Emmanuel Bwacha Explained

Emmanuel Bwacha
Office:Senator for Taraba South
Term Start:6 June 2011
Term End:11 June 2023
Alongside:Shuaibu Isa Lau
Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf
Predecessor:Joel Danlami Ikenya
Successor:David Jimkuta
Office2:Deputy Senate Minority Leader
Term Start2:2 July 2019
Term End2:3 February 2022
Predecessor2:Abiodun Olujimi
Successor2:Shuaibu Isa Lau
Order3:Vice-Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Work
Term Start3:2 July 2019
Term End3:11 June 2023
Predecessor3:Bukkar Abba Ibrahim
Office4:Member of the
House of Representatives of Nigeria
from Taraba
Term Start4:3 June 2003
Term End4:5 June 2007
Constituency4:Donga/Ussa/Takum
Birth Date:1962 12, df=y
Birth Place:Donga, Northern Region (now in Taraba State), Nigeria
Party:All Progressives Congress (since 2022)
Otherparty:Peoples Democratic Party (1998–2022)
Occupation:Politician

Emmanuel Bwacha (born 15 December 1962) is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing the Taraba South senatorial district from 2011 to 2023. He was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2011, and was reelected under the same party in the 2015 and 2019 general elections.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Early life, education, and career

Bwacha was born in the Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State.[5] He has an Education Diploma in Public Administration from the University of Calabar. A public servant, he served as Commissioner of Agriculture for Taraba State between 1999 and 2003 in the Jolly Nyame administration.Bwacha was elected to the Federal House of Representatives for the Donga / Ussa / Takum Constituency, serving from May 2003 to May 2007.He was Chairman of the House Committee on Police Affairs.[6] In the April 2007 elections he lost his bid for the Senate seat.

Nigerian Senate

The favorite of governor Danbaba Suntai, Bwacha won the PDP primaries for the Taraba South senate seat in January 2011 without opposition from the incumbent Senator Joel Danlami Ikenya, who was running for election as governor.[7] On 9 April 2011 elections Bwacha received 106,172 votes, ahead of Aliyu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) with 80,256 votes.[8] Senator Bwacha is the Governorship candidate of the APC in Taraba State.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TARABA: Newcomers Will Be Busy Learning The Ropes. Akpeji. Charles. 5 April 2015. The Guardian.
  2. Web site: Emmanuel Bwacha returns to senate for the third time. Umoren. Brendan. 26 February 2019. today.ng.
  3. Web site: Inec declares winners of Taraba Senatorial Race. Channels TV. 28 February 2019.
  4. Web site: Full list of 101 senators-elect to get Certificate of Returns. Blueprint Newspaper. 14 March 2019.
  5. Web site: Southern Taraba: Clash Of Ambitions And Power . 29 December 2010 . Julius AMINU AND MICHAEL OCHE . 7 May 2011 .
  6. Web site: In Taraba, Jonathan Can Sleep with Two Eyes Closed . ThisDay . Wole Ayodele . 4 October 2010 . 7 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720075247/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/in-taraba-jonathan-can-sleep-with-two-eyes-closed/77445/ . 20 July 2011 .
  7. Web site: Taraba’s Senatorial race: Heading for the last lap . 22 March 2011 . National Accord . ABy Iorzua Shaagba . 7 May 2011.
  8. Web site: Collated Senate results . INEC . 7 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110419203046/http://www.inecnigeria.org/downloads/?did=114 . 19 April 2011 .