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Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It’s located near the centre of Nigeria and includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself.
The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Plateau comprises three Senators representing Plateau South, Plateau Central, and Plateau North, and eight Representatives representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom, Jos North/Bassa, Jos South/Jos East, Langtang North/Langtang South, Mangu/Bokkos, Mikang/Shendam/Qua'an-Pan, Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam and Wase. Prior to the evolution of the Fourth Nigerian Republic, there existed the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Republics respectively before it. In the Third Nigerian Republic, there were the senatorial districts of Plateau North, Plateau East and Plateau West. The House of Representatives constituencies consisted of the individual Local Government Areas of the state qualified at that time as Federal constituencies.
Abok Izam is a Nigerian politician. He was the lawmaker representing Jos East constituency and former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) political party.
Abok Ayuba is a Nigerian politician who was elected speaker of the 9th Plateau State House of Assembly in 2019.
The Plateau State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Plateau State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 24 members elected from the 17 local government areas of the state. Local government areas with considerable lager population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Plateau State House of Assembly 25.
The 2023 Plateau State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Plateau State, concurrent with elections to the Plateau State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Simon Lalong is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term.
The 2019 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Plateau State was held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Plateau State, Nigeria.
Yakubu Yakson Sanda is a Nigerian politician from Bicizà Buji District of Pengana Chiefdom, Bassa Local Government Area, who was elected speaker of the 9th Plateau State House of Assembly in 2021.
The 2022 Nigerian state legislative elections are called to fill vacant seats in state Houses of Assembly.
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The 2019 Sokoto State House of Assembly election was held on March 9, 2019, to elect members of the Sokoto State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 30 seats were up for election in the Sokoto State House of Assembly.
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The 2019 Yobe State House of Assembly election was held on March 9, 2019, to elect members of the Yobe State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 24 seats were up for election in the Yobe State House of Assembly.
Elections were held throughout Nigeria throughout 2022. During the year, the governors of Ekiti and Osun states were elected on 18 June and 16 July, respectively. Additionally, there were also elections to fill vacant seats in the House of Representatives and state houses of assembly along with local elections in Adamawa State, Benue State, Edo State, Enugu State, the Federal Capital Territory, Imo State, Katsina State, and Kebbi State.
The 2023 Adamawa State House of Assembly election was take place on 18 March 2023, to elect members of the Adamawa State House of Assembly. The election was held concurrent with the state gubernatorial election as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. It was held two weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Plateau State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. Other federal elections, including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate, will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Plateau State will be held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Plateau State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide with the 2023 presidential election, as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives; with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.
Isaac Kyale Kwallu is a Nigerian business man and politician. He is a member of the Nigerian Federal House of Representatives representing Mikang/Qua’an-Pan/Shendam federal constituency of Plateau state in the 10th National Assembly.
Saleh Shehu Yipmong is a Nigerian politician from Kunkyam in Dengi District of Kanam, Kanam Local Government Area. He was elected deputy speaker of the 8th and 9th Assembly of the Plateau State House of Assembly in 2017.
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- ↑ III, Editorial (2019-03-13). "APC wins 2 Senates, 4 Reps, 15 Assembly seats in Plateau". Blueprint Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ Pwanagba, Agabus (2019-06-10). "Plateau 9th Assembly elects 33-year-old final year student as Speaker". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ "Plateau lawmakers elect 33-year-old as new Speaker". Punch Newspapers. 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ "Battle for the Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly". Vanguard News. 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ "APC Plateau lawmaker Afon dies after winning Saturday's polls". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ "Plateau: INEC to present certificate of return to Lalong, Assembly members-elect". The Sun Nigeria. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
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