GODIYA AKWASHIKI
Member of the Nigerian Senate
from the Nasarawa north senatorial district
9th National Assembly
Assumed office
2019
Preceded bySen Philip Aruwa Gyunka
Nasarawa state assembly
In office
2011–2019
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, Nasarawa Eggon local government area in Nasarawa State.[2] He attended the Government Primary School, Angba Iggah where he finished with his First School Leaving Certificate in 1987. In 1988 he enrolled into the Government Technical College, Assakio and graduated with the Senior Secondary Certificate in Education (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.


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