Fatima Binta Bello | |
---|---|
Deputy Minority Whip | |
Assumed office May 29, 2015 | |
President | Muhammadu Buhari |
Leader | Yakubu Dogara |
Preceded by | Adamu Gora Kalba |
Constituency | Kaltungo/Shongom Federal Constituency |
Representative for Kaltungo/Shongom | |
Assumed office 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1970 Igbuzo,Delta State [1] |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Political party | People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) |
Spouse(s) | usman Mustapha Bello |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Abuja,Nigeria |
Alma mater | University of Maiduguri [2] |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Civil servant,politician |
Binta Bello was a former class teacher,state commissioner,and current Deputy Minority Whip in the Nigerian House of Representatives. [2] Bello represents the Kaltungo/Shongom Federal Constituency of Gombe State. She is the only woman in the leadership of the House.
Bello was born in Igbuzo,Delta State to a military officer father. [3] She moved all around the country before finally returning to her native Gombe State. [3] [1]
She obtained a grade II certificate from W.T.C Bajoga,Gombe state in 1988,a Diploma in Public Administration from the University of Jos in 1995, [1] and a B.Sc. in Public Administration from the University of Maiduguri in 2010. [2]
Bello worked as a Commissioner for Women Affairs in Gombe State from 2007 to 2010. [3] She then contested as a Representative for the Kaltungo/Shongom Federal Constituency on the platform of the PDP which she won. [3] The other PDP women elected were Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje,Sodaguno Festus Omoni,Nkiruka Chidubem Onyejeocha,Rita Orji,Evelyn Omavovoan Oboro,Beni Butmaklar Langtang,Omosede Igbinedion Gabriella,Stella Obiageli Ngwu and Eucharia Okwunna. [4]
In 2019 she lost the election to the APC. Amos Bulus APC party having 80,549 and PDP having 63,312. [5]
Usman Bayero Nafada is the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria. He is a People's Democratic Party (PDP) member and represents the Dukku/Nafada Federal Constituency of Gombe State. He was the 2019 Peoples Democratic Party's Governortorial Candidate in Gombe State. Nafada holds different titles and awards which include Sarkin Yakin Nafada,Dan Rimin Gona,Madawakin Akko,Durbin Tangale,Maje Keran Funakaye,Enyi of Igbo Anamabra,Garkuwan Matasan Arewa,Commander of the Order of Niger (CON) etc.
Alhaji Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari is a Nigerian politician who was elected Governor of Zamfara State,Nigeria in the 26 April 2011 national elections,running on the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) platform following the merger of the ANPP and several other opposition parties into the now-governing All Progressives Congress,Yari became a member of the All Progressives Congress.
Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Gombe North constituency of Gombe State,Nigeria in August 2010 after the death of the incumbent senator Kawu Peto Dukku. He was reelected in the April 2011 national elections,running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.
Nnenna Ijeoma Elendu Ukeje is the former representative for Bende Federal Constituency,Abia State,Nigeria. She was re-elected to this position on 29 May 2011 and also served as the Chairman house committee on foreign affairs. In the 2015 general elections she was also re-elected to the house of representative &once again appointed as the house committee chairman on foreign affairs. In 2019,she was replaced by Benjamin Kalu.
Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo-Waziri is the National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Nigeria's ruling party. With a political career spanning 12 years,Ibrahim has both occupied elected offices and political appointments.
Binta Masi Garba is a Nigerian politician,businesswoman and administrator,serving as the Senator of Adamawa North Senatorial District of Adamawa State since 2015. She served as Chairperson,Adamawa State chapter of All Progressives Congress and she is the first female State Chairperson of a registered major political party in Nigeria.
Biodun Christine Olujimi is a Nigerian politician. She is a senator of the Federal Republic Nigeria representing Ekiti South constituency and minority leader of the Nigerian Senate. She was a board member of Nigerian Communications Commission.
Aishatu Jibril Dukku,is a Nigerian educationist and politician from Gombe state. She served as Federal Minister of State for Education during the presidency of the late President Umaru Musa Yar' Adua. Since then,she served as a parliamentarian in the Nigerian National Assembly. She is currently an Honourable Member of Nigerian House of Representatives representing Dukku and Nafada Federal constituency,Gombe State,Nigeria.
Bello Muhammad,known as Bello Matawalle,is a Nigerian politician and teacher who has served as the Governor of Zamfara State since 2019. After briefly serving in the Abacha-era state house of assembly and serving as a state commissioner from 1999 to 2003 in the Ahmad Sani Yerima administration in the Fourth Republic,he first won a elected office in 2003 as a member of the House of Representatives for Bakura/Maradun and retained the office until 2015—first as a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party before switching to the People's Democratic Party in 2011. Four years after losing his Bakura/Maradun Constituency seat in 2015,Matawalle became the 2019 PDP gubernatorial nominee and won the office after a Supreme Court ruling disqualified the original winner. In 2021,he defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress after a defection rally in Gusau alongside most Zamfara State elected officials.
David Idris Zacharias,is a politician,and member representing Idah,Ibaji,Igalamela Ofu federal Constituency in the Nigeria Federal House of Representatives. He holds membership assignment on the House Committees on Appropriation,Ecological Fund and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP). In September 2019,he supported a motion calling on Nigeria Boundary Commission to resolve the lingering boundary dispute involving his constituents in Ibaji local council of Kogi State and Enugu Otu in Enugu State. He is a business man with major interest in real estate and CEO Eden Multibiz Project Ltd.,an Africa proprietary firm. He is a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors,Maina Court Facility Management Services Ltd and founder David Zacharias Foundation,a non-profit humanitarian organization.
Suleiman Oba Nimota is a Nigerian politician. She is a member of the People's Democratic Party. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2011.
The Gombe State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Gombe State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 24 members elected from the 11 local government areas of the state delineated into 24 state constituencies. Local government areas with considerably larger populations are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Gombe State House of Assembly 24.
Sunday Marshall Katung is a Nigerian politician and lawyer. He was a one-term member of the Federal House of Representatives representing Jaba/Zangon Kataf Federal constituency of Kaduna State.
Zainab Gimba is a Nigerian politician. She was elected to the Nigerian House of Representatives as a candidate of the ruling party APC in the federal constituency of Bama/Ngala/Kala Balge constituency,Borno State. She is a member of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) and advocates for representation and maintenance of gender equality.
The 2019 Nigerian gubernatorial elections were held for state governors in 31 out of 36 Nigerian states. All but three were held on 2 March 2019 with the election for Rivers State being postponed until 4 April,while the Kogi State and Bayelsa State elections were both held on 16 November. The last regular gubernatorial elections for all states were in 2015.
The 2019 Gombe State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on March 9,2019,the APC nominee Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya won the election,defeating Usman Bayero Nafada of the PDP.
Karu Simon Elisha is a Nigerian politician and a member of the Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Gombe State at the 9th National Assembly (Nigeria).
The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Gombe State was held on February 23,2019,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Gombe State. Bulus Kilawangs Amos representing Gombe South,Mohammed Danjuma Goje representing Gombe Central and Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali representing Gombe North all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.
The 2019 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Gombe State was held on February 23,2019,to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Gombe State,Nigeria.
The 2015 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Lagos State was held on March 28,2015,to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Lagos State,Nigeria.