Abdulahi Bala Adamu Explained

Abdulahi Bala Adamu
Office1:Senator for Taraba North
Term Start1:May 1999
Term End1:May 2003
Successor1:Zik Sunday Ambuno
Birth Place:Taraba State, Nigeria

Abdulahi Bala Adamu was elected Senator for the Taraba North constituency of Taraba State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[1]

Adamu was Secretary to the Taraba State Government between 1994 and 1997.[2] He was a founding member of the All People's Party (APP) in Taraba State, but moved to the PDP on which ticket he successfully contested the 1999 election for the Taraba North Senate seat.[3] After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Rules & Procedures, Security & Intelligence, Judiciary, Science & Technology (vice chairman), Water Resources and Information (vice chairman).[4]

By August 2002 Adamu had begun to campaign to be elected Governor of Taraba State.[3] However, the incumbent governor Jolly Nyame won by a landslide.[5] In May 2009 the FCT Minister, Senator Muhammad Adamu Aliero, swore in Adamu as mandate secretary for Social Development in the Federal Capital Territory.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY AND 7 MARCH 1999 . Psephos . 2010-06-25.
  2. Web site: PDP Guber Aspirants Battle for Tickets . ThisDay . 2002-12-01 . 2010-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050128151719/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/12/01/20021201cov01.html . 28 January 2005 .
  3. Web site: Apo Quarters Comes Alive Again . Kingsley Nwezeh . ThisDay . 2002-07-28 . 2010-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051125212808/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/07/28/20020728pol02.html . 25 November 2005 .
  4. Web site: Congressional Committees . Nigeria Congress . 2010-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091118151316/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm . 18 November 2009 .
  5. Web site: Governor Nyame: No easy road to victory . Daily Independent Online . 19 May 2003 . Sukuji Bakoji . 2010-06-25.
  6. Web site: Aliero inaugurates two mandate secretaries . 6 May 2009 . Yekeen Nurudeen . Nigerian Compass . 2010-06-25.