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Kano State House Of Assembly
Kano State House of Assembly is the state legislature of Kano State, Nigeria. The Kano State House of Assembly is one of the arms of Kano State Government which comprises the Executives, Judiciary and the legislatives, House of Assembly are the legislatives of Kano State. The Chamber and the offices of the Members are located at Abdu Bako Secretariat in the state capital, Kano Municipal. The House of Assembly is currently under the Leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC). There have been nine different house of assemblies the very first one was inaugurated 2 October 1979 and the present one was inaugurated 7 June 2019. There are forty members of the State House of Assembly, that represent forty-four local government areas in Kano State. Leadership The maximum number of the principal officers of Kano State House of Assembly is eight which include the # Speaker ''Right Honourable Hamisu Chidari'' Member representing Makoda Constituency, # Deputy Speaker Honourable Zubairu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano State
Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in 2006, Kano State is the most populous in Nigeria. The recent official estimates taken in 2016 by the National Bureau of Statistics found that Kano State was still the largest state by population in Nigeria. Created in 1967 from the former Northern Region, Kano State borders Katsina State to the northwest, Jigawa State to the northeast, Bauchi State to the southeast, and Kaduna State to the southwest. The state's capital and largest city is the city of Kano, the second most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos. The incumbent governor of the state is Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. He was sworn in on May 29, 2015. Modern day Kano State was the site of numerous kingdoms and empires, including the Kingdom of Kano, which was centered in Dalla Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuf Abdullahi Ata
Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, (born 22 June 1962) is a Nigerian politician, economist and teacher from Kano state who served as speaker in Kano State House of Assembly between 2017 and 2018. Early life and education Ata was born on 22 June 1962 in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State. He attended Fagge Primary School between 1968 and 1975, then attended Aminu Kano Community Commercial College between 1975 and 1980. Ata obtained Bachelor of Science in Economics and Masters in Development Studies from Bayero University, Kano (BUK) in the year 1984 and 2001 respectively. Career Ata started his career as a classroom teacher, in the year 1992 Ata was transfer to Kano State Ministry of Education and served as inspector in Business Education. In 1997 he was also transfer to Kano State Housing Cooperation as a Principal Planning Officer and server for one year he resigned from civil service and joined politics in 1998 Politics Ata was first elected as Member Kano State House of Assembl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baffa Babba Danagundi
Baffa Babba Danagundi, popularly known as Baffanyo, a Nigerian politician, former Majority Leader in the Kano State House of Assembly Early life and education Baffa was born in Kofar Danagundi quarters of Kano Municipal in the year 1973 he is from the family of late Babba Danagundi one of the Kingmakers of Kano Emirate Council with the traditional title Sarkin Dawaki Mai Tuta and great grandson to Jamo of the Sullubawa Fulani Clan Baffa attended Gidan Makama Special Primary School between 1981 and 1986, he also attended Government Technical College, Wudil between 1986 and 1989, and Unity College, Karaye between 1989 and 1992. Baffa obtained his National Diploma and Higher National Diploma from Kano State Polytechnic. He Obtained MBA from Bayero University Kano Career Baffa started his career as an Assistant Clerical Officer up to Principal Registrar in Kano State High Court of Justice where he voluntary resigned and joined politics Politics Baffa Was the Acting Chair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabiru Alhassan Rurum
Kabiru Alhassan Rurum is a Nigerian politician and businessman from Kano State who serves as the speaker of Kano State House of Assembly from 2015 - 2017 and 2018 - 2019. He is the current member of the House of Representatives from Rano/ Bunkure/Kibiya Federal Constituency in Kano State since 2019. Rurum is a traditional title holder from Rano Emirate as ''Turakin Rano''. Early life and education Kabiru was born on 1 January 1970 in Katanga quarters of Rurum in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State. He attended Rurum Central Primary School between 1977 and 1982, Government Junior Secondary Rurum, between 1983 and 1985 and then proceeded to the Government Grammar Secondary School, Rano between 1985 and 1988 where he obtained his SSCE certificate. He obtained his National Diploma in Administration Management at Obafemi Awolowo University Ile – Ife in 2000 and his Advance Diploma from Federal College of Education, Kano in 2002. He has a good oratory command, excellen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuf Babangida Suleiman
Yusuf Babangida Suleiman, more commonly known as Yusuf Dawo-dawo, a Nigerian politician and a lawmaker from Kano State member of the 7th, 8th and 9th Kano State House of Assembly Early life and education Yusuf was born on 28 April 1976 in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State he attended Kurmawa Primary School between 1983 and 1989, He also attended Government Secondary School Warure and he proceeded to Aminu Kano Commercial College between 1992 and 1995. He attended Bayero University, Kano, York St John University, and University of California, Yusuf Obtained Advance Diploma in Computer Science at Informatic Kazaure. Jigawa State Politics Yusuf was elected as a Member of Kano State House of Assembly in 2011 Nigerian general election Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 16 April 2011, postponed from 9 April 2011. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, or other polity) created to provide its population with representation in the larger state's legislative body. That body, or the state's constitution or a body established for that purpose, determines each district's boundaries and whether each will be represented by a Single-member district, single member or multiple members. Generally, only voters (''constituents'') who Residency (domicile), reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there. District representatives may be elected by a first past the post, first-past-the-post system, a Proportional representation, proportional representative system, or another voting system, voting method. They may be selected by a direct election under universal suffrage, an ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's 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 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kibiya
Kibiya is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kibiya. The traditional ruler of Kibiya is former Comptroller General of Immigration Senator Usman Kibiya Umar. It has an area of 404 km and a population of 189,870 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ... of the area is 710. References Local Government Areas in Kano State {{kano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garba Shehu Fammar
Garba may refer to: * Garba (dance), a form of dance originating from Gujarat, India People *Ahmed Garba (born 1980), Nigerian football striker *Bala Garba (born 1974), Nigerian football coach *Binta Masi Garba (born 1967), Nigerian politician and businesswoman * Hamsou Garba (born 1958), Nigerien singer *Harouna Garba (born 1986), Nigerian track hurdler *Ibrahim Garba, Nigerian university vice-chancellor * Idris Garba (born 1947), military governor of Kano State, Nigeria *Issoufou Boubacar Garba (born 1990), Nigerien football player *Joseph Nanven Garba (1943–2002), Nigerian Foreign Minister, President of the United Nations General Assembly *Manu Garba (born 1965), Nigerian football manager *Mario Garba (born 1977), Croatian football player *Rufai Garba, military governor of Anambra State, Nigeria *Sam Garba (1948–1978), Nigerian football player * Seyni Garba, Nigerien army general *Yohannan Garba (fl. 691–693), anti-patriarch of the Church of the East Places *Garba, Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gezawa
Gezawa is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Gezawa Local Government Area administrative headquarters is in the town of Gezawa with its area council made up of Jogana, Gawo, Zango, Tumbau, Wangara, Sarain-Gezawa, Babawa, Ketatwa and Tsamiya-Dabba. It has an area of 340 km and a population of 282,069 at the 2006 census. The Gezawa government councils heads the public administrations in Gezawa government area which is made up of eleven wards represented by eleven councilors inclusive of the chairman who heads the executive arm of the local government. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ... of the area is 702. References Local Government Areas in Kano State {{Kano-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
