Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi | |
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| Senate Majority Leader | |
| In office 3 June 2019 – 8 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Lawan |
| Succeeded by | Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir |
| Senator for Kebbi North | |
| Assumed office June 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Adamu Baba Augie |
| Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs | |
| In office October 2008 – December 2010 | |
| Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Sokoto and Kebbi States | |
| In office 1990–1991 | |
| Head of Department, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (and Member of the University Senate). | |
| In office 1987–1990 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 December 1950 Argungu, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Kebbi State, Nigeria) |
| Political party | Peoples Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University |
| Profession | Associate Professor/Principal Research Fellow, (October 1990) |
Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi CON (born 10 December 1950) is a Nigerian politician and an associate professor.[1] He is the Senator representing Kebbi North Senatorial District of Kebbi State at the 9th National Assembly.[2][3] He was Senate Majority Leader of the Nigerian 9th National Assembly.[4]
He began his early education at the Dankoji Primary School, Argungu, from 1959 to 1964; after which he attended the Nagarta College, Sokoto, from 1965 to 1969.[5]
Yahaya attended the School of Basic Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, from 1970 to 1971 and continued in the same university to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in social sciences, and a Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D., in rural sociology from 1976 to 1983. Abdullahi also holds the Certificate of Development Oriented Research in Agriculture, ICRA, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1985.[6]
Prior to his engagement in the Nigerian Civil Service and later politics, Abdullahi was a busy academic at the Faculty of Agriculture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the University of Lagos, during which he held various teaching and research positions, namely;
He taught Rural Sociology, Agricultural Institutions, Extension, Rural Community Institutions and Economic Development at the Faculty of Agriculture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, at undergraduate and post-graduate levels, from 1976 to 1990.[7]
As the head of department, he supervised or co-supervised many masters and doctorate programmes, including the coordination of both teaching and research programmes of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Zaria.[7]
He undertook Rural Development Research independently, jointly and as a member of the Multi-disciplinary Teams, both within and outside Nigeria.[5]
In the 2015 elections, Abdullahi contested and won the Kebbi North Senatorial seat, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC.[8] In the February 23, 2019 elections, he was announced winner of the Kebbi North Senatorial District election having polled 170,624 votes as Usman Bello Suru of the PDP polled 66,815 votes.[9][10] On 3 June 2019, he was announced as the 9th National Assembly Senate Majority Leader.[11][12] On 8 June 2022, he officially left the All Progressives Congress, APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, to recontest his present seat at the Senate.[13]
In October 2022, a Nigerian national honour of Commander Of The Order Of The Niger (CON) was conferred on him by President Muhammadu Buhari.[16]