Umaru Tanko Al-Makura
Umar Tanko Almakura shine tsohon gwamnan jihar Nasarawa, ya zama gwamnan jihar ne tun a shekarar 2011 bayan ya samu nasara a babban Zaben gwamnan jihar karkashin jam'iyyar CPC, shi kadai ne gwamna da ya samu Nasara yaci zabe a jam'iyyar.

Farkon Rayuwa
An haifi Al-makura a shekara ta 1952 a Lafia, Jihar Nasarawa a cikin kabilar Gwandara. Ya halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Dunama, Lafia (1959-1966), Kwalejin Malamai ta Keffi (1967-1971) sannan ya halarci Kwalejin Ilimi ta Gwamnati, Uyo (1972-75). A shekarar 1975 ya kasance mataimakin furodusa a gidan radiyon Arewacin Najeriya.  Daga nan ya wuce Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya (1975 – 1978), inda ya kammala karatunsa na farko a fannin ilimi.  Yayi hidimar kasa a matsayin malami a Kwalejin Gwamnati, Makurdi.
 A shekarar 1978 ya kafa kamfanin Almakura Nigeria Limited, yana shigo da kayan aikin gona da masana’antu daga kasashen waje da kuma daga baya ya shiga harkar raya gidaje da dukiya a matsayinsa na shugaban kamfanin Ta'al Nigeria Limited, tare da kadarorin Abuja, Legas, Kano da
 Washington DC, Amurka.  Ya mallaki Ta'al Lake Resort, Abuja da Ta'al Conference Hotel, Lafia.

Siyasa
 A 1980, Almakura ya zama shugaban matasa na jam'iyyar NPN ta kasa a da.
 Jihar Filato. An zabe shi a majalisar dokokin kasa ta 1988-89, mai wakiltar mazabar tarayya ta Lafia-Obi wadda ke a yanzu jihar Nasarawa.  Ya kasance sakataren jam’iyyar National Republican Convention (NRC) na jiha a jihar Filato daga 1990 zuwa 1992. Al-makura ya zama dan jam’iyyar People’s Democratic Party (PDP) a jihar Nasarawa a 1998.
 Al-Makura ya fice daga PDP bayan ya sha kaye a zaben fidda gwani na takarar gwamnan Nasarawa. An zabi Al-Makura a matsayin gwamnan jihar Nasarawa , Nigeria a ranar 26 ga Afrilu 2011, a tutar jam'iyyar Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). Ya doke gwamna mai ci, Aliyu Akwe-Doma na jam'iyyar PDP.

Yunkurin Tsigeshi
 A ranar 14 ga Yuli, 2014 Shugaban Majalisar Dokokin Jihar Nasarawa ya ba da sanarwar tsige magatakardar Majalisar da ya yi wa Tanko Al-Makura aiki.  An ce kakakin majalisar ya ba da sanarwar ga Al-Makura kai tsaye ta hanyar kafafen yada labarai.  Takardar na kunshe da zarge-zargen da ake yi na rashin da’a, kuma ‘yan majalisar ashirin daga cikin ashirin da hudu ne suka sanya wa hannu. ’Yan jam’iyyar PDP ashirin ne suka goyi bayan tsige shi amma ‘ya’yan jam’iyyar All Progressives Congress (APC) hudu suka yi sukaki yarda da a tsige shi. A ranar 17 ga watan Yuli ne majalisar ta yanke shawarar cewa za a ba da sanarwar tsigewar ta kafafen yada labarai, tun da gwamnan ya kaucewa yin aikin da ya wajaba a kansa. 

A ranar 20 ga watan Yulin 2014 ne  sarakunan Nasarawa sun yi kira ga bangarorin biyu da su guji gudanar da gangami ko kuma nuna adawa da tsige shi domin gudun tashin hankali a fadin jihar, A ranar 23 ga Yuli, 'yan majalisar hudu sun yi kokarin kwace sandar kakakin majalisar don jinkirta wani kudiri na neman babban alkalin jihar ya kafa kwamitin mutum bakwai don duba zarge-zargen da ake yi na rashin da'a.  ‘Yan majalisar sun gana bayan mintuna 20 inda suka amince da kudirin da kuri’u ashirin da hudu.

Zargin  cin hanci da rashawa
 A ranar 28 ga Yuli, 2021, jaridar Premium Times ta ruwaito cewa Hukumar Yaki da yi wa Tattalin Arziki kasa Ta’annati ta kama Al-Makura da matarsa, Mairo bisa “zargin cin amana da almubazzaranci da kudade” a lokacin da Al-Makura yake a matsayin Gwamnan Jihar Nasarawa. Premium Times ta ruwaito cewa an kama shi ne sakamakon wani bincike da aka gudanar kan wasu mu’amalolin da suka shafi asusun ajiyar banki na ma’auratan da kasuwancinsu.  Rahotanni sun bayyana cewa, an tura makudan kudaden gwamnatin jihar zuwa wani kamfani mallakin Al-makura da matarsa ​​wanda hakan ya haifar da fargabar rikicin sha'anin sha'awa tare da karkatar da wasu shakku daga 'yan kwangilar gwamnatin jihar zuwa wasu asusu 55 da Al-makura da matarsa ​​ke kula da su. Washegari Al-Makura ya fitar da wata sanarwa ta hannun babban sakataren yada labaransa Danjuma Joseph inda ya ce ba a kama Al-Makura ba, maimakon haka an gayyace su ne don su bafa bahasi.”  Sanarwar ta kuma ruwaito Al-Makura yana cewa, "jita-jitar da aka yada kan wai an kamashi ta ba shi mamaki kuma ya bayyana hakan a matsayin karya mara tushe.

Manazarta

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Gwamnonin jihar Nasarawa