Kawu Peto Dukku
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Kawu Peto Dukku was elected Senator for the Gombe North constituency of Gombe State
, Nigeria
, taking office on 29 May 2007. He was a member of the People's Democratic Party
(PDP).
Dukku was born on January 14, 1958 and gained a Higher National Diploma in Business Administration.
He began his working career as a teacher. Later he joined the Goal Star Oil Company in Maiduguri
.
He was elected to the Gombe State House of Assembly in 1999 and was reelected in 2003, when he was made speaker.
After being elected to the Senate in 2007, Dukku was appointed deputy Chairman of the Senate committee on States and local governments.
He was also appointed a member of the Senate Committees on Aviation and Sports.
In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that he had not sponsor any bills, but co-sponsored seven motions, contributed to debates in plenary and was active in committee work.
Another source described him as largely a quiet senator who rarely spoke at Senate plenary.
Dukku died in Kaduna
after a brief illness on 2 April 2010.
He was survived by six children, three wives and an aged mother.
Gombe State
Gombe State, located in the northeastern part of Nigeria, is one of the country's 36 states; its capital is Gombe. The boundaries of the state roughly correspond to those of the Gombe Emirate,a traditional state.[2]...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
, taking office on 29 May 2007. He was a member of the People's Democratic Party
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
(PDP).
Dukku was born on January 14, 1958 and gained a Higher National Diploma in Business Administration.
He began his working career as a teacher. Later he joined the Goal Star Oil Company in Maiduguri
Maiduguri
Maiduguri, also fondly called Yerwa by its locals, is the capital and the largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria. The city sits along the seasonal Ngadda River which disappears into the Firki swamps in the areas around Lake Chad...
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He was elected to the Gombe State House of Assembly in 1999 and was reelected in 2003, when he was made speaker.
After being elected to the Senate in 2007, Dukku was appointed deputy Chairman of the Senate committee on States and local governments.
He was also appointed a member of the Senate Committees on Aviation and Sports.
In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that he had not sponsor any bills, but co-sponsored seven motions, contributed to debates in plenary and was active in committee work.
Another source described him as largely a quiet senator who rarely spoke at Senate plenary.
Dukku died in Kaduna
Kaduna
Kaduna is the state capital of Kaduna State in north-central Nigeria. The city, located on the Kaduna River, is a trade center and a major transportation hub for the surrounding agricultural areas with its rail and road junction. The population of Kaduna is at 760,084 as of the 2006 Nigerian census...
after a brief illness on 2 April 2010.
He was survived by six children, three wives and an aged mother.