Titus Uba

Titus Uba (born 25 September 1965) is Nigerian politician who is currently serving as speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly since August 2018.[1][2][3] Uba represents Kyan constituency in the state assembly. His emergence as the speaker of the house followed a vote of no confidence and the subsequent  impeachment of  the former speaker of the assembly, Terkimbi Ikyange.[4] In 2019,  Uba was re-elected speaker for the 9th Benue State House of Assembly.[5][6][7]

Titus Uba
Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly
Preceded byTerkimbi Ikyange
ConstituencyKyan
Personal details
Born25 September 1965
NationalityNigerian
Political partyPeople's Democratic Party, PDP
Other political
affiliations		All Progressives Congress, APC (until 2018)

Education

Uba is a native of Akehe, Ute, in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State. His early education started at LGEA Primary  School in Akehe but later transferred to Demonstration Primary School, Makurdi where he finished with a First School Leaving Certificate in 1979. Uba studied at Saint Michael’s Secondary School, Aliade, finishing in 1984 with a General Certificate Examination (GCE). In 1987, Uba proceeded to Federal Polytechnic, Idah in Kogi State where he earned National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 1989. He obtained a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mechanical Engineering from Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi in 2004.[8]

References
  1. "Benue Speaker begs warring communities". FRCN. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  2. "Benue 8th Assembly passes 58 bills in four years – Speaker -". The Eagle Online. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  3. "How we can develop agriculture – Benue Speaker". P.M. News. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  4. "Benue Assembly Replaces Impeached Speaker With Titus Uba". Channels Television. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  5. "Benue lawmakers re-elect Uba as Speaker". Punch Newspapers. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. "Uba Again Emerges Speaker Of Benue Assembly Assembly".
  7. Jannah, Chijioke (2019-06-04). "Gov. Ortom inaugurates ninth Benue Assembly as Titus Uba emerges Speaker again, Adaji Deputy". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  8. "Hon. Uba Titus Tyoapine". Government of Benue State. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
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