Tawar Umbi Wada (1957–2010) was elected Senator for the Gombe South constituency of
Gombe State
Gombe State ( ff, Leyddi Gommbe 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤺𞤮𞤥𞥆𞤦𞤫) is a state in northeastern Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by the state of Borno and Yobe, to the south by Taraba State, to the southeast by Adamawa Stat ...
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Nigeria
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, taking office on 29 May 2003, and reelected in 2007. He was a member of the
People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to:
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*People's Democratic Party (Bhutan)
*People's Democratic Party (Chile)
* People's Democratic Party (Dom ...
(PDP).
Wada was born on 27 January 1957.
He studied law at the
University of Jos
The University of Jos, abbreviated as Unijos, is a Federal University in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria.
History
What became the University of Jos was established in November 1971 from the satellite campus of the University of Ibadan. ...
, and was called to the bar in 1983.
Later he earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism.
He was an Assistant Director at the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Police Affairs, Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice in Gombe State.
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He also worked with the Corporate Affairs Commission.][
During his senate career he chaired the Information and Media and Labour Committees.
In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that he sponsored bills for the Nigerian Academy of Sciences and Enhanced Services for Federal Law Officers.][
He was the Senate committee chairman on Agriculture before his death.][
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References
1957 births
2010 deaths
People from Gombe State
Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria)
21st-century Nigerian politicians
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