Kaka Mallam Yale is a Nigerian senator who was elected to represent the

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(ANPP) in Borno State in April 2007.

Background

Kaka Mallam Yale was born in January 1953 in Yale town of

Konduga Konduga is a community in Borno State, Nigeria and the center of a Local Government Area of the same name about 25 km to the southeast of Maiduguri, situated on the north bank of the Ngadda River. The population of the Konduga Local Governmen ...

District. In 1982 he studied at the

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for his Diploma in

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(DPA). He obtained a BSc in

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from the University of Maiduguri in 1990. Alhaji Kaka Mallam Yale worked as a local government civil servant in various positions, and was appointed chairman of the

local government by the military regime in 1994. He was elected chairman of the Konduga Local Government from 1999 to 2002. At the state level, he held positions in various departments, including being Sole Administrator Borno Radio Television Corporation. He was elected to the National Assembly, representing the Konduga, Mafa and Dikwa Federal Constituency as a member of the

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(UNCP) in 1998, but a military takeover prevented his taking his seat. In September 2005, he became the Borno State Commissioner for Education.

Senate career

200px, Borno State in Nigeria Kaka Mallam Yale was elected to the

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for the Borno Central constituency in 2007, running on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP). He was appointed to committees on Navy, Interior Affairs, Finance, Establishment & Public Service and Education As a senator, he did not initiate any bills, but occasionally contributed to debates. He is not seen as a major voice for his constituents. In an interview in August 2008 he defended the ANPP, but said it was unfortunate that the ANPP had joined Government of National Unity rather than acting as a true opposition party. In December 2008, he criticized the

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, saying they did not have the technological capacity to locate oil in the

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, and recommended that private firms be given the job. He was seen as a possible successor to Borno state Governor,

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in the 2011 elections but failed to achieve this.

References

Living people People from Borno State Members of the Senate (Nigeria) 1953 births United Nigeria Congress Party politicians All Nigeria Peoples Party politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria) University of Maiduguri alumni 21st-century Nigerian politicians {{Nigeria-politician-stub