Zamfara State House of Assembly

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The Zamfara State House of Assembly is the legislative chamber of Zamfara State in Nigeria. [1]

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Zamfara State State of Nigeria

Zamfara is a state in northwestern Nigeria. The capital of Zamfara state is Gusau and its current Governor is Bello Matawalle. Until 1996, the area was part of Sokoto State.

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Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Zamfara

The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Zamfara comprises three Senators representing Zamfara West, Zamfara Central, and Zamfara North, and seven Representatives representing Bakura/Maradun, Gummi/Bukkuyum, Bungudu/Maru, Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji, Tsafe/Gusau, Zurmi/Shinkafi, and Anka/Mafara.

Sahabi Alhaji Yaú is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator in 2007 on the platform of All Nigeria Peoples Party to represent Zamfara North district of Zamfara State.

Ahmed Rufai Sani Yerima was Governor of Zamfara State, Nigeria from May 1999 to May 2007, and served as Senator for Zamfara West and Deputy Minority Leader in the Senate. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Hassan Muhammad Gusau, or Hassan Nasiha is the current deputy governor of Zamfara State,Nigeria, taking office in 2019. He is a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC), He defected on from PDP to APC following state governor and other diplomats.

Alhaji Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari is a Nigerian politician who was elected Governor of Zamfara State, Nigeria in the 26 April 2011 national elections, running on the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) platform. Following the merger of the ANPP and several other opposition parties into the now-governing All Progressives Congress, Yari became a member of the All Progressives Congress.

Bello Muhammad, known as Bello Matawalle, is a Nigerian politician and teacher who has served as the Governor of Zamfara State since 2019. After briefly serving in the Abacha-era state house of assembly and serving as a state commissioner from 1999 to 2003 in the Ahmad Sani Yerima administration in the Fourth Republic, he first won a elected office in 2003 as a member of the House of Representatives for Bakura/Maradun and retained the office until 2015—first as a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party before switching to the People's Democratic Party in 2011. Four years after losing his Bakura/Maradun Constituency seat in 2015, Matawalle became the 2019 PDP gubernatorial nominee and won the office after a Supreme Court ruling disqualified the original winner. In 2021, he defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress after a defection rally in Gusau alongside most Zamfara State elected officials.

Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Mohammed Gusau a lawyer and the former deputy governor of Zamfara State. The youngest deputy governors to be elected at his age since Fourth Nigerian Republic. He is a son to General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau who is the former Minister of Defence.

Zamfara State University is a public higher learning institution located in Talata Mafara, Zamfara State, Nigeria. It was established in 2018. The university was founded and established in 2018 by the then Ex-governor of Zamfara State, Abdul'aziz Yari for the expansion of higher learning education in the state.

The 2015 Zamfara State gubernatorial election was the 5th gubernatorial election of Zamfara State. Held on April 11, 2015, the All Progressives Congress nominee Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari won the election, defeating Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi of the People's Democratic Party.

The 2023 Zamfara State gubernatorial election will take place on 11 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Zamfara State, concurrent with elections to the Zamfara State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election will be held two weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Bello Matawalle has been renominated by his party.

The 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Zamfara State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Zamfara State. Hassan Muhammed Gusau representing Zamfara Central, Sahabi Alhaji Yaú representing Zamfara North and Ahmad Sani Yerima representing Zamfara West all won on the platform of All Nigeria Peoples Party.

Houses of Assembly of Nigerian states

In Nigeria, a House of Assembly is the state-level legislature. All Houses of Assembly are unicameral, with elected members who are designated as members of the House of Assembly, assemblymen, or MHA, and who serve four-year terms.

The 2015 Zamfara State House of Assembly election was held on April 11, 2015, to elect members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 24 seats were up for election in the Zamfara State House of Assembly.

The 2019 Zamfara State House of Assembly election was held on March 9, 2019, to elect members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 24 seats were up for election in the Zamfara State House of Assembly.

The 2022 Nigerian elections will be held throughout 2022. During the year, the governors of Ekiti and Osun states will be elected on 18 June and 16 July, respectively. Additionally, there will also be elections to fill vacant seats in the House of Representatives and state houses of assembly along with local elections in Adamawa State, Benue State, Edo State, Enugu State, the Federal Capital Territory, Imo State, Katsina State, and Kebbi State.

The 2023 Zamfara State House of Assembly election will take place on 11 March 2023, to elect members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly. The election will be held concurrent with the state gubernatorial election as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. It will be held two weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.

This local electoral calendar for 2023 lists the subnational elections that were and are scheduled to be held in 2023. Referendums, recall and retention elections, and national by-elections are also included. Specific dates are given where these are known.

Ibrahim Na’iddah was a Nigerian politician who represented Gusau East on the Zamfara State House of Assembly until his death.

References

  1. Nwannah, Ifeanyi (2022-08-06). "Zamfara govt commends House of Assembly for passing Social Protection Bill into law". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-08-08.

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