Bldr Sulaiman Funsho Aliyu Alata was born about four decades ago into the family of Alhaji and Alhaja Muhammad Soliu Aliyu Oba Alata, the 12th late Magaji of Ile Alata of Oja Gboro Quarters of Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State.

He attended Okelele Secondary School between 1989 and 1995 and Govt Day Secondary School Oke-Aluko between 1995 and 1996 where he obtained West African Examination Council in 1996. He proceeded to the prestigious Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Kwara State to Study Architecture between 1997 to 2001 where he obtained National Diploma and Higher National Diploma in Architecture.

He then proceeded to Federal University of Technology, Minna from 2001 to 2006 to obtain Bachelor of Technology in Building in 2006. He left Nigeria in the year 2015 to the United Kingdom where he obtained M.Sc in Building Services Engineering from Brunel University, Uxbridge, London.

He worked briefly as Building Officer II at Kwara State Town Planning and Development Authority now Kwara State Physical Planning and Development Authority from 2007 to 2009. He then joined the service of Federal Polytechnic, Offa as an academic staff in December 2009 where he works till date.

He is a corporate member of the Nigerian Institute of Building and Registered builder of the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON).

Presently, he is also into designing, constructing, and supervising of various residentials, commercials, and public buildings within Ilorin Kwara state and Nigeria at a large.

He is happily married with children.

He is a Member of ENetSuD's Technical Evaluation Committee.