Patrick Aga was elected Senator for the Nasarawa North constituency of
Nasarawa State
Nasarawa State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the east by the states of Taraba and Plateau, to the north by Kaduna State, to the south by the states of Kogi and Benue, and to the west by the Federal Capital Terri ...
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Nigeria
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at the start of the
Nigerian Fourth Republic
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, running on the
People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to:
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(PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.
After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Ethics, Judiciary, Women Affairs, Commerce, Education, Special Projects and Local & Foreign Debts (vice chairman).
In the run-up to the 2003 elections, Aga transferred to the
Alliance for Democracy (AD) party in the hope of being elected Nasarawa governor on that platform.
After the elections the AD party split into two rival factions.
In December 2003 Aga was appointed national vice chairman for the North-Central region in the faction headed by Chief
Adebisi Akande
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References
Living people
People from Nasarawa State
Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria)
Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria) politicians
20th-century Nigerian politicians
21st-century Nigerian politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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