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]