Gombe State House of Assembly

Legislative arm of the government of Gombe State of Nigeria

Gombe State
House of Assembly

7th Gombe State House of Assembly
Type
Type|

Unicameral

Term limits

| 4 years
History
Founded| 1999
Leadership

Speaker

Abubakar Muhammad Luggerewo, APC

Deputy Speaker

Sadam Bello Sale, APC

Majority Leader

Yerima Gaule, APC

Structure
Seats| 24

Political groups

| Majority

* APC (20)

Minority

* PDP (4)

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 20 seats while People's Democratic Party (PDP) constitutes the minority position having only 4 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

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Member  | Roles  | LGA | Constituency  | Roles

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Abdullahi Abubakar  | APC"  | Akko | Akko West  | Nill
Mohammed A. Musa  | APC  | Akko North  | Nill
Muhammad Abubakar Luggerewo | APC  | Akko Central  | Speaker
Buba Musa  | APC  | Balanga | Balanga North  | Nill
Maigemi Lamido Isaac  | APC  | Balanga South  | Nill
Daniel Yakubu  | PDP  | Billiri | Billiri East  | Nill
Malon Nimrod Yari  | PDP  | Billiri West  | Nill
Abdulkarim Nasiru  | APC  | Dukku | Dukku North  | Nill
Umar Adamu A  | APC  | Dukku South  | Nill
Suleiman Mohammed Kabir  | APC  | Yamaltu/Deba | [[Deba, Gombe  | Nill
Adamu Sale Pata  | APC  | Yamaltu East  | Nill
Manaja Musa Zambuk  | APC  | Yamaltu West  | Nill
Sadam Bello Sale  | APC  | Funakaye | Funakaye North  | Deputy Speaker
Abubakar Dayi Muhammed  | APC  | Funakaye South  | Nill
Manu Aliyu Baba  | APC  | Gombe | Gombe North  | Nill
Mustapha Usman Hassan  | APC  | Gombe South  | Committee leader on road and transport
Ladan Yerima Gaule  | APC  | Kaltungo | Kaltungo East  | Nill
Gabriel Galadima Fushison  | PDP  | Kaltungo West  | Nill
Haruna Shuaibu Adamu  | APC  | Kwami | Kwami East  | Nill
Siddi Buba  | APC  | Kwami West  | Nill
Muhammed Tahir Dan.Galadima  | APC  | Nafada | Nafada North  | Nill
Adamu A. Musa  | APC  | Nafada South  | Nill
Golkos Gaius Gaji  | APC  | Shongom | rowspan="1" |Nill
Ayala Zubairu Pilate  | PDP  | Shongom[10]

## References

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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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