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- ↑ "34 Kaduna Lawmakers Sponsor 4 Bills in 3 Years" Leadership (newspaper) Kaduna State.
- ↑ "Shagali emerges Kaduna Assembly speaker". Daily Trust. 9 June 2015.
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