Fatima Binta Bello | |
Office: | Deputy Minority Whip |
Leader: | Yakubu Dogara |
Term Start: | 29 May 2015 |
Office2: | Representative for Kaltungo/Shongom |
Term Start2: | 2011 |
President: | Muhammadu Buhari |
Predecessor: | Adamu Gora Kalba |
Constituency: | Kaltungo/Shongom Federal Constituency |
Birth Place: | Igbuzo, Delta State |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Party: | People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) |
Spouse: | usman Mustapha Bello |
Children: | 2 |
Residence: | Abuja, Nigeria |
Alma Mater: | University of Maiduguri |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Civil servant, politician |
Binta Bello was a former class teacher, state commissioner, and current Deputy Minority Whip in the Nigerian House of Representatives.[1] Bello represents the Kaltungo/Shongom Federal Constituency of Gombe State. She is the only woman in the leadership of the House.
Bello was born in Igbuzo, Delta State to a military officer father. She moved all around the country before finally returning to her native Gombe State.[2]
She obtained a grade II certificate from W.T.C Bajoga, Gombe state in 1988, a Diploma in Public Administration from the University of Jos in 1995,[2] and a B.Sc. in Public Administration from the University of Maiduguri in 2010.[1]
Bello worked as a Commissioner for Women Affairs in Gombe State from 2007 to 2010.[3] She then contested as a Representative for the Kaltungo/Shongom Federal Constituency on the platform of the PDP which she won.[3] The other PDP women elected were Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje, Sodaguno Festus Omoni, Nkiruka Chidubem Onyejeocha, Rita Orji, Evelyn Omavovoan Oboro, Beni Butmaklar Langtang, Omosede Igbinedion Gabriella, Stella Obiageli Ngwu and Eucharia Okwunna.[4]
(APC). Amos Bulus APC party having 80,549 and People Democratic Party (PDP) having 63,312.[5]