Plateau North Senatorial District in

Plateau State Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and To ...

covers six local government areas, namely

Barkin-Ladi Barkin Ladi (or Barakin Ladi) is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Gwol at . It has an area of 1,032 km and a population of 175,267 at the 2006 census. Plateau state Polytechnic is Locat ...

, Bassa,

Jos East Jos East is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Angware. its predominant tribe is The Afizere' also known as Jarawa, Jos East is a dividend of Jos where Jos North, and Jos south are the rest divid ...

Jos North Jos North is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the city center of Jos.The postal code of the area is 930. It has an area of 291 km and a population of 729,300 at the 2006 census. The ethnic groups fou ...

Jos South Jos South is a Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. It houses the Plateau State new Government house which includes the Office of the Executive Governor and other government house administrative offic ...

, and

Riyom Riyom is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Riyom to the north of the Area at . It has an area of and a population of 131,557 at the 2006 census, which is predominantly Berom. The LGA has bou ...

. Plateau North is currently represented in the Senate by

Istifanus Gyang Istifanus Gyang (born 1964) is a Nigerian senator who is representing Plateau North Senatorial District in the 9th National Assembly. He is an indigene of Plateau state. Background Gyang attended Government Secondary School, Riyom where he obt ...

of the

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, PDP.

List of senators representing Plateau North

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Jonah Jang Air Commodore Jonah David Jang ( Retired, Rtd) CON (born 13 March 1944) is a Nigerian statesman who was the Governor of Plateau State from 2007 to 2015. He had previously served as Military Governor of Benue State and Gongola State He ran s ...

, PDP , 2015 - 2019 ,

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Plateau State Senatorial districts in Nigeria