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Ahmed Mohammed Marafa is a
Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...
politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
who was elected speaker of the 8th Niger State House of Assembly in 2015. Marafa was elected to the state assembly from
Chanchaga Chanchaga is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the state capital of Minna which occupies much of the Local Government Area. It has an area of 72 km and a population of 201,429 at the 2006 census. The ...
on the platform of
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 ...
. He was nominated for speakership position by Bashir Lokogoma representing
Wushishi Wushishi is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Wushishi. Wushishi is located between Longitude 9°43'N and Latitude 6°04'E and it has an area of 1,879 km and a population of 81,783 at the 200 ...
Constituency and seconded by Bako Alfa from Bida North Constituency. After taking oath of office, Marafa said he would evolve meaningful legislation that would uplift the condition of the people. In November 2015, Marafa was elected Chairman of Northern Nigeria Speakers Forum which is a body of speakers of 19 State Houses of Assembly. In the build up to 2019 election, Marafa was ridiculed by youths chanting ‘one term only’ at him. The chant meant that they do not support his re-election bid for another term in the state assembly. Four youths involved in the chant were arrested and arraigned at a Senior Magistrate Court on a three count charge  of joint act, inciting disturbance and mischief.


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