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Al-makura was born around 1952 in Lafia , Nasarawa
State. [3] He attended Dunama Primary School, Lafia
(1959–1966), Keffi Teacher’s College (1967–1971) and
then Government Teachers College of Education, Uyo
(1972–75).
For a short period in 1975 he was an
Assistant Producer at the Broadcasting Corporation of
Northern Nigeria. He then went to Ahmadu Bello
University , Zaria (1975–1978), graduating with a
Bachelor of Education Degree. For his National Youth
Service he was a teacher at the Government College,
Markudi. [4]
In 1978 he formed Almakura Nigeria Limited, importing
and servicing agricultural and industrial machinery. Later
he ventured into real estate and property development as
owner and chairman of Ta'al Nigeria Limited, with
properties in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Washington DC,
United States. He owns the Ta'al Lake Resort, Abuja and
the Ta'al Conference Hotel, Lafia. [3]
Political career
In 1980, Almakura became the youth leader of the
National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in the old Plateau State .
He was elected to the constitution Assembly of 1988–89,
representing the Lafia–Obi Federal Constituency of what
is now Nasarawa State. He was state secretary of the
National Republican Convention (NRC) party in Plateau
State from 1990 to 1992. Al-makura was a founding
member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in
Nasarawa State in 1998. [3]
Al-Makura defected from the PDP after losing the primary
elections for the Nasarawa Governor competition. [5] Al-
Makura was elected Governor of Nasarawa State , Nigeria
on 26 April 2011, running on the Congress for
Progressive Change (CPC) ticket. [1] He defeated the
incumbent governor, Aliyu Akwe-Doma of the PDP. [6]
Impeachment struggle
On 14 July 2014 the Speaker of the Nasarawa State
House of Assembly gave a notice of impeachment to the
Clerk of the House to serve on Tanko Al-Makura. The
Clerk was told to serve the notice on Al-Makura either
directly or through the media. The document contained
allegations of gross misconduct and was signed by
twenty of the twenty four Assembly members. [7] The
impeachment was supported by the twenty Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) members but opposed by the
four All Progressive Congress (APC) members. On 17
July the House of Assembly decided that the
impeachment notice would be served via the media, since
the governor had been evading personal service. [8]
On 20 July 2014 it was reported that the Nasarawa
traditional rulers had called on both sides to refrain from
holding rallies for or against the impeachment so as to
avoid violence. [9] On 23 July four members of the
Assembly tried to seize the speaker's mace to delay a
motion to ask the Chief Judge of the state to set up a
seven-person panel to review the allegations of gross
misconduct. The members of the House met twenty
minutes later and passed the motion by twenty votes
against four. [10]