Emmanuel Bwacha
CON
Senator for Taraba South
In office
6 June 2011 – 11 June 2023
Preceded byJoel Danlami Ikenya
Succeeded byDavid Jimkuta
Deputy Senate Minority Leader
In office
2 July 2019 – 3 February 2022
Preceded byAbiodun Olujimi
Succeeded byShuaibu Isa Lau
Vice-Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Work
In office
2 July 2019 – 11 June 2023
Preceded byBukkar Abba Ibrahim
Member of the
House of Representatives of Nigeria
from Taraba
In office
3 June 2003 – 5 June 2007
ConstituencyDonga/Ussa/Takum
Personal details
Born (1962-12-15) 15 December 1962 (age 61)
Donga, Northern Region (now in Taraba State), Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressives Congress (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations		Peoples Democratic Party (1998–2022)
OccupationPolitician

Emmanuel Bwacha CON (born 15 December 1962) is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing the Taraba South senatorial district from 2011 to 2023. He was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2011, and was reelected under the same party in the 2015 and 2019 general elections.[1][2][3][4]

Early life, education, and career

Bwacha was born in the Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State.[5] He has an Education Diploma in Public Administration from the University of Calabar. A public servant, he served as Commissioner of Agriculture for Taraba State between 1999 and 2003 in the Jolly Nyame administration.[6] Bwacha was elected to the Federal House of Representatives for the Donga / Ussa / Takum Constituency, serving from May 2003 to May 2007.[7] He was Chairman of the House Committee on Police Affairs.[8] In the April 2007 elections he lost his bid for the Senate seat.[6]

Nigerian Senate

The favorite of governor Danbaba Suntai, Bwacha won the PDP primaries for the Taraba South senate seat in January 2011 without opposition from the incumbent Senator Joel Danlami Ikenya, who was running for election as governor.[9] On 9 April 2011 elections Bwacha received 106,172 votes, ahead of Aliyu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) with 80,256 votes.[10] Senator Bwacha is the Governorship candidate of the APC in Taraba State.

References

  1. ^ Akpeji, Charles (5 April 2015). "TARABA: Newcomers Will Be Busy Learning The Ropes". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Umoren, Brendan (26 February 2019). "Emmanuel Bwacha returns to senate for the third time". today.ng.
  3. ^ "Inec declares winners of Taraba Senatorial Race". Channels TV. 28 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Full list of 101 senators-elect to get Certificate of Retur". Blueprint Newspaper. 14 March 2019.
  5. ^ Julius AMINU AND MICHAEL OCHE (29 December 2010). "Southern Taraba: Clash Of Ambitions And Power". Retrieved 7 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b Andrew Agbese (26 June 2008). "Past Governments Have Failed Taraba - Bwacha". Daily Trust. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Emmanuel Bwacha". AfDevInfo. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  8. ^ Wole Ayodele (4 October 2010). "In Taraba, Jonathan Can Sleep with Two Eyes Closed". ThisDay. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  9. ^ ABy Iorzua Shaagba (22 March 2011). "Taraba's Senatorial race: Heading for the last lap". National Accord. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Collated Senate results". INEC. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.


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