Danjuma Laah Tella (born February 16, 1960) is a

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politician and the senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial district of

Kaduna state Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...

, at the Nigerian

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Political career

Laah had been the senator representing Kaduna south senatorial district since 2015. On February 23, 2019 he was again re-elected into office having garnered 268,287 defeating Yusuf Barnabas Bala of the APC who had 133, 923 votes. As a senator, he speaks of ways to make peace in southern Kaduna by ensuring that there is no religious barrier between Christians and Muslims.

Bills

Laah sponsored the bills at the

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for the establishment of a federal University within the area of his jurisdiction, which is to be known as: *Federal University of Science and Technology, Manchok. This he sponsored alongside the bill for the establishment of: *Police College, Tum.

Awards

Laah is a recipient of the DINMA 2009 Award for Accounting when he was serving as the Deputy Director of Finance and Accounts Division at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Pension Board,

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References

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