Abdullahi Balarabe Salame is a Nigerian politician born on (5 March 1961) in Gwadabawa Local government of Sokoto. He is a

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for Gwadabawa and Illela constituency, at Federal House of Representatives under a platform of

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(APC) and is a chairman house committee on

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. He was a speaker of

Sokoto State Sokoto State (Hausa: Jihar Sokoto Fula: Leydi Sokoto 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤧𞤮𞥅𞤳𞤮𞥅𞤼𞤮𞥅) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the extreme northwest of the country on the national border with the Niger, Republic o ...

house of assembly from 2007 to 2011 who represented Gwadabawa East, and also served as acting governor of the state from 11 April to 28 May 2008. Salame was appointed acting governor when the election of Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko was annulled, and held the position until Wamakko was returned after a fresh election. Speaking in May 2008 while receiving a delegation of caretaker L.G.A Councillors, he urged caution, and said that anyone elected to serve the people is expected to approach problems with a high sense of understanding. In July, 2008 he was elected treasurer of the nineteen-member Northern States Speakers' Forum. In August 2008 he said that the state government was determined to support the National Council for the Welfare of the Destitute (NCWD) self-reliance program in cooperation with the Sultanate, and hoped that more destitutes would benefit from the council's training program. In July 2009 he spoke at the launch of a program to immunize more than 800,000 children under five years of age in Sokoto State, which was controversial because of people, backed by Islamic clerics, feared the program was a contraceptive designed to reduce the population of the region. He deduced that it was essential for parents to ensure that their children were immunized against the killer disease.

Early life and education

Abdullahi Balarabe Salame was born on 5 March 1961 in Gwadabawa local government area, Sokoto State. He attended L.E.A primary school, Gwadabawa local government in 1975. Arabic teacher's grade 3 Giginya memorial college Sokoto in 1977. Higher Islamic Studies college of Arts and Islamic studies, Sokoto in 1981. Graduate diploma in education (G.D.E) Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto in 2005. Diploma in Computer studies Sokoto Politechnich in 2003. N.C.E Arabic and Islamic Studies (Arabic medium)

Shehu Shagari College of Education The Shehu Shagari College of Education is a state government higher education institution located in Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria. It is affiliated to Ahmadu Bello University and Usmanu Danfodiyo University for its degree programmes. The current ...

Sokoto in 1985. He holds a bachelor's degree B.A. in Arabic, from

Usmanu Danfodiyo University Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), also known as UDUSOK, is a public research university located in the city of Sokoto, north western Part of Nigeria. It is one of the initial twelve universities founded in Nigeria by the federal gover ...

, Sokoto. He served in 1990. He went further and obtained his master's degree M.A. Islamic studies, in 2002 at

, Sokoto and PhD Islamic Studies, 2010 at the same university.

Political career

He worked in different levels in both Federal and state government. He is currently a Member of the Federal House of Representatives Abuja, representing Gwadabawa/ Illela constituency from 2011 to date. He was the acting

Governor of Sokoto State This is a list of administrators and governors of Sokoto State, Nigeria, which was formed on 3 February 1976 when North-Western State was split into Niger and Sokoto states. See also *States of Nigeria *List of state governors of Nigeria Refere ...

from April 2008 to May 2008. He was then a speaker of

Sokoto Sokoto is a major city located in extreme northwestern Nigeria, near the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2006 it has a population of over 427,760. Sokoto is the modern-day capital of Sokoto State and was previously the c ...

State

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from June 2007 to June 2011 representing Gwadabawa East.

Other career

In addition, he was a chairman, house committee on Nigeria-

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Parliamentary Friendship and Hajj affairs 2016.

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Observer,

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2012, presidential election. He was also parliamentarian,

parliament,

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2011, Exco member common wealth parliamentary association, African region from 2009 to 2011. He was a

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. National Speakers Conference from 2009 to 2011. Treasure. Northern Speakers Forum from 2009 to 2011. Amral-Hajj Leader of Government Delegation, 2008 Hajj operation Sokoto state.

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, Local Organizing Committee (LOC) 2008 National

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References

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