Umar Usman Dukku Explained

Umar Usman Dukku
Office1:Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Gombe State North District
Term Start1:29 May 1999
Term End1:29 May 2003
Successor1:Haruna Garba
Birth Place:Gombe State, Nigeria
Party:People's Democratic Party
Nationality:Nigerian

Umar Usman Dukku was elected Senator for the Gombe North constituency of Gombe 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] After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Selection, Ethics (vice chairman), Foreign Affairs, Police Affairs, and State & Local Government.[2] Later he was appointed Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Population.[3] After leaving office, Dukku became Chairman of the Kaduna Polytechnic Governing Council.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY AND 7 MARCH 1999 . Psephos . 2010-06-23.
  2. Web site: Congressional Committees . Nigeria Congress . 2010-06-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091118151316/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm . 18 November 2009.
  3. Web site: NPC to Recruit 5,000 for Census . ThisDay . 2001-11-10 . 2010-06-23.
  4. Web site: Kaduna Poly SSANIP Tasked on Unity . Daily Trust . Ismail Mudashir . 9 October 2009 . 2010-06-23.