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2019 Nigerian Senate Elections In Bauchi State
The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Bauchi State was held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Bauchi State. Lawal Yahaya Gumau representing Bauchi South, Jika Dauda Halliru representing Bauchi Central and Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa representing Bauchi North all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress. Overview Summary Results Bauchi South A total of 18 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Lawal Yahaya Gumau won the election, defeating PDP candidate, Dahiru Garba and 16 other party candidates. Gumau scored 250,725 votes, while PDP candidate Garba scored 175,527 votes. Bauchi Central A total of 15 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Halliru Dauda Jika won the election, defeating PDP candidate Hammah Issah and 13 other party candidates. Jika pulled 128,87 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Nigeria
The Senate is the upper chamber of Nigeria's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly of Nigeria. The National Assembly (popularly referred to as NASS) is the nation's highest legislature, whose power is to make laws, is summarized in chapter one, section four of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. It consists of 109 senators: the 36 states are each divided in 3 senatorial districts each electing one senator using the first-past-the-post electoral system; the Federal Capital Territory elects only one senator also using first-past-the-post. The President of the Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate, whose chief function is to guide and regulate the proceedings in the Senate. The Senate President is third in the Nigerian presidential line of succession. He is assisted by the Deputy President of the Senate. The current Senate President is Sen. Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan and the current Deputy Senate President is Ovie Omo-Agege, both members of the APC. The Senate President and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bauchi State
Bauchi State (Fula: ''Leydi Bauchi'' π€€π€«π€΄π€£π€ π€¦π€’π€΅π€·π₯ π€) is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the east, and Kaduna to the west. It takes its name from the historic town of Bauchi, which also serves as its capital city. The state was formed in 1976 when the former North-Eastern State was broken up. It originally included the area that is now Gombe State, which became a distinct state in 1996. Of the 36 states, Bauchi is the fifth largest in area and seventh most populous with an estimated population of over 6,530,000 as of 2016. Geographically, the state is divided between the West Sudanian savanna in the south and the drier, semi-desert Sahelian savanna in the north with a small part of the montane Jos Plateau in the southwest. A key defining characteristic of the stateβs landscape is Yankari National Park, a large wildlife park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawal Yahaya Gumau
Lawal Yahaya Gumau (born 26 August 1968) is Nigerian politician who is currently serving as a Senator from Bauchi South Senatorial District. Prior to becoming a senator, Gumau served for two terms in House of Representatives representing the Toro Constituency. He became a Senator by winning 119,489 votes to defeat his closest rival, Ladan Salihu of the Peoples Democratic Party, who received 50,256 votes to win a 2018 by-election due to the death of Senator Malam Wakili. He is a philanthropist, who has aided in the provision of Jobs and education for youths. Skill training scandal In 2020, Gumau, along with Bauchi North Senator Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa (Born April 16, 1940) is a Nigerian politician and the current senator representing Bauchi north senatorial district, he was elected senator during the 2019 Nigeria general elections under the All Progressive Congress (AP ..., became embroiled in a scandal revolving the quality of skill training cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jika Dauda Halliru
Halliru Dauda Jika was born in 1976 in Bauchi State, Nigeria. He is a businessman and a politician. He was once a member and shortly the speaker of Bauchi state house of assembly, member house of representatives and currently a senate member representing Bauchi Central. He is also known as Dokaji. Education Jika went to Sardauna Memorial College in Kaduna, Kaduna State he graduate In 1999. He then moved to Kaduna Polytechnic Kaduna Polytechnic is one of the earliest polytechnics in Nigeria, located at Tudun Wada area of Kaduna South local government of Kaduna state, North-Western Nigeria. It was established in 1956 as Kaduna Technical Institute after the British ... to study Civil Engineering and graduate in 2003. Political career Jika was elected as a representative of Darazo and Ganjuwa Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives and served two term as a representative, first term between 2007 and 2011 and second term between 2011 and 2015. In the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa
Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa (Born April 16, 1940) is a Nigerian politician and the current senator representing Bauchi north senatorial district, he was elected senator during the 2019 Nigeria general elections under the All Progressive Congress (APC). He is an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University. Skill training scandal and aide's death threat In 2020, Bulkachuwa, along with Bauchi South Senator Lawal Yahaya Gumau, became embroiled in a scandal revolving the quality of youth and women skill training constituency projects and the amount of money allocated to the projects. In 2019, Bulkachuwa's office received around β¦169 million for "skill acquisition training and youths and women empowerment" projects in all seven local government areas in his district: Zaki, Shira, Jama'are, Gamawa, Katagum, Giade, and Itas/Gadau. Like with similar projects run by Gumau's office in Bauchi South, Bulkachuwa's training programs were criticized as substandard and not fitting the amount of money all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Progressives Congress
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, the party came to power following the victory of party candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election. This marked the first time in Nigerian history that an opposition party unseated a governing party and power was transferred peacefully. In 2015, the APC won the majority of seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives, though it fell shy of winning a super-majority to override the ability of PDP to block legislation. During Buhari's first term, waves of defections led the party to lose its federal legislative majorities in 2018, with both Senate President Bukola Saraki and House Speaker Yakubu Dogara among the dozens of lawmakers that defected to the PDP. Nonetheless, Buhari was reelected in the 2019 general elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The Peoples Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress. Its policies generally lie towards the centre-right of the political spectrum. It won every presidential election between 1999 and 2011 and was, until the 2015 elections, the governing party in the Fourth Republic, although sometimes amid a few controversial electoral circumstances. History In 1998, the PDP in its first presidential primary election held in Jos, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria nominated former military leader Olusegun Obasanjo who had just been released from detention as political prisoner as the presidential candidate in the elections of February 1999, with Atiku Abubakar (Governor-Elect of Adamawa State and a former leading member of the Social Democratic Party) as his running mate. They won the presidential election and were inaugurated 29 May 1999. In the legislative election held on 12 April 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incumbent
The incumbent is the current holder of an official, office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-election or not. In some situations, there may not be an incumbent at time of an election for that office or position (ex; when a new electoral division is created), in which case the office or position is regarded as vacant or open. In the United States, an election without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat or open contest. Etymology The word "incumbent" is derived from the Latin verb ''incumbere'', literally meaning "to lean or lay upon" with the present participle stem ''incumbent-'', "leaning a variant of ''encumber,''''OED'' (1989), p. 834 while encumber is derived from the root ''cumber'', most appropriately defined: "To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders freedom of motion or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halliru Dauda Jika
Halliru Dauda Jika was born in 1976 in Bauchi State, Nigeria. He is a businessman and a politician. He was once a member and shortly the speaker of Bauchi state house of assembly, member house of representatives and currently a senate member representing Bauchi Central. He is also known as Dokaji. Education Jika went to Sardauna Memorial College in Kaduna, Kaduna State he graduate In 1999. He then moved to Kaduna Polytechnic Kaduna Polytechnic is one of the earliest polytechnics in Nigeria, located at Tudun Wada area of Kaduna South local government of Kaduna state, North-Western Nigeria. It was established in 1956 as Kaduna Technical Institute after the British ... to study Civil Engineering and graduate in 2003. Political career Jika was elected as a representative of Darazo and Ganjuwa Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives and served two term as a representative, first term between 2007 and 2011 and second term between 2011 and 2015. In the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suleiman Nazif
Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif (born 14 April 1970) was elected Senator for the Bauchi North constituency of Bauchi State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007. He was elected on the Action Congress (AC) platform. Nazif attended the Federal Polytechnic Staff School, Bauchi (1981β1983), the Nigerian Military School (1983β1988) and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, graduating in 1990 as an Engineer. After taking his seat in the Senate, he was appointed to committees on Women and Youth, Water Resources, Solid Minerals, Local & Foreign Debts, Land Transport (Vice Chairman), Drugs and Narcotics, Anti Corruption and Communications. He was also appointed the Publicity Secretary of the Northern Senators Forum. He was nominated to go to the U.S. to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama. However, when he arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport he was told his visa was not in order and was not allowed to enter the country. In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamu Bulkachuwa
Adamu is a surname or given name. The given name Adamu, in Ethiopia, is often given to first-born boys with a meaning like the first man Adam (literal meaning in ''Amharic'' language is ''The Adam"). Some Ethiopians with this name include People with the name include: Mononym *Adamu (Assyrian king) (lived c. 2400 BC β c. 2300 BC), an Assyrian king Given name *Adamu Sidi Ali (born 1952), Nigerian politician and farmer *Adamu Aliero (born 1957), Nigerian politician, governor of Kebbi State in Nigeria (1999-2007) *Adamu Atta (1927β2014), Nigerian politician, first civilian governor of the Nigerian Kwara State *Adamu Bello (born 1951), Nigerian politician *Adamu Ciroma (1934β2018), Nigerian politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria * Adamu Daramani Sakande (1962β2020), Ghanaian politician and a member of Parliament *Adamu Gumba (born 1948), Nigerian politician and Senator *Adamu Maikori (1942β2020), Nigerian lawyer, banker and politician *Adamu Mohammed (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
