Emmanuel Bwacha CON is a

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politician who was elected to the

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for the Taraba South Senatorial District of

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, in the 2011 general elections. He was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was reelected under the same party in the 2015 general elections. Bwacha was again declared the winner of 2019 general elections for Taraba South Senatorial District,

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Early life, education, and career

Bwacha was born in the Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State. He has an Education Diploma in Public Administration from the

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. A public servant, he served as Commissioner of Agriculture for Taraba State between 1999 and 2003 in the

Jolly Nyame Jolly Tavoro Nyame (born 25 December 1955) in Zing Local Government Area of present-day Taraba State) was Governor of Taraba State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He also served as governor of the state from January 1992 to November ...

administration. Bwacha was elected to the Federal House of Representatives for the Donga / Ussa / Takum Constituency, serving from May 2003 to May 2007. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Police Affairs. In the April 2007 elections he lost his bid for the Senate seat.

Nigerian Senate

The favorite of governor Danbaba Suntai, Bwacha won the PDP primaries for the Taraba South senate seat in January 2011 without opposition from the incumbent Senator

Joel Danlami Ikenya Joel Danlami Ikenya (born 17 July 1962) is a Nigerian politician who was elected to represent the People's Democratic Party (PDP) as Senator for Taraba South in Taraba State in 2007. He was reelected in 2007, then in 2011 made an unsuccessful bi ...

, who was running for election as governor. On 9 April 2011 elections Bwacha received 106,172 votes, ahead of Aliyu of the

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(ACN) with 80,256 votes. Senator Bwacha is the Governorship candidate of the APC in Taraba State.

References

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