Gombe State House of Assembly

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.

Gombe State
House of Assembly
7th Gombe State House of Assembly
Type
Type
Term limits
4 years
History
Founded1999
Leadership
Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Sadam Bello Sale, APC
Majority Leader
Yerima Gaule, APC
Structure
Seats24
Political groups
Majority
  •   APC (19)

Minority

Elections
Last election
2023

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:

  1. Akko Central (Kumo)
  2. Akko North
  3. Akko West
  4. Balanga North
  5. Balanga South
  6. Billiri East
  7. Billiri West
  8. Dukku North
  9. Dukku South
  10. Deba
  11. Funakaye North
  12. Funakaye South
  13. Gombe North
  14. Gombe South
  15. Kaltungo East
  16. Kaltungo West
  17. Kwami East
  18. Kwami West
  19. Nafada North[8]
  20. Nafada South[9]
  21. Pero/Chonge
  22. Shongom
  23. Yamaltu East
  24. Yamaltu West

List of current members
Member Party LGA Constituency
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
  1. Yaya, Haruna Gimba; Gombe (15 April 2020). "Gombe Assembly members donate one month salary to fight Covid-19". Daily Trust. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. "Gombe Deputy Speaker Impeached". THISDAYLIVE. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. "Gombe Assembly Removes Deputy Speaker Over 'Loyalty' To State Governor". Sahara Reporters. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. "Gombe Assembly Summons Task Force Over Protest In Isolation Centre". Channels Television. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. "Gombe Assembly confirms 20 Commissioner-nominees". 25 October 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  6. "Gombe State 6th Assembly: Abubakar Ibrahim emerges Speaker". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  7. "Gombe Assembly impeaches speaker". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  8. "Nafada Local Government Area". www.finelib.com. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  9. "Nafada Local Government Area". www.finelib.com. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  10. "Gombe state State Houses of Assembly election results and data 2023 - Stears Elections". www.stears.co. Retrieved 28 May 2023.


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