Chief (Dr.) Danjuma Laah | |
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| Senator for Kaduna South | |
| In office 9 June 2015 – 11 June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Esther Nenadi Usman |
| Succeeded by | Sunday Marshall Katung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 February 1960 |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Political party | People's Democratic Party |
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Danjuma Tella Laah (born 16 February 1960) is a Nigerian politician and senator who represented Kaduna South Senatorial District[1] of Kaduna state from 2015 to 2023.[2][3]
Laah had been the senator representing Kaduna south senatorial district since 2015. On 23 February 2019, he was re-elected into office having garnered 268,287 defeating Yusuf Barnabas Bala of the All Progressives Congress who had 133,923 votes.[4]
As a senator, he spoke of ways to make peace in southern Kaduna by ensuring that there is no religious barrier between Christians and Muslims.[5]
Laah sponsored bills at the Nigerian Senate for the establishment of a federal University within the area of his jurisdiction, which is to be known as Federal University of Science and Technology, Manchok.[6] This he sponsored alongside the bill for the establishment of Police College, Tum.
Laah is a recipient of the DINMA 2009 Award for Accounting when he was serving as the deputy director of Finance and Accounts Division at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Pension Board, Abuja.[7]