- Dahiru Awaisu Kuta
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Dahiru Awaisu Kuta Senator for Niger East Incumbent Assumed office
29 May 2007Preceded by Ibrahim Kuta Personal details Born 16 April 1949
Niger State, NigeriaDahiru Awaisu Kuta (born 16 April 1949) was elected Senator for the Niger East constituency of Niger State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).[1]
Kuta gained a BA in History, Graduate Certificate in Education and Post graduate Diploma in Public Administration. In 1983 he was elected to the Niger State House of Assembly, where he became minority whip. In 1993 he was elected to the Federal House of Representatives and was appointed Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business. He was appointed National Deputy Director of Administration at the PDP Headquarters, and secretary to the Government of Niger State.[1]
Kuta won the 2007 PDP primary election for Niger East, beating his brother Ibrahim Kuta, the incumbent Senator. He went on to be elected to the Senate in April 2007.[2] In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that he was member of the committee for managing the ecological menace due to operation of dams, that he had sponsored and co-sponsored fourteen motions and contributed to debates in plenary.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Sen. Dahiru A. Kuta". National Assembly of Nigeria. http://www.nassnig.org/senate/member.php?senator=97&page=1&state=27. Retrieved 2010-06-07.[dead link]
- ^ AKIN ALOFETEKUN, Minna (May 23, 2007). "Why I want to be Senate president – Comrade Awaisu Kuta". Daily Sun. http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/politics/2007/may/23/politics-23-05-2007-004.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ^ "An Improved Senate, But Some Uninspiring Senators...". ThisDay. 24 May 2009. http://allafrica.com/stories/200905250350.html?viewall=1. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
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S Grace Folashade Bent (PDP)
C Jubril Aminu (PDP)
N Mohammed Mana (PDP)NW Aloysius Akpan Etok (PDP)
NE Effiong Dickson Bob (PDP)
S Eme Ufot Ekaette (PDP)C Annie Okonkwo (PDP)
S Ikechukwu Obiorah (PDP)
N Joy Emodi (PDP) (annulled)
Alphonsus Obi Igbeke (ANPP)C Mohammed A Muhammed (ANPP)
N Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif (AD)
S Bala Mohammed (ANPP)W Heineken Lokpobiri (PDP)
E Nimi Barigha-Amange (PDP)
C Emmanuel Paulker (PDP)S David Mark (PDP)
NW George Akume (PDP)
NE Joseph Akaagerger (PDP)C Kaka Mallam Yale (ANPP)
N Maina Maaji Lawan (ANPP)
S Omar Hambagda (ANPP)S Bassey Ewa-Henshaw (PDP)
N Gregory Ngaji (PDP)
C Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP)S James Manager (PDP)
N Patrick Osakwe (A)
C Adego Erhiawarie Eferakeya (PDP)N Anthony Agbo (PDP)
S Anyimchukwu Ude (PDP)
C Julius Ucha (PDP)S Ehigie Edobor Uzamere (PDP)
C Odion Ugbesia (PDP)
N Yisa Braimoh (PDP)C Adefemi Kila (PDP) (Annulled)
C Festus Olabode Ola (AC)
N Ayodele S. Arise (PDP)
S Sola Akinyede (PDP)N Ayogu Eze (PDP)
E Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP)
W Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)C Audu Idris Umar (PDP)
N Kawu Peto Dukku (PDP) (died)
Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali
S Tawar Umbi Wada (PDP)E Chris Anyanwu (PDP)
W Osita Izunaso (PDP)
N Sylvester Anyanwu (PDP)NE Abdulaziz Usman (PDP)
NW Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (PDP)
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S Caleb Zagi (PDP)
C Mohammed Kabiru Jibril (PDP)N Aminu Sule Garo (ANPP) (nullified)
N Bello Hayatu Gwarzo (PDP)
S Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (ANPP)
C Mohammed Adamu Bello (ANPP)S Garba Yakubu Lado (PDP)
C Ibrahim M. Ida (PDP)
N Mahmud Kanti Bello (PDP)S Abubakar Tanko Ayuba (PDP)
C Adamu Aliero (PDP)
Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (PDP)
N Umaru Argungu (PDP)E Nicholas Ugbane (PDP)
C Otaru Salihu Ohize (AC)
W Smart Adeyemi (PDP)C Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki (PDP)
N Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa (PDP)
S Simon Ajibola (PDP)E Adeleke Mamora (AC)
W Ganiyu Solomon (AC)
C Munirudeen Adekunle Muse (AC)W Abubakar Sodangi(PDP)
N Patricia Akwashiki (ANPP)
S Suleiman Adokwe (PDP)E Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP)
N Nuhu Aliyu Labbo (PDP)
S Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)W Felix Kolawole Bajomo (PDP)
C Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (PDP)
E Ramoni Olalekan Mustapha (PRP)N Bode Olajumoke (PDP)
C Gbenga Ogunniya (PDP)
S Hosea Ehinlanwo (PDP)N Andrew Babalola (PDP)
S Kamorudeen Adekunle Adedibu (PDP)
C Teslim Folarin (PDP)N Gyang Dalyop Datong (PDP)
S John Nanzip Shagaya (PDP)
C Satty Davies Gogwim (PDP)E Abubakar Umar Gada (PDP)
N Ahmed Muhammad Maccido (PDP)
S Umaru Dahiru (PDP)W Ahmad Rufai Sani (ANPP)
C Hassan Muhammed Gusau (ANPP)
N Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (ANPP)President: David Mark (PDP), Deputy President: Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)
See also Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 5th National Assembly (2003-2007), Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 7th National Assembly (2011-2015)FCT Philips Tanimu Aduda (PDP)
S Ahmed Hassan Barata (PDP)
C Bello Mohammed Tukur (PDP)
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S Helen Esuene (PDP)C Chris Ngige (ACN)
S Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba (PDP)
N John Okechukwuemeka (PDP)C Ahmed Abdul Ningi (PDP)
N Babayo Garba Gamawa (PDP)
S Adamu Gumba (PDP)W Heineken Lokpobiri (PDP)
E Clever Ikisikpo (PDP)
C Emmanuel Paulker (PDP)S David Mark (PDP)
NW George Akume (ACN)
NE Barnabas Andyar Gemade (PDP)C Ahmed Zanna (PDP)
N Maina Maaji Lawan (ANPP)
S Mohammed Ali Ndume (PDP)S Bassey Otu (PDP)
N Benedict Ayade (PDP)
C Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP)S James Manager (PDP)
N Arthur Okowa Ifeanyi (PDP)
C Akpor Pius Ewherido (DPP)N Christopher Nwankwo (PDP)
S Sonni Ogbuoji (PDP)
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C Odion Ugbesia (PDP)
N Domingo Alaba Obende (ACN)C Babafemi Ojudu (ACN)
N Olubunmi Adetunbi (ACN)
S Anthony Adeniyi (ACN)N Ayogu Eze (PDP)
E Gilbert E. Nnaji (PDP)
W Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)C Mohammed Danjuma Goje (PDP)
N Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali (PDP)
S Joshua M. Lidani (PDP)E Chris Anyanwu (APGA)
W Hope Uzodinma (PDP)
N Matthew Ifeanyi Nwagwu (PDP)NE Abdulaziz Usman (PDP)
NW Danladi Abdullahi Sankara (PDP)
SW Abdulmumini M. Hassan (PDP)N Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed (CPC)
S Nenadi Usman (PDP)
C Mohammed Saleh (CPC)N Bello Hayatu Gwarzo (PDP)
S Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (ANPP)
C Basheer Garba Mohammed (PDP)S Abu Ibrahim (CPC)
C Ahmed Sani Stores (CPC)
N Abdu U. Yandomi (CPC)S Mohammed Magoro (PDP)
C Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (PDP)
N Isa Muhammed Galaudu (PDP)E Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja (PDP)
C Nurudeen Abatemi Usman (PDP)
W Smart Adeyemi (PDP)C Bukola Saraki (PDP)
N Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi (PDP)
S Simon Ajibola (PDP)E Gbenga Bareehu Ashafa (ACN)
W Ganiyu Solomon (ACN)
C Oluremi Tinubu (ACN)W Abdullahi Adamu (PDP)
N Yusuf Musa Nagogo (CPC)
S Suleiman Asonya Adokwe (PDP)E Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP)
N Ibrahim Musa (CPC)
S Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)W Akin Babalola Kamar Odunsi (ACN)
C Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara (ACN)
E Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka (ACN)N Robert Ajayi Boroffice (LP)
C Akinyelure Patrick Ayo (LP)
S Boluwaji Kunlere (LP)N Hosea Ayoola Agbola (PDP)
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- 1949 births
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