NewsNigeriaPoliticsSome Serving Governors Lost Bid To Clinch Senatorial Seats

Some outgoing Governors who have spent eight years as Executive Governors and contested on the platform of various political parties to represent their Senatorial Districts in the 10^th National Assembly have failed in their bids.

Among the outgoing Governors that lost are, Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong to represent Plateau South Senatorial District, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State to represent Enugu North Senatorial District, Samuel Ortom of Benue State to represent Benue North West Senatorial District, Darius Ishaku of Taraba State for Taraba South Senatorial District, and Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State to represent Kebbi Central Senatorial District.

In 2019, about 20 former governors were elected into the ninth National assembly amongst them are Rochas Okorocha (Imo), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Kabiru Gaya (Kano), Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa), Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu), Orji Kalu (Abia), Gabriel Suswam (Benue), and Ibrahim Shekarau (Kano), amongst others.

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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