Senator Ahmed Lawan on Tuesday emerged the President of the Ninth Senate.
He was declared winner after polling 79 votes ahead of Ali Ndume, who polled 27.
Here are nine facts you need to know about him:
- Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan was born in 1959.
- He became a senator in 2007.
- He is a Nigerian senator who represents the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Yobe North Constituency of Yobe State.
- He received a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of Maiduguri, a Master’s degree in Remote Sensing from Ahmadu Bello University and a Doctorate Degree in Remote Sensing/GIS from Cranfield University, UK.
- Elected to the House of Representatives for the Northern State of Yobe in 1999 at different times, Lawan chaired the House Committees on Education and Agriculture.
- In 2008, he was a member of the National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Constitution Review.
- In 2009, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Lawan initiated and sponsored the Desertification Control Commission Bill.
- In August 2009, Senator Lawan spoke against the proposed Kafin Zaki Dam. He stated that the Tiga Dam and Challawa Gorge Dam had already reduced water flow drastically, and the Jama’are River was now the main source of water in the Yobe River. He said the dams caused intense poverty, increased desert encroachment, migration and conflicts between arable farmers and herdsmen.
- Lawan ran for re-election in Yobe North Senatorial District on the ANPP platform in the April 9 2011 elections. He won with 92,799 votes, trailed by Hassan Kafayos Hussaini of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with 76,960 votes.
- He was elected President of the Ninth Senate on this day, Tuesday, June 11, 2019 with 79 votes ahead of fellow APC senator Ali Ndume, who polled 27.
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