Zakariya Tijjani Zannah Zakariya
Zakariya Tijjani Zannah Zakariya is a Nigerian politician from Yobe. Zakariya Tijjani Zannah Zakariya has contested 1 election, winning 1.
Biography
Hon. Tijjani Zanna Zakariya, (born on September 27, 1966), is a Nigerian politician representing the Machina/Nguru/Karasuwa/Yusufari Federal Constituency of Yobe State in the House of Representatives.
Zakariya holds a West African Senior School Certificate (WASC). He served as the Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly for eight years, from June 1999 to June 2007.
He served as the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Yobe State from 2012 to 2019.
Zakariya also served as the Chairman of the Governing Board for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Yobe State.
He was elected under the All Progressives Congress (APC) to represent the Machina/Nguru/Karasuwa/Yusufari Federal Constituency in the National House of Representatives.
In March 2022, he empowered 1,161 individuals through various initiatives aimed at improving livelihoods in his constituency.