36 Facts About Yakubu Dogara

Yakubu Dogara was born on 26 December 1967 and is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.

Yakubu Dogara was born to Yakubu Ganawuri and Saratu Yakubu on 26 December 1967.

Yakubu Dogara began his education in 1976 at Gwarangah Primary School in the then Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

From 1992 to 1993, Dogara was a student at the Lagos campus of the Nigerian Law School and was called to the bar in 1993.

Yakubu Dogara later obtained a Masters in International Commercial Law at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Yakubu Dogara attended a course on Managing and Leading Strategic Change in 2006, the Oxford University Course on Negotiation in 2013, and a course on Leadership in Crisis at the Harvard Kennedy School in 2014.

Yakubu Dogara first took up employment in April 1988 as a teacher at the ATBU Staff School in Bauchi.

Yakubu Dogara's bid proved successful and he has been a member of the House since 2007.

Yakubu Dogara is a strong advocate for the independence of the legislature, and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2007.

Yakubu Dogara has sponsored many bills and undertaken several assignments, some of which are mentioned below;.

Yakubu Dogara has served on panels and adhoc committees in the following capacities;.

In 2010, Yakubu Dogara sponsored the Corporate Manslaughter and the Data Protection Bill.

Yakubu Dogara is sponsoring the Budget Process Bill in fulfilment of his promises to reform Nigeria's budgeting process.

Yakubu Dogara has sponsored many motions throughout the duration of his legislative career, some of which bordered on;.

Yakubu Dogara was elected Speaker on June 9,2015, after a keenly contested election.

Yakubu Dogara constituted a committee which he charged with the duty of reviewing obsolete laws, with a view to repealing or amending the necessary laws in line with global best practices.

Yakubu Dogara has, on many occasions, spoken about the need to update Nigeria's laws in order to attract investments and provide jobs for the nation's millions of unemployed people.

The Yakubu Dogara-led House introduced sectoral debates on the Nigerian economy, during which ministers placed in charge of different vital portfolios engaged members of the House of Representatives with a view to establishing the required legislative framework for economic stimulation and growth.

Yakubu Dogara has been lauded for his ability to manage the affairs of the House effectively and for quelling the leadership crisis which engulfed the House of Representatives following his emergence as Speaker.

Yakubu Dogara is a strong advocate for the reconstruction, rehabilitation and recovery of the North-East region of Nigeria, which has been ravaged by six years of insurgency.

Yakubu Dogara made history as the first ever Speaker to step down from his seat to sponsor a motion when he raised a motion on the urgent need for rehabilitation, reconstruction, recovery and development of the North-East zone of Nigeria.

Yakubu Dogara has called on the international community to assist with rebuilding the region, and suggested convening a donor conference to achieve this.

Yakubu Dogara has visited Internally Displaced Persons in camps across Nigeria, in Edo, Abuja, Adamawa and other states, and donated relief materials.

Yakubu Dogara is an active supporter of the Not Too Young To Run campaign, which aims to secure representation for Nigeria's youth in the political process by lowering the age of eligibility for elective offices.

Yakubu Dogara first mentioned the need to consider this reduction in the next amendment process during a meeting with student leaders drawn from across Nigerian tertiary institutions.

The Legislative Agenda for the Eighth House - which Yakubu Dogara leads - has a section on budget reforms which states that: "The House shall examine the efficacy of conducting public hearings on the Budget before legislative approval as this exposes the National Budget to increased citizen and stakeholder participation".

Also, in response to the hardship experienced by many Nigerians, Yakubu Dogara inaugurated an ad-hoc tactical committee in February 2017, which was charged with the mandate of monitoring policies enacted by the Executive, which are geared at ending the recession.

The House under Yakubu Dogara had, in 2016, introduced sectoral debates, which entailed having selected ministers engage members of the House on legislative interventions required to achieve economic diversification.

Yakubu Dogara has called for the completion of dredging of inland water ways to open up the country and explore the potentials of agricultural and mining sectors.

Yakubu Dogara is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Nigerian Institute of Management, the Chartered Institute of Mediators and Conciliators, the Cyber Bar Association and the Social Policy Association.

Yakubu Dogara is an associate member of the Institute of Environment Management and Assessment, and the World Jurist Association, among others.

Yakubu Dogara serves as the secretary of the board of trustees and legal adviser to FAcE-PAM, an NGO operating in Bauchi State.

Shortly after his election as speaker, Yakubu Dogara held a thanksgiving service at Living Faith Church Worldwide.

Yakubu Dogara explained that his victory was through divine placement and the teachings from the Church since 1988.

Yakubu Dogara was selected as leadership Newspaper's Politician of the Year in 2015.

Yakubu Dogara was voted Political Icon of the Year 2016 by the Editorial Board of the Sun Newspaper, and named Politician of the Year by City People Magazine at their 2017 award programme.