Gombe State House of Assembly | |
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7th Gombe State House of Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | 4 years |
History | |
Founded | 1999 |
Leadership | |
Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker | Sadam Bello Sale, APC |
Majority Leader | Yerima Gaule, APC |
Structure | |
Seats | 24 |
Political groups | Majority
Minority |
Elections | |
Last election | 2023 |
The Gombe State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Gombe State of Nigeria.[1][2][3] It is a unicameral legislature with 24 members elected from the 11 local government areas of the state delineated into 24 state constituencies. Local government areas with considerably larger populations are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Gombe State House of Assembly 24.
The fundamental functions of the Assembly are to enact new laws, amend or repeal existing laws and oversight of the executive.[4][5] Members of the assembly are elected for a term of four years concurrent with federal legislators (Senate and House of Representatives). The state assembly convenes three times a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) in the assembly complex within the state capital, Gombe.
The leaders of the 6th Gombe State House of Assembly[6] are Mr Luggerewo , Speaker (APC,Akko Central constituency), Sadam Bello Sale, Deputy Speaker, (APC, Funakaye North Constituency), Yerima Gaule, Majority Leader [7] The All Progressives Congress (APC) is the majority party with 19 seats while People's Democratic Party (PDP) constitutes the minority position having only 5 seats.
Gombe State House Of Assembly Constituencies List:
- Akko Central (Kumo)
- Akko North
- Akko West
- Balanga North
- Balanga South
- Billiri East
- Billiri West
- Dukku North
- Dukku South
- Deba
- Funakaye North
- Funakaye South
- Gombe North
- Gombe South
- Kaltungo East
- Kaltungo West
- Kwami East
- Kwami West
- Nafada North[8]
- Nafada South[9]
- Pero/Chonge
- Shongom
- Yamaltu East
- Yamaltu West
List of current members
Member | Party | LGA | Constituency |
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Abdullahi Abubakar | APC | Akko | Akko West |
Mohammed A. Musa | APC | Akko North | |
Muhammad Abubakar Luggerewo | APC | Akko Central | |
Buba Musa | APC | Balanga | Balanga North |
Maigemi Lamido Isaac | APC | Balanga South | |
Daniel Yakubu | PDP | Billiri | Billiri East |
Malon Nimrod Yari | PDP | Billiri West | |
Abdulkarim Nasiru | APC | Dukku | Dukku North |
Umar Adamu A | APC | Dukku South | |
Suleiman Mohammed Kabir | APC | Yamaltu/Deba | Deba |
Adamu Sale Pata | APC | Yamaltu East | |
Manaja Musa Zambuk | APC | Yamaltu West | |
Sadam Bello Sale | APC | Funakaye | Funakaye North |
Abubakar Dayi Muhammed | APC | Funakaye South | |
Manu Aliyu Baba | APC | Gombe | Gombe North |
Mustapha Usman Hassan | APC | Gombe South | |
Ladan Yerima Gaule | APC | Kaltungo | Kaltungo East |
Suleiman Iliya | APC | Kaltungo West | |
Haruna Shuaibu Adamu | APC | Kwami | Kwami East |
Siddi Buba | APC | Kwami West | |
Ahmadu Alhaji A. | PDP | Nafada | Nafada North |
Adamu Musa Biri | PDP | Nafada South | |
Golkos Gaius Gaji | APC | Shongom | Pero/Chonge |
Ayala Zubairu Pilate | PDP | Shongom[10] |
References
- ↑ Yaya, Haruna Gimba; Gombe (15 April 2020). "Gombe Assembly members donate one month salary to fight Covid-19". Daily Trust. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ "Gombe Deputy Speaker Impeached". THISDAYLIVE. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ "Gombe Assembly Removes Deputy Speaker Over 'Loyalty' To State Governor". Sahara Reporters. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ "Gombe Assembly Summons Task Force Over Protest In Isolation Centre". Channels Television. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ "Gombe Assembly confirms 20 Commissioner-nominees". 25 October 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ "Gombe State 6th Assembly: Abubakar Ibrahim emerges Speaker". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ "Gombe Assembly impeaches speaker". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ "Nafada Local Government Area". www.finelib.com. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ↑ "Nafada Local Government Area". www.finelib.com. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ↑ "Gombe state State Houses of Assembly election results and data 2023 - Stears Elections". www.stears.co. Retrieved 28 May 2023.