John Gaul Lebo (born 15 March 1972) is a Nigerianlawyer who served as Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly. He served as a two-term member and as speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly,representing the Abi Constituency. He is married to Binta Gaul Lebo,a lawyer.[1]
Lebo attended the 2017 Special Selected (G65) Emerging Leaders Executive Leadership Course at the Kennedy School of Harvard University,where he specialized in Decision Science. He completed his Harvard University Decision Science fellowship program focusing on Reinvented Service Delivery and became an alumnus of the Kennedy School of Harvard University in November 2017.[citation needed]
Lebo lectured in law at the University of Abuja and served as the managing editor of Law Reports of Nigeria. His firm,Gaul-Gate Law,was involved in introducing ICT law reporting at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.[4]
Political career
In 2007,he was appointed to the legal team of Cross River State and served as a member of its transition committee. In 2011,Lebo contested and won the election to represent the Abi local government area in the Cross River State House of Assembly. He was elected Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly on June 10,2015.[5] He served as the pioneer chairman of the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)[6] Speakers' Forum and Secretary of the Speakers' Forum Ad-Hoc Committee on the constitutional amendment of Nigeria.[7]
On May 10,2024,Lebo announced his departure from the PDP,according to a letter addressed to the ward chairman of the party in Adadama Council Ward,Adadama,Abi local government area of Cross River State.[8][9]
Legislative career
As a member of the Cross River State House of Assembly,Lebo sponsored several key private members' bills,including legislation to establish the Songhai Farms in Itigidi,create the Cross River State College of Nursing in Abi,and extend the CRS BODERCOM law to benefit seven communities in Abi. He also awarded scholarships to students from Abi and sponsored training for students at the CBN Enterprise Development Center in Calabar.[3]
Lebo has represented Cross River State at several high-level international forums,including the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association African Region Meeting in Nairobi (2015),the United Nations General Assembly in New York (February 2015),the Marrakech Climate Change Conference (COP22) in November 2016,and the World Government Summit in Dubai (February 2017).[10][11][12]
Academic memberships
Lebo is an alumnus and fellow of the following institutions:
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