool Box Monitoring. Trained M&E officers on data management, and data quality assessment (DQA) and reporting. • The project development objective (PDO) is to enhance opportunities for employment and access to socio-economic services, while improving the public expenditure management systems in the participating states. Monitoring and Evaluation Manager. December 2014-April 2015 Creative Associates International, Abuja, Nigeria Roles and responsibilities: • Conducted all M&E reporting, site visits, baseline assessment and project guarantee performance reviews. Served as primary point of contact for Grants Office when developing impact assessments, success stories and weekly reporting on $50 million dollars OTI project. Program Manager/Country Coordinator. March 2011-April 2014 Futures Group/USAID Health Policy Project (HPP), Abuja, Nigeria Roles and responsibilities: A policy advocacy project. I facilitated the capacity of local CSOs such as Advocacy Nigeria and Association for Advancement of Family Planning. I coordinated the advocacy for family planning at National level and Several States. I also implemented budget advocacy and tracking process in Cross River and Zamfara State. Supported development of National RAPID Advocacy using Spectrum software. Conducted M&E trainings for National Health Insurance Scheme and development of M&E Strategy for NHIS. It is a $4 million dollars project. • Capacity Strengthening for Advocacy Nigeria a national Reproductive Health NGO and FP Action Group (FPAG)- a national coalition of FP/RH NGOs (now Association for the Advancement of Family Planning in Nigeria) • Trainings on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for National Health Insurance Scheme and development of NHIS M&E Strategy • Support to NHIS, FMoH and National Population Commission (NPopC) in the development of National RAPID Presentation Using Spectrum Software https://www.healthpolicyproject.com/index.cfm?id=publications&get=pubID&pubId=430
  • 10. 10 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae • Developed FP GAP Tool analysis for Nigeria, FPAG Advocacy Strategy and Communication Matrix https://www.healthpolicyproject.com/index.cfm?id=publications&get=pubID&pubId=3 • Supported in developing project Performance Monitoring Plan, Capacity Building for AdvocacyNigeria - Supported the implementation of 1st and 2nd Nigeria Family Planning Conferences - Supported the emergence of Civil Society for Family Planning in Nigeria (a coalition of local CBOs on FP) - Supported budget advocacy in several States of Nigeria https://www.healthpolicyproject.com/index.cfm?id=publications&get=pubID&pubI d=104 Head/Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. December 2008-September 2010. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Abuja, Nigeria Roles and responsibilities: • Established and optimized M&E system for several CEPPS/USAID and SNAP DFID projects valued of over $10 million, including restructuring the reporting system and conducting regular DQAs. Prepared comprehensive Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) and participated in baseline assessments. Improved documentation for 5-year Strengthening the National Assembly Program (/ NAP) - DFID legislative strengthening program. Managed 3 staff. Program Manager, February 2007-November 2008 Winrock International, Abuja Roles and responsibilities: • Managed 10 implementing partners and 7 staff and ensured quality implementation and reporting in 15 project states on a $5 million USAID/AIDS Impact Mitigation (AIM) HIV Prevention, Care and Support project. Consultancies Various Organizations, Abuja, Nigeria (select) • Resource Person. Hands-on-Session for Staff of Ministry of Economic Planning, Rivers Satte Selected for Field Monitoring Exercise 20th – 21st August 2020 • STTA Focus Group Facilitator. Designed and led focus groups for USAID/OTI-funded North East Regional Initiative (NERI) project, measuring relevant outputs and outcomes of NERI’s media campaigns battling indifference about violent extremism. (Creative Associates, June 2018-July 2018) • Media Monitoring Expert. Garga Media/British Council/ Managing Conflict in the North East Program Media Support for the Launch of Family Support Unit and Youth Empowerment Programme October 2018.
  • 11. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 11 • Program Manager Consultant. Facilitated consensus building for reconciliation and reintegration in Pulka, Gwoza, and Borno states. Conducted work planning, selection of beneficiaries, and engagement with stakeholders, while training beneficiaries on community reintegration strategies in Pulka. (Garga Foundation, April 2018-June 2018) • Consultant. GIZ/ECOWAS Facilitation of the Annual Meeting of The CSOs Under the Umbrella of West African Civil Society Forum (WASCOF), Lagos, Nigeria March 2019 • Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (50 days). for Technical Assistance and Capacity Strengthening Project for Borno State Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (MRRR). Implemented short – term capacity development interventions based on the findings of the Institutional Capacity Assessment (ICA) and the Capacity Development Response (CDR) developed in 2018. Contributed to the development of a four – year 2019 – 2022 Strategic Plan for the MRRR, provided low-scale capacity strengthening for data collection and data management, contributed to the development of a one-year partnership and coordination work plan. Developed a low scale Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System for the MRRR and provided M&E Trainings to staff, so the Ministry can effectively and reliably track the progress and asses its performance and impact • Technical Lead. The design and implementation of a performance monitoring and evaluation system for Bauchi State Government (Susman & Associates, April 2017 – December 2018). Conducted a review of the existing Monitoring and Evaluation System of Bauchi State Government focusing on eight MDAs, developed indicators and draft frameworks, data policy, a contributed to development of implementable Performance Contracting and processes for institutionalizing a Results Based M&E system for Bauchi State. Conducted several trainings for key personnel of the targeted MDAs towards implementation of the RBM M&E system • Data and Information Analyst. Assessed existing and desired data capacity assets, as well as gaps in the Borno State Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (MRRR); designed M&E Capacity Development Response (CDR) plan M&E (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, March 2018-May 2018). • Senior Local Evaluation Consultant. Conducted comparative assessment of USAID Technical Assistance for Routine Immunization Program in Bauchi and Sokoto States project to determine the effect of USG technical assistance, specifically if there were any improvements that could be made to routine immunization programs, processes, systems and outcomes. (Dexis Consulting Group, January 2018-March 2018). https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00T89Q.pdf • Consultancy Team Lead. Reviewed existing tools and systems for data collection, developed M&E manual, PMP, and results-based management framework and scorecards
  • 12. 12 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae for the government’s Change Agenda. (Ministry of Budget and National Planning, June 2016-June 2017). • Lead Consultant. Study of transfer of LGA Senior Officials (PM/SPs) from Project Intervention to Non-intervention LGAs in Jigawa State and how these transfers of PM/SPs affects sustainability of DFID Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) project results. (Palladium, Sept. 20 – October 12, 2016). • Team Lead Consultant. Reviewed the existing systems and processes including tools and templates for data collection and reporting. Developed an M&E manual, performance monitoring plan, conducted interviews with and developed key performance indicators (KPIs) for 20 MDAs. Developed results-based management frameworks scorecards, trained the staff of the MBNP’s M&E department on RBM, and reviewed the project’s reporting system. Developed an RBM framework for the project’s change agenda of the current administration, which focused on comparative details on intermediate outcomes and outputs and produced it as a part of the M&E system overhaul. Built the capacity of officers of the MBNP and relevant officers in the MDAs. (Ministry of Budget and National Planning, June 2016-June 2017). • End-line Assessment Regional Coordinating Consultant. Conducted end-line assessment on the portfolio of MacArthur Foundation-funded Population and Reproductive Health Evaluative Activities program in Adamawa, Bauchi and Jigawa states. Participated in evaluation planning meetings with MacArthur Foundation, and compared draft implementation plan for the midline evaluation to project results. Reviewed Encompass’ M&E tools and provided feedback. Organized logistics, including vehicles and dates for visits. (Encompass LLC, August 2016-December 2016) • Midline Assessment Regional Coordinating Consultant. Conducted midline assessment on the Population and Reproductive Health Evaluative Activities program (EnCompass LLC, June 2015-February 2016). It is a portfolio evaluation of MacArthur Foundation Reproductive Health program in Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe and Jigawa State. I participated in the baseline and continued during the midline coordinating data collectors to collect State level midline data, team meetings, organizing logistics, data collection, data cleaning and upload on to Dedoose software • Baseline Assessment Regional Coordinating Consultant. or MacArthur Foundation/ EnCompass LLC Washington. Conducted baseline assessment on the Population and Reproductive Health Evaluative Activities program (EnCompass LLC April – September 2014). Conducted Evaluative Activities program for the foundation in preparation for baseline data collection and M&E capacity building of grantees working in 13 states for the Foundations Population and Reproductive Health accountability portfolio.
  • 13. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 13 Local Evaluator. Mid-Term Evaluation of USAID / Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE) Evaluation for the Nigeria Learning Program to DevTech Systems August - September 2017. https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00N6QF.pdf • Consultant/Facilitator. Human Resources (HR) Staff Retreat of the ECOWAS Commission, German Development Corporation, GIZ, Abuja 30 November – 15 December 2017. • Team Lead. Review of National Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System, Ministry of Budget and National Planning (June 2016 – June 2017, 2018) • Lead Consultant. Mid Term Evaluation Plan International - Better Life Options and Opportunities Model Plus (BLOOM+) Project, Calabar 12 October 2017 –Jan 2008 • Deputy Team Leader. (Susman & Associates, March 2015-December 2015) Provide Technical Leadership in the design of tools for data collection, provided field technical assistance to individual consultants and staff in the areas of tools development, data collation, data analysis and reporting. Reviewed existing documents in targeted Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), contributed in the design of a Results Based Management RBM M&E system including development of indicators and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for ten (10) targeted MDAs and performance contracts for the MDAs. Provided guidance in the development of Performance Management Plans (PMPs) for MDAs especially Lagos State Public Procurement Agency. Developed report layout, review inputs, finalized the inception report and final report. Provided training on Monitoring and Evaluation for Staff of the MDAs • Consultancy – Team Leader. Garga Media / Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP) / British Council. Media Monitoring of Conflict in Nigeria with focus on select Newspapers and Radio FM stations in Kaduna, Rivers, Borno, Yobe, Kano (June 2014 – 2018) • Team Leader (Monitoring and Evaluation Institute) Sept. 2014 – Feb. 2015 Impact Assessment of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Formal Sector” National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Abuja • Consultant Trainer. December 17 – 19, 2012 NHIS System Strengthening Developing Performance Monitoring Plan for Community Based Health Insurance Schemes (CBHI) • Principal Researcher (HAFSAYAH Ltd). Nov.09 – Jan. 2010 Principal Researcher, Needs Assessment for Social Health Insurance Coverage to Victims of Human Trafficking in Nigeria. National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)/Hafsayah • Monitoring and Evaluation Expert. The Federal Ministry of Health/ Palladium-HP+ facilitating the development of National M&E Plan for the second National Strategic Health
  • 14. 14 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae Development Plan (NSHDP Il) and review of Federal and several State level SHDP II June 2018 https://www.health.gov.ng/doc/NSHDP_II_ME_Plan.pdf  Lead Consultant. Hope for the Village Child Rickets Program. MISEREO Germany/HVCF Nigeria, Evaluation of the seven years implementation of the project September 27 – November 14, 2013 Consultant/Trainer. “Conducting four (4) workshops of five (5) days each” - Monitoring and Evaluation Trainer of ECOWAS Focal Points GAMBIA. ECOWAS GIZ/Gambia Ministry of Trade (MOTIE) training of several Ministries September – December 2013 • Consultant/Trainer. M&E British Council Mainstreaming Strategic Communication across Government for National Security, Effective Tools for Monitoring and Evaluating Communication Plans 26 - 27, July 2017 • Consultant. / State Team Lead Mobilization for Development (M4D)/DFID PALLADIUM / GRM Analysis and Reporting of Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability Scale (ARCS) and Community Dialogue and Action Scorecard (CDAS) Re-administration, Kano State November 2016 – March 2017 • Consultant. / State Team Lead, Consultant /State Team Lead, Mobilization for Development (M4D)/ DFID PALLADIUM / GRM. Analysis and Reporting of Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability Scale (ARCS) and Community Dialogue and Action Scorecard (CDAS) Re-administration 2015 Kaduna State. November – December 2015 • Consultant Evaluator. Mobilization for Development (M4D)/DFID PALLADIUM / GRM Consultant Study of PM/SPs from M4D to Non-M4D LGA – Jigawa State. September 20th – October 12th, 2016. • Consultant New Business. AECOM International Proposal preparation support and technical knowledge to enable AECOM in response to USAID/Nigeria’s State2State project 2016 • Consultant Evaluator. Mobilization for Development (M4D)/DFID PALLADIUM / GRM International. Analysis of LISCAS Datasets at ward and LGA level 21 January 2016 – 29 January 2016 • Consultant. Development of Robust Monitoring and Evaluation plan for the project “Deepening Economic Development for Peace and Stability in Plateau State”, Developed Data Policy, M&E strategy, PMP and trained staff on Results Based Management M&E System October 5, 2015 – November 6, 2015
  • 15. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 15 • Consultant Data Management. Presidential Initiative for the North East Data Management, Needs Assessment in the Health Sector of the Six (6) North Eastern States of Nigeria October – November 2015 • Consultant Research. Preston Health Care Consulting Ltd / Marie Stopes International. Training of Data Collectors on Quantitative and Qualitative methodologies for study of Knowledge, Attitude & Practices for Family Planning among 15 -19-year old in Kano State March 2015 • Consultancy. December – February 2015 Consultant / Monitoring & Evaluation Expert, Creative Associates International Inc. /USAID North East Regional Initiative NERI Project. Baseline Assessment/ State situation profile, Monitoring and Evaluation set up process (Indicators development and review), grantee monitoring and technical assistance in documentation in Adamawa State Consultant. Creative Associates International Inc/USAID/NERI Project Monitoring & Evaluation Expert Baseline Assessment/State situation profile, M&E set up process (Indicators development and review), grantee monitoring and technical assistance in documentation in Adamawa State December – February 2015 • Consultant - M&E Expert. Provision of Technical Assistance on the Results Based Management Practice in M&E System of SMEDAN. Pro-poor Growth and Promotion of Employment in Nigeria (SEDIN) Programme, Deutche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmnH December 15, 2014 – February 28, 2015 • Consultant Researcher. UNDP Nigeria, Assessment of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) involved in Anti-Corruption at National and Sub-national Levels April 8th, 2014 – June 30, 2014 • Lead Consultant. National Planning Commission, Federal Government of Nigeria. Designing the baseline assessment and impact evaluation of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) across Nigeria –May 2014 - July 2014 • Consultant Evaluator. M&E capacity needs assessment of Federal Government of Nigeria Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)/Presidency/The Deutsche GIZ • Consultant/Trainer. ECOWAS Monitoring and Evaluation, GIZ Support Programme to the ECOWAS Commission. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GiZ GmbH)/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nigeria and several Ministries, Departments and Agencies June 2013
  • 16. 16 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae • Consultant/Trainer. Training of ECOWAS focal points on Development Results Based Management, World Bank/ Economic Reform and Governance Project (ERGP). World Bank/Federal Government of Nigeria June 2013 • Facilitator. Retreat for Commissioners of National Population Commission 15–18/4/ 2013 • Consultant/Trainer. National Planning Commission Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation for Officers of FMOT and its Agencies, National Planning Commission /Fed. Ministry of Transport September 17th – 21st, 2012 • Consultant/Trainer. National Planning Commission /Oyo State Government Induction Training on Monitoring and Evaluation for Public Sector Officials November 2012 • Consultant Facilitator. Year III Work Planning Workshop. Research Triangle International (RTI), LEAD Project Bauchi State Nigeria Sept. 21 – Oct. 30, 2011 • Consultant Monitoring and Evaluation. Consultant RTI – Research Triangle International, LEAD Project Bauchi - Review of Monitoring and Evaluation, Performance Monitoring Plan Feb. 2011- March 2011  ConsultantMonitoringand Evaluation. December 2011Consultant DRPC – Development Research and Projects Center (DRPC), Kano, Proposal development and review of Performance Monitoring Plan • Consultant Monitoring and Evaluation. Consultant DRPC – Development Research and Projects Center, Kano. M&E and project management June 2010 • Consultant Monitoring and Evaluation. Consultant Support DRPC Staff to organize information in hard and soft copies, determine the strength of the existing project M&E systems, establish gaps and develop strategies and instruments to address the gaps 20/05/10 • HouseholdSurvey Expert/ Lead Consultant. SOS Children’s Village Family Strengthening Program, Household survey of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in 10 wards and Participatory Baseline Assessment (qualitative research – FGD and IDI) with stakeholders in Gwagwalada Area Council, FTC Nigeria • Health Systems Development Specialist (National). Health Systems Development Specialist (National) OPTIONS, London, UK. Strategic Review and Planning for DFID/ Partnership for Transforming Health Systems (PATHS) Phase 2, Nigeria Jan – Feb 2009 • Consultant New Business. 2008 Partners for Development (PFD): Development of Prevention Component of LIFT Proposal to USAID/PEPFAR. The organization won the project which is over $8 Million Dollar
  • 17. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 17 • Health Systems DevelopmentExpertConsultant. OPTIONS, London, UK. Health Systems Development Expert Consultant) Inception phase technical planning for implementation of DFID/ PATHS 2 Phase 2 and Review evidence base on health service utilization, health seeking behaviours, barriers to access/ Output 4: Raised Public Awareness of Entitlement to, and Demand for, Quality Healthcare Nov. – Dec. 2008 • Consultant/Coordinator. e-Gen Consulting/World Bank/Alibella, Nigeria Investment Promotion Council (NIPC), Abia Palm Oil Value Chain Project April 2008 • Lead Consultant. Nigerian National Volunteer Service: Development of Nigeria National Volunteer Policy and program implementation tools 2008 • Lead Consultant. 2008 Nigerian National Volunteer Service [NNVS], Development of Strategic Plan for 2008 – 2010 • Consultant Manual Development. Private Agencies Collaborating Together (PACT) Consultant: Development of Advocacy Training Manual for improving the capacity of partners April 2007 • Consultant Data Collect. Qualitative research for a Grantee, MacArthur Foundation FLD/ Focus Group Discussions and In-dept. Interviews aimed at understanding health care information and HIV/AIDS Programming in Muslim Societies FLD Project. John D. Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation Mar. – Apr. 2006 Consultant Data Collector. Family Health Int. (FHI/GHAIN, Formative assessment research on KABP of health Care providers towards clients. Conducted State-level FGDs and IDIs for various audiences, Transcribed FGD tapes, Analyzed FGD and IDI data and summarized key data and reports 2005 Other Job Experiences Founder/Executive Director. October 2010-March 2011 Garga Foundation, Yola, Nigeria Convened and led staff development, strategic planning, partnership development, donor relationships, fundraising, and best practice dissemination. Implemented projects on elections, women in politics, voter education, and health. Provided overall management of projects and management, including overseeing 10 technical, management, and M&E staff. • Supervise implementation of Women in Politics (WiP) Program, PHASE 1 and PHASE 2, National Democratic Institute (NDI) / DFID. Advocating for women rights and participation in politics
  • 18. 18 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae • Supervised implementation of Facilitating Consensus Building for Reconciliation and Reintegration in Pulka. Peace, Building, Media and Conflict Resolution / Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). USAID/NERI, USAID • Supervised and Implemented projects on Elections and Voter Education, National Democratic Institute (NDI)-USAID. Advocacy Officer. November 2005-Februray 2007 Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON), Abuja, Nigeria Coordinated the establishment of a health sector reform coalition across 36 Nigerian states. Trained over 20 State Chapters of HERFON on Advocacy and Coalition Building • Successfully coordinated the Advocacy for New Bill for Health Sector Reform • Conducted Town Hall Meetings and was responsible for sustainably initiating the process of National Health Conference in 2006 Program Officer Advocacy, Gede Foundation December 2003 – September 2005 www. gedefoundation.org , Abuja-Nigeria • Managed the Advocacy for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Program and PMTCT • Participated in organizing a National Conference on vaccines research, coordinated research on host genetic studies of factors influencing MTCT of HIV by National Cancer Institute USA, Developed IEC materials for HIV education and Supported the implementation of OVC program in several sites Program Manager, Society for Promoting Productivity of Youth (SPPY)/DFID Capacity Building for Decentralized Development (CBDD)/DFID Pilot Activity Fund – 1998 - 1999 • Intervention in five community in Renewable Natural Resources; goat breeding and sheep fattening for youths and rural women – Yola Town, Wuro Hausa and Malkoi Community • Training of youths in the areas business skills and vocational skills • Established women and youth economic empowerment project focused on Renewable Natural Resources Program Volunteer, Centre for Women and Adolescent Empowerment (CWAE), Yola • Provided training to women and adolescents on Reproductive Health/Rights • Advocacy for women rights • Participated in community development activities; water, environment, and sanitation as entry point for advocating for women rights • Participated in several training in family planning and family life education Accounts Officer/Intern – Industrial Training Fund (ITF) April – September 1996 worked in several departments such as customer care, cashier etc...
  • 19. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 19 TRAININGS FACILITATED (select)  Trainer/ Consultant. UNDP-Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning “Capacity Building of DPRS, MDAs and M&E Officials on Results-Based Management Monitoring and Evaluation processes and system, 19th – 22nd October 2020  Trainer/ Consultant. World Bank / SEEFOR Hands-On Training On Budget Monitoring And Evaluation For Staff Of The Ministry Of Budget And Economic Planning Rivers State Held on 20-21 August, 2020 TRAININGS PARTICIPATED (select)  Certificate in Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Wageningen University, Netherlands (Nuffic Scholarship) March – April 2010  Certificate Training on Financial Tracking for Analysts and Advocates, USAID/DELIVER – PAI, London July 2014  Certificate Center for African Family Studies, Nairobi, Kenya: Training on Advocacy for Reproductive Health, 2004  Certificate USAID/Mitchell Group Inc. USA: Training course on Performance Evaluation Management USAID-Nigeria MEMS, Kaduna, Nigeria February 2009  Certificate Data Quality Training, USAID/ USAID/Nigeria’s Monitoring & Evaluation Management Services (MEMS) II project - June 2007  Certificate An Introduction to Conflict Assessment and Programming – Training and Education Division, Training of Trainers Course – Capacity Building on Countering Violent Extremism for Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria, North East Regional Initiative (NERI)/ USAID May 2018  Certificate Development Evaluation Training by the evaluation unit (EVA-11, Development Evaluation Unit (EVA-11), Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland September 2017  Online Certificate Results-Based Project Management: Monitoring and Evaluation, Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand May – June 2017  Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA) / CLEAR: Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation Education and Training in Anglophone West Africa: A Regional Workshop, March 2016  Certificate November 2012ECOWAS/GIZ/GECA-Prospective: TOT ECOWAS Monitoring and Evaluation, Abuja  Certificate National Planning Commission “Training on Institutionalizing M&E System Results” April 2013  InWEnt Global Campus / 2008 the GERMANY InWEnt Global Campus: Training on Measuring HIV/ AIDS and its Socio-Economic Impacts 2008  Certificate Winrock Int. Abuja: Training on Finance and Administration Policy Procedure, June 2008
  • 20. 20 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae  Certificate Advocacy (Scholarship by CIPPEC & GDN) “How to build a policy influence plan. Sharing lessons learned in Latin America, Asia and Africa” Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Scholarship by CIPPEC & GDN) May – June 2011  Certificate Training Workshop on “Data Collection, Processing and Quality Control” Millennium  Development Goals (MDGs), Federal Capital Territory (FCT)/Alibella Consulting November 2007  Scholarship “Fields and Theories of Qualitative Research” Sub-regional Methodological workshops for social research in Africa. 2006 Special Session for Nigeria Ibadan, Nigeria August – September 2006  “Training on the Use of Spectrum Models”. USAID/POLICY Project 29 Sept – 1 Oct. 2004  Certificate World Bank Institute, the World Bank, USA  Course on “Health Outcomes and the Poor” June 2004  Course on “Trade Growth and Poverty” May 1 – June 30, 2005  Course on “Trade in Services” Sept 25 – Nov 30, 2006  Course on “Choosing and Comparing Poverty Line” November 1 – 19, 2004  Certificate Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop for Election Observers for the 1998/99 Nigerian Election National Democratic Institute/TMG, Maiduguri, Dec. 1998
  • 21. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 21 POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS / EXPERIENCE / GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS  Gubernatorial Aspirant, Adamawa State – nominated for Governor under the umbrella of Action Alliance (AA) Party – General Election 2019  Senior Special Assistant – Local Apprenticeship Scheme (LAS) Sensitization, Mobilization and Contacts to His Excellency the Governor of Adamawa State 2012 – 2015  Member of Techinical Working Group (TWG) for the Preparation of Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) 2021 - 2025 and Nigeria Agenda 2050 – June 10, 2020 to date  Member M&E Sub-Committee: the technical sub-committee of the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) Committee on New Nigeria Development Company Limited NNDC, Development of Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation. The company was established in 1949 as a statutory Corporation named, the Northern Regional Production Development Board (NRPDB) to contribute to the economic development of the then Northern Region of Nigeria and now nineteen (19) Norther States of Nigeria https://www.nndcgroup.com.ng/content/about-nndc August - September 2019  Committee Member: Technical Advisory Committee Member Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Impact Assessment and Documentation of 20 years (2009 – 2018) TETFund Intervention. September 2019 to March 2020 MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS  Data Science Monitoring and Evaluation Association /National Convener – Present  Nigeria Association of Evaluators (NAE) / National President (2015 – 2019)  The Social Value International UK  African Evaluation Association (AfrEA)  American Evaluation Association (AEA) – Active member  European Evaluation Society, Czech Republic – Active member American Educational Research Association – Active member  United Kingdom Evaluation Society – Active member  Institute of Development Economic and Program Management
  • 22. 22 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae  Nigeria Statistical Association  Nigeria Mathematical Society FELLOWSHIP/SCHORLARSHIPS  Full Scholarship - Feb 2010 , Community Educator Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2010 Community Educator Program, San Francisco, USA  Full Fellowship- April 2020 - The Netherlands Government (NFP/TP fellowship) February 2010 to study monitoring and evaluation in Netherlands.  Full Scholarship – 2008 German Government Training On Measuring HIV/AIDS and its SocioEconomic Impacts, 2008 the GERMANY InWEnt Global Campus 2008  Full Scholarship – 2007 , Community Educator Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2007 Community Educator Program, Los Angeles, USA  Full Scholarship – 2006, Community Educators Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2006 Community Educator Program, Denver, USA  Schorlarship – 2006 Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), sub-regional Methodological workshop for social research in Africa, on “Fields and Theories of Qualitative Research” August-Sept., 2006 RESEARCHES / PUBLICATIONS  MSc Dissertation 2019: Project Management Processes and Their Relevance to Small Construction Business Survival, Growth and Sustainability in Abuja, Nigeria  Post Graduate Capstone 2020: Post Graduate Program in Data Science and Business Analytics Capstone Project: MarketingAirplane Passenger Satisfaction Prediction https://eportfolio. greatlearning.in/aliyu-aminu-ahmed  Undergraduate project 1999: An Empirical Study of Expenditure on Advert. and Sales Promotions as They Relate to Annual Turn-over. A case study of Cadbury (Nig) Plc, Lagos The Essence of Regression Analysis in Management (Final year Undergraduate Paper) (1998)
  • 23. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 23  Community Banking: Ummah Community Bank, Yola in perspective. (U-grad. Tech. Report 1998)  Coker, A.A.A.; Ahmed, A.A.; Adebayo, C.O.; Alabi, O.O. (2015).Enhancing States’ Agricultural Development Programmes’ Efficiency through Innovative Results-based & Performance Management System- A Case of Federal Capital Territory ADP, Nigeria. Paper presented at the Nigeria Association of Agricultural Economics Conference held at Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudill, Kano State, October 2015  Econometric Impact of Agricultural Productivity Shock on Nigerıa’s Economy Ayodeji Alexander Ajiblola Coker and Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Techinical, 3rd International Conference on Food and Agricultural Economics. http://www.econagro.com/ Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Turkey econagro.com/Conference%20Programme%20ECONAGRO.pdf  Family Planning Advocacy: Politics and Complexities of Coalition Building lessons learned from Nigeria Aliyu A.A.(1), Bilkisu Y(2) , Zubairu A. (2), Chinyere I. (2), Lauretta C. (2), Ummulkhair U. (2), Khadija L.G. (3) A. Maiwada (4)  B. Oluwatayo* and Aliyu A. Ahmed** “Gender Differentials in Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) Usage in Rural Nigeria: Case of Atisbo Local Government Area of Oyo State Nigeria Journal of Rural Sociology Vol 7 No 1 & 2 August 2007 Pg 57 – 69  LAR, C.1, OGAZI, J.E.1, IBE, O.2, AHMED, A.A.1, DIALA, I.2, IGBINEDION, A.1, SAMAILA, H.L.1, ZAKKA, T.1, PROHOW, S.3 “Sustaining OVC Care and Support by Empowering Caregivers” 08A1292 Accepted for oral presentation at the 2008 USAID-HIV/AIDS Implementers’ June 3 -7 2008, Uganda. Oral Presentation Abstract 292 Page 9  C. Lar1, J. Ogazi1, A. Adeogun1, A.A. Ahmed1, O. Ibe2, K. Green2, T. Zakka1, A. Igbinedion1, L. Samaila1, N. Stanford3 “Impact of Small Equipment Grants on Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) Risk Perception and Sexual Partner Reduction in Nigeria”  Shadows in Shades: Challenges of massive scale up of Antiretroviral Drugs in resource constrained communities of Nigeria. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed, P16 - p18 VOLUME 19, ISSUE 1, AIDS and Anthropology Bulletin, The AIDS and Anthropology Research Group, Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Connecticut USA 2006
  • 24. 24 Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae  Understanding Community Perceptions of HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trials in Nigeria: Case Study of Masaka and Kuchikau Communities in Nassarawa State (Gede Foundation FGD research and project submitted to VIHEAF End-of- Module Project) 2003  Mitigating the Social Effects of HIV/AIDS on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), in Abuja NIGERIA (Accepted for Abstracts in XV International Conference on HIV/AIDS, Bankok, Thailand July 2003) CONFERENCES  The 9th African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) International Conference, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. “Accelerating Africa’s Devt.: Strengthening National Evaluation Ecosystems” 11 – 15 March 2019  1st National Conference of Nigeria Association of Evaluators: Evaluation and Good Governance: Using Evaluation to Improve Nigerian Lives Through Better Policy Making November 2015  3th National Conference of Nigerian Association of Evaluators: Accountability Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria December 6– 8, 2017  TDR Pour L’organisation Du 2ème Forum International Des Jeunes Sur La Paix Et La Securite “Niamey-2015”/ USAID OTI Partners Meeting - Niamey – Niger March 2015  General Membership Meeting and Side Meetings 20-24October 2014,Mexico City, Mexico October 2014  28th Annual Scientific Conference and General Meeting of The Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN) – Plenary Presenter (RAPID 2012) March 2012  November 2012 2nd National Family Planning Conference - Population and National Development  Nigeria Health Financing Conference, Calabar 2012: Improving Financial Access to Maternal Newborn and Child Health Services for the Poor in Nigeria 1 – 3 Nov. 2011  International Family Planning Conference, Dakar, Senegal Nov 29– Dec 2, 2011  17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, San Francisco 16-19/2/10  14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Los Angeles 25-28/2/2007  13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Denver 5-8/2/06  Nigeria National Health Conference “Health in Nigeria in the 21st Century – Sustaining the Reforms Beyond 2007” Nov. 28 – 29, 2006  African Union Special Summit on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, 2-4/5/2006  “Interactive Seminar on Dev. And Clinical Trials of Vaccines for HIV/AIDS and other Infectious Diseases May 25th, 2004
  • 25. Aliyu Aminu Ahmed Curriculum Vitae 25  “Energetic Solutions”: An Int. Renewable Energy Conference, The Canadian Institute for Sustainable Living November 22, 2004  Nigeria Mathematical Society, the 20th Annual Conference, Kaduna Nigeria 10 – 13/4/01  June 22 – 24 2011 Reproductive Security Coalition Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia HOBBIES Reading, Qualitative Research, Stocks and I love traveling: Traveled several countries Kenya, USA (Washington DC, Denver, Hollywood LA, San Francisco CA), Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, United Kingdom, The Gambia, Cote d’ivoire, Mexico, Chad, Niger, Togo, Netherlands, Germany, France, Ethiopia, Tanzania and all states in Nigeria etc. REFEREES  Zhokwo, Usman Mohammed zhokwo@yahoo.com +234-8039732553  Nura Nasir Isa nurnasisa@gmail.com +234-8172051926, +234-8036011345  Zakariya’u Mohammed Zakari babazaks@gmail.com +234-8036362063
  • 26. Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy Advocate and Project Management Professional , aliyuaminuahmed@gmail.com +2348056155435