Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe

Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe (born December 9, 1970) is a Nigerian politician and a member of the Senate in Nigeria's 9th National Assembly representing Cross River North.

He previously served as a member of the House of Representatives in the 8th and 9th National Assembly, representing the Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency. Jarigbe was elected to the Green Chamber in 2015 and has served for his second term in office. In 2020, he contested and won the Cross River North Senatorial bye-election, though it was initially given to another candidate. In 2021, the Supreme Court upheld his election as senator-elect for Cross River North. He recontested the 2023 senatorial election and was reelected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Early life: Jarigbe comes from Ibil in the Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State. He attended the School of Basic Studies in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where he passed the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in 1990. He obtained a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Calabar, Cross River State, in 2004. Jarigbe earned a bachelor's degree in law from Baze University in November 2022.

Awards and recognitions: In 2024, Senator Jarigbe was awarded the Cross River Most Outstanding Senator of the Year by the Yala Achievers Summit & Award. Previously, he received the ICON of Humanitarian Service Award (2019), Legislator of the Year (2020) by the African Custodian, ICON of Nation Building Award (2021), and the Global Peace and Humanitarian Award (2022) by the United Nations.