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Aliyu Abubakar
PDPLOST
Election2023 Nigerian Senate Elections →
RaceGombe race →
StateGombe →
Born12 September 1986 (age 39)
GenderMale
BirthplaceSokoto State
OccupationPolitician
QualificationFSLC G.C.E. BSc.
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Summary
Aliyu Abubakar is a Nigerian politician who contested the 2023 Nigerian Senate Elections as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Gombe.
Biography
Aliyu Mai Sango Abubakar III was elected Senator for the Sokoto North constituency of Sokoto State, Nigeria, during the early years of the Fourth Nigerian Republic, initially running on the All People's Party (APP) platform.
He took office on 29 May 1999. After assuming his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was assigned to committees including Ethics, Security & Intelligence, Judiciary (as vice chairman), Police Affairs, and Drug & Narcotics.
Note: Aliyu Abubakar was born on September 12, 1986.
Policy Positions
Governance & Reform
Aliyu Abubakar was appointed as Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, marking an institutional restructuring and leadership change for the agency tasked with rural electrification efforts.
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