Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Yobe
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The Nigerian National Assembly
Nigerian National Assembly
The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature established under section 4 of the Nigerian Constitution. It consists of a Senate and a 360-member House of Representatives...

 delegation from Yobe
Yobe State
Yobe State is a state located in Northern Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on August 27, 1991. Yobe state was carved out of present-day Borno State. The capital of Yobe state is Damaturu.-Geography:...

comprises three Senators
Senate of Nigeria
The Senate is the upper house of the National Assembly of Nigeria. It consists of 109 senators: the 36 states are divided in 3 senatorial districts each electing one senator; the Federal Capital Territory elects only one senator....

 representing Yobe North, Yobe South, Yobe East and six Representatives representing Gulani
Gulani
Gulani is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Bara.It has an area of 2,090 km² and a population of 103,510 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 621....

/Gujba
Gujba
Gujba is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Buni Yadi at towards the south of the area; the eponymous town of Gujba lies in the north of the area....

/Damaturu
Damaturu
Damaturu is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Damaturu, the State capital.The postal code of the area is 620....

/Tarmuwa
Tarmuwa
Tarmuwa is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Babangida at.It has an area of 4,594 km² and a population of 77,204 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 620....

, Bursari
Bursari
Bursari is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Dapchi in the far south of the area at.It has an area of 3,818 km² and a population of 109,124 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 622....

/Geidam
Geidam
Geidam is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Geidam in the northwest of the area at.It has an area of 4,357 km² and a population of 157,295 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 632....

/Yunusari
Yunusari
Yunusari is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kanamma in the north-east of the area on the Burun Gana River at . It shares a border in the north with The Republic of Niger....

, Fika
Fika, Nigeria
Fika is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Fika in the south of the area at.It has an area of 2,208 km² and a population of 136,895 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 622.-Geography:...

/Fune
Fune
Fune is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Damagun in the southwest of the area on the A3 highway at.It has an area of 4,948 km² and a population of 300,760 at the 2006 census....

, Nangere
Nangere
Nangere is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Sabon Gari Nanger at.It has an area of 980 km² and a population of 87,823 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 631....

/Potiskum
Potiskum
Potiskum is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Potiskum on the A3 highway at.It has an area of 559 km² and a population of 205,876 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 631....

, Bade
Bade, Nigeria
Bade is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Gashua.It has an area of 772 km² and a population of 139,782 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 631....

/Jakusko
Jakusko
Jakusko is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Jakusko in the west of the area at.It has an area of 3,941 km² and a population of 229,083 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 631....

, and Yusufari
Yusufari
Yusufari is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Yusufari in the south-east of the area at. It shares a border in the north with The Republic of Niger....

/Nguru
Nguru, Nigeria
Nguru is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Nguru near the Hadejia River at .It has an area of 916 km² and a population of 150,632 at the 2006 census....

/Machina
Machina, Nigeria
Machina is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Machina at. It shares a border in the north with The Republic of Niger....

/Karasuwa
Karasuwa
Karasuwa is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Jajimaji on the Hadejia River at.It has an area of 1,162 km² and a population of 106,992 at the 2006 census.Land Areas...

. Constituencies are based on Local Government Area boundaries.

The 7th Assembly (2011 - 2015)

Senator
Senate of Nigeria
The Senate is the upper house of the National Assembly of Nigeria. It consists of 109 senators: the 36 states are divided in 3 senatorial districts each electing one senator; the Federal Capital Territory elects only one senator....

Party Constituency
Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan
Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan
Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan is a Nigerian senator who represents the All Nigeria Peoples Party in the Yobe North constituency of Yobe State. He became a senator in 2007.-Background:Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan was born in 1959...

ANPP Yobe North
Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere
Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere
Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere is a Nigerian journalist turned politician who was elected to the Senate for the Yobe South constituency of Yobe State, Nigeria in the April 2011 national elections. He was elected on the All Nigeria People's Party platform.Jajere entered politics in 2007...

ANPP Yobe South
Bukar Abba Ibrahim ANPP Yobe East
Representative Party Constituency
Baba Bukar Machinama ANPP Machina/Nguru/Karasuwa/Yusufari
Ismail Ahmad Gadaka ANPP Fika/Fune
Goni Bukar Haruna ANPP Bursari/Geidam/Yunusari
Khadija Buka A. Ibrahim ANPP Damatura/Gujba/Gulani/Tarmuwa
Ali Yakubu Mainasara PDP Nangere/Potiskum
Hassan K Badawy ANPP Bade/Jakusko

The 6th Assembly (2007 - 2011)

Senator
Senate of Nigeria
The Senate is the upper house of the National Assembly of Nigeria. It consists of 109 senators: the 36 states are divided in 3 senatorial districts each electing one senator; the Federal Capital Territory elects only one senator....

Party Constituency
Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan
Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan
Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan is a Nigerian senator who represents the All Nigeria Peoples Party in the Yobe North constituency of Yobe State. He became a senator in 2007.-Background:Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan was born in 1959...

ANPP Yobe North
Adamu Garba Talba
Adamu Garba Talba
Adamu Garba Talba was elected Senator for the Yobe South constituency of Yobe State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007...

PDP
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...

Yobe South
Bukar Abba Ibrahim ANPP Yobe East
Representative Party Constituency
Baba Bukar Machinama ANPP Machina/Nguru/Karasuwa/Yusufari
Baba Gishiwari ANPP Fika/Fune
Goni Bukar Lawan ANPP Bursari/Geidam/Yunusari
Khadija Buka A. Ibrahim ANPP Damatura/Gujba/Gulani/Tarmuwa
Lawan Mohammed Kori PDP Nangere/Potiskum
Zakari Yau Galadima ANPP Bade/Jakusko

The 5th Assembly (2003 - 2007)

Senator
Senate of Nigeria
The Senate is the upper house of the National Assembly of Nigeria. It consists of 109 senators: the 36 states are divided in 3 senatorial districts each electing one senator; the Federal Capital Territory elects only one senator....

Party Constituency
Usman Adamu ANPP Yobe North
Mamman Bello Ali
Mamman Bello Ali
Mamman Bello Ali was Nigerian Senator for Yobe South from 1999 to 2007, and the Governor of Yobe State from 2007 up until his death. He was a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party . He was receiving medical treatment for leukemia in a Florida hospital when he died.-References:...

ANPP
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...

Yobe South
Usman Albishir ANPP Yobe East

The 4th Assembly (1999 - 2003)

Senator
Senate of Nigeria
The Senate is the upper house of the National Assembly of Nigeria. It consists of 109 senators: the 36 states are divided in 3 senatorial districts each electing one senator; the Federal Capital Territory elects only one senator....

Party Constituency
Albishir Usman ANPP Yobe North
Mamman Bello Ali
Mamman Bello Ali
Mamman Bello Ali was Nigerian Senator for Yobe South from 1999 to 2007, and the Governor of Yobe State from 2007 up until his death. He was a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party . He was receiving medical treatment for leukemia in a Florida hospital when he died.-References:...

ANPP Yobe South
Goni Modu Zanna Bura PDP Yobe East
Representative Party Constituency
Babale Jibrin PDP Gulani/Gujba/Damaturu/Tarmuwa
Geidam Almajir ANPP Bursari/Geidam/Yunusari
Isiyaku Suleiman PDP Fika/Fune
Jonga Hassan ANPP Nangere/Pootiskum
Lawan AhmadIbrahim ANPP Bade/Jakusko
Shugaba Bello ANPP Yusufari/Nguru/Machina/Karasuwa
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