Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa

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Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa
Senator for Bauchi North
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born (1940-04-16) 16 April 1940 (age 83)
NationalityNigerian
Political partyAll Progressives Congress (APC)
ProfessionPolitician

Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa (Born April 16, 1940) is a

All Progressive Congress (APC).[3] He is an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University.[4]

Skill training scandal and aide's death threat

In 2020, Bulkachuwa, along with Bauchi South Senator

APC leadership) had been taken to a hall in Azare where they underwent short six-hour courses on random vocations. When a reporter attempted to interview participants in the program, Bulkachuwa’s legislative aide, Buba Shehu Gololo, told participants not to speak to the journalist before threatening the reporter's life, saying "I learnt that you guys are trying to speak to the beneficiaries, anybody who does any form of interview in the name of tracking empowerment training beneficiaries is just risking his life." Minutes after the death threat, Gololo called back saying "this message I’m delivering to you is directly from Senator Bulkachuwa...he asked me to tell you that anyone who interviews anybody on this project has done so at their own risk."[5]

Personal life

Bulkachuwa is the spouse of Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, former President of the Nigeria Court of Appeal, Abuja. He also has 3 sons: Kabiru, Bashir, and Aminu.

References

  1. ^ "Adamu Bulkachawa". Blerf. 21 February 2017.
  2. ^ "APC crisis mars senate's screening of ambassadorial nominees". Vanguard News. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  3. ^ Odunsi, Wale (26 February 2019). "Nigeria elections: Court of Appeal president's husband, Bulkachuwa is APC Senator-elect for Bauchi North". Daily Post Nigeria.
  4. ^ Usman, Samson Atekojo (2021-09-16). "2023: Why APC may not zone presidency to Southwest - Senator Bulkachuwa". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  5. ^ Salisu, Haruna Mohammed (18 December 2020). "Two Bauchi Senators took N249 million for dubious Constituency Projects". International Centre for Investigative Reporting. Retrieved 20 July 2021.