Godiya Akwashiki

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GODIYA AKWASHIKI
Nigerian Senate
from the Nasarawa north senatorial district
9th National Assembly
Assumed office
2019
Preceded bySen Philip Aruwa Gyunka
Nasarawa state assembly
In office
2011โ€“2019
Personal details
Born (1973-08-03) 3 August 1973 (age 50)
Nassarawa State
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Parents
  • Akwashiki Walaro (father)
  • Ramatu Akwashiki (mother)
ResidenceNigeria
CommitteesInter-parliamentary Affairs and Vice Chairman of the Media and Public Affairs Committee

Godiya Akwashiki (born 3 August 1973) in Angba Iggah of Nasarawa State, Nigeria is a Nigerian politician.[1][2] He is the current senator representing Nasarawa North senatorial district in Nasarawa State.[3][1][4] He was elected into the senate during the 2019 general elections of Nigeria. Akwashiki was re-elected during the 2023 general election. Before being elected into the senate he was the Deputy Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly.[1][5]

Early life and education

Akwashiki was born in 1973 to Mr Akwashiki Walaro and Mrs Ramatu Akwashiki in Angba Iggah,

WASSCE) in 1993.[citation needed
]

Akwashiki enrolled into the Nasarawa State University, Keffi and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 2010. He is married with children[6]

Political career

From 2011 to 2019, Akwashiki, under the platform of the

People's Democratic Party was a member of the Nasarawa State Assembly. During his first term (2011-2015), he was the Majority Leader in the State Assembly.[7] In his second term (2015-2019), he was appointed the Deputy Speaker of the State Assembly, a position he held until 2019 when, under the All Progressives Congress (APC)
, he contested for and won the Nasarawa North senatorial seat.

He is currently the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Inter-parliamentary Affairs and Vice Chairman of the Media and Public Affairs Committee.[8]

He was named the chairman, Senate committee on Airforce of the 10th senate on 8 August 2023.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Assembly | Federal Republic of Nigeria". www.nassnig.org. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b Abakpa, David (30 December 2019). "Senator Godiya Akwashiki Early Life, Education, Political Career". Afripost News Nigeria. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Viral Video shows senator-elect stripped in Abuja". 4 March 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Godiya Akwashiki". SHAKAPOST. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Akwashiki defeats Mike-Abdul for Nasarawa North's seat". The Nation Newspaper. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ^ "StackPath". leadership.ng. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. ^ "NASARAWA ASSEMBLY ELECTS SPEAKER, DEPUTY SPEAKER". www.nasarawastate.gov.ng. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  8. ^ admin (31 July 2019). "Standing Committees of the 9th Senate (2019-2023) (Chairmen and Vice Chairmen)". PLAC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Lawan, Yari, Tambuwal, Oshiomhole, Sani Musa, Others Emerge Senate Committee Chairmen - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.