Umar Barde Yakubu is a Nigerian politician. He is the

minority whip The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...

of the

Nigerian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly. The Senate is the upper chamber. The House of Representatives has 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the plurality (or ...

. Umar was elected into office of Nigerian House of Representative in 2003 representing Chikun and Kajuru federal constituency 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 ...

under the People's Democratic Party of Nigeria.

Education

Umar studied

agricultural economics Agricultural economics is an applied field of economics concerned with the application of economic theory in optimizing the production and distribution of food and fiber products. Agricultural economics began as a branch of economics that specif ...

at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University and graduated with an MSc.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yakubu, Umar Barde Living people People from Kaduna State People from Southern Kaduna Nigerian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University alumni