Tawar Umbi Wada
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Tawar Umbi Wada was elected Senator for the Gombe South constituency of Gombe State
, Nigeria
, taking office on 29 May 2003, and reelected in 2007. He was a member of the People's Democratic Party
(PDP).
Wada was born on 27 January 1957.
He studied law at the University of Jos
, and was called to the bar in 1983.
Later he earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism.
He was an Assistant Director at the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Police Affairs, Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice in Gombe State.
He also worked with the Corporate Affairs Commission.
During his senate career he chaired the Information and Media and Labour Committees.
In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that he sponsored bills for the Nigerian Academy of Sciences and Enhanced Services for Federal Law Officers.
He was the Senate committee chairman on Agriculture before his death.
He died on 31 March 2010 in Abuja aged 53.
Gombe State
Gombe State, located in the northeastern part of Nigeria, is one of the country's 36 states; its capital is Gombe. The boundaries of the state roughly correspond to those of the Gombe Emirate,a traditional state.[2]...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
, taking office on 29 May 2003, and reelected in 2007. He was a member of the People's Democratic Party
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
(PDP).
Wada was born on 27 January 1957.
He studied law at the University of Jos
University of Jos
The University of Jos, abbreviated as Unijos, is a federal university in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria. The school offers courses in law, medicine, pharmacy, natural sciences, social sciences, the built environment as well as arts and humanities....
, and was called to the bar in 1983.
Later he earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism.
He was an Assistant Director at the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Police Affairs, Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice in Gombe State.
He also worked with the Corporate Affairs Commission.
During his senate career he chaired the Information and Media and Labour Committees.
In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that he sponsored bills for the Nigerian Academy of Sciences and Enhanced Services for Federal Law Officers.
He was the Senate committee chairman on Agriculture before his death.
He died on 31 March 2010 in Abuja aged 53.