Yaroe Binos Dauda

Binos Dauda Yaroe is the senator representing Adamawa South Senatorial District of Adamawa State at the Nigerian 10th National Assembly. He was born on January 1, 1955, in Wagole, a village in Ribadu Ward of Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. He is married to Salamatu Gimbiya Yaroe (née Joshua) since 1983 and has four children.

Binos Yaroe started his education at L.E.A Primary School Mayo-Belwa from 1962 to 1969. He then proceeded to Government College Kaduna in 1970, passing out in June 1974 with Division One in the West African School Certificate Examination.

Binos Yaroe was admitted into the School of Basic Studies of Ahmadu Bello University in July 1974 as a pioneer student of the one-year I.J.M.B programme. In September 1975, he was absorbed into the Faculty of Administration, Kongo Campus, A.B.U Zaria, for a B.Sc. Accounting degree program, graduating in June 1978 with Second Class Upper honours.

After graduating, Binos Yaroe served as a Lecturer in Accounting at Anambra State College of Education Awka during his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from September 1978 to August 1979. He worked with audit firms in Kano between August 1979 and July 1980.

In August 1980, he joined the College of Preliminary Studies (now Adamawa State Polytechnic) Yola as an Accountant in the Bursary Department, rising to Chief Accountant and head of the Bursary Department by 1987. In January 1988, he was appointed Secretary of Zing Local Government Area by the Military Governor of Gongola State.

Binos Yaroe left the College of Preliminary Studies in March 1991 to join the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as an Assistant Chief Accountant. He worked at NETCO, where he was promoted to Deputy Chief Accountant and Chief Accountant. He undertook foreign attachments, including a four-week stint with the OPEC Secretariat in Vienna (1992) and training at Bechtel Corporation in London (1994).

He was admitted as an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in February 1993 and later pursued an MBA in Banking and Finance at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, from 1999 to 2002.

After retiring from NNPC, Binos Yaroe enrolled at the Bronnum Lutheran Seminary (BLS), Mbamba Yola, for a BA in Christian Religious Studies, completing it in April 2015 with Second Class Upper Division honours. He was ordained as a Pastor of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) in February 2017.

Binos Yaroe has held various professional positions, including memberships in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA, FCTI), Nigerian Institute of Management (MNIM), Institute of Directors (AIoD), and Institute of Petroleum UK (MInsPet). He served on committees of ICAN, including Inter-Governmental Relations since August 2024.

During his tenure at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, he represented the Exchange on the Board of the Nigerian Accounting Standards Board, Council of Association of Capital Market Registrars, and Administrative Proceedings Committee of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

He retired from the Nigerian Stock Exchange in April 2011 as General Manager/Deputy to the CEO and returned to farming. In 2019, he contested for the Senatorial seat of Adamawa South under the PDP and won, taking his seat in the 10th National Assembly in June 2019.

In the 9th Senate, Binos Yaroe was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Capital Market and served on ten other standing committees. He successfully sought re-election in 2023 and was appointed Chairman of the Senate Committee on States and Local Government Affairs in the 10th Senate, with memberships in 15 other committees.

As a senator, he focuses on health outreach, rural water supply, women and youth empowerment, youth development, town hall meetings, and national legislative representation. He has provided free medical services to over 130,000 people and sponsored boreholes in 30 communities.

He has also championed sports, particularly football and chess, including sponsoring tournaments in Adamawa South and IDP camps. Binos Yaroe serves as President of the National Assembly Legislators Fellowship and Treasurer of the Northern Senators Forum and North East National Assembly Caucus.