Jelani Aliyu
Jelani Aliyu (an haife shi a ranar 11 ga watan Satumban Shekarar 1966)  ɗan Najeriya ne mai ƙera motoci, wanda ya yi aiki da kamfanin ƙera motoci na Amurka General Motors. Ya kasance babban mai tsara zane-zane a GM, har zuwa lokacin da shugaban ƙasar Najeriya Muhammadu Buhari ya naɗa shi a matsayin Babban Darakta na Hukumar ƙera motoci da cigaban Najeriya (NADDC) a shekarar 2017.

Tasowa da Ilimi 
An haifi Aliyu a shekarar 1966 a Kaduna Nijeriya, a cikin dangin Alhaji Aliyu Haidar da Hajiya Sharifiyya Hauwa Aliyu, shi ne na biyar a cikin ’ya’ya bakwai a gidan wadanda ’yan asalin Dogon-daji ne a Jihar Sokoto , wannan ne ya sa aka koma da matashin Aliyu Sokoto don neman ilimi. Ya yi karatu a Sokoto Capital School daga shekarar 1971 zuwa 1978 sannan ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Gwamnatin Tarayya ta Sakkwato inda ya samu lambar yabo na dalibin da ya fi kowa yaye a Technical Drawing.

A 1986, Aliyu ya sami admission don karantar Architecture a Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello Zaria. Sai dai da sauri Aliyu ya fice daga jami'ar inda ya gano cewa karatu a jami'ar da wuya ya ba shi damar ci gaba da burinsa na zama mai zanen mota domin karatu a can baya aiki kamar yadda ake yi a polytechnic sannan ya wuce zuwa Federal Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi da ke Kebbi State daga 1986 zuwa 1988 inda ya sami associate digiri a fannin architecture tare da lambar yabo na Gwarzon Ɗalibai. Yayin da yake can ya fara neman izinin shiga makarantun zane a Turai da Amurka wanda zai kai shi GA sana'ar Ƙera motoci.

A shekarar 1990, Hukumar bayar da tallafin karatu ta Jihar Sakkwato ta dauki nauyin daukar nauyin Aliyu don yin karatu a Amurka a College for Creative Studies da ke Detroit don karantar fasahar kere-kere. Yayin karatun Aliyu ya sami lambobin yabo biyu masu daraja daga Kamfanin Motoci na Ford da Michelin, Amurka.
A shekarar 1994, Aliyu ya samu digirin sa a fannin kera motoci, nan take ya shiga tawagar [General Motors], inda ya fara aikin ƙere-ƙere.

Aiki  
A shekarar 1994 bayan kammala karatunsa daga College for Creative Studies, Aliyu ya shiga General Motors. A General Motors Aliyu shi ne mai co-desinger na Oldsmobile Bravada, [[Buick]. Rendezvous]] da Opel Astra kuma shine jagorar zanen waje na Pontiac G6 da Chevrolet Volt, abin hawa na lantarki tare da sleek arcing roofline.
Lokacin da yake magana game da inspiration na sana'arsa ta ƙera motoci a cikin wata hira, Jelani ya ce; Ya kuma ce, abin da ya zaburar da shi iyayensa ne domin sun bar shi ya yanke shawarar abin da yake son yi. Misali, lokacin da ya je Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya, ya yanke shawarar ba zai ci gaba da zama a can ba, sun ƙarfafa masa guiwa. Ba su nace cewa dole ne ya zauna a wurin ba.

Akan zanen Chevrolet Volt, ya ce;

Sanannun Zayyanoni 
 2004 Pontiac G6  
 2010  Chevrolet Volt

Kuma ga 
 Chuck Jordan (automobile designer)
 Strother McMinn
 Helene Rother

Manazarta

Haɗin waje

Rayayyun Mutane
Haifaffun 1966
Mutane daga Sokoto
Nigerian automobile designers
General Motors designers
Opel designers
20th-century Nigerian businesspeople
College for Creative Studies alumni