Hon. Betara is a Fifth-term Member representing Biu/Bayo/Shani/Kwaya Kusar Federal Constituency in the 10th House of Representatives under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Hon. Betara joined mainstream politics in 2007 and entered the race for the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) and got elected as the member representing the interests of Biu, Kwaya Kusar, Bayo and Shani Federal Constituency at the House of Assembly.