Sen. Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi

Senator Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi is a third-term Senator, born December 10, 1950. He has been the Senator representing Kebbi North Senatorial District from 2015 till date. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna State. He went on to obtain his PhD in Rural Sociology from the same University in 1983. Senator Yahaya had been an academician before delving into the Nigerian Civil Service and politics. In his alma mater, ABU, Zaria and the University of Lagos, he held several teaching and research positions, ranging from Honorary Research Fellow to Associate Professor/Principal Research Fellow. He has also headed the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology in ABU, Zaria. In 2015, Senator Yahaya was elected into the 8th Assembly Senat