George Akume

George Akume

Senator for Benue NW
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 May 2007
Governor of Benue State
In office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2007
Preceded by	Dominic Oneya
Succeeded by	Gabriel Suswam
Personal details
Born	(1953-12-27) 27 December 1953
Political party	All Progressives Congress (APC)

George Akume (born 27 December 1953) is senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He was the Minority Leader of the Senate from June 2011 to June 2015. He was also the Governor of Benue State from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He was the first Executive Governor of Benue State to have completed two terms in office. He was elected governor of Benue State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and was then elected to the Senate.^[1] Akume was re-elected Senator for Benue North-West in the April 2011 elections, running on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).^[2]

Background

George Akume obtained a Bachelor's degree In Sociology and a Master's Degree In Labour Relations From the University of Ibadan. He became a career civil servant who rose to the apex of the professional career ladder as a permanent secretary. He now resides in Abuja, Nigeria.^[1]

Political career

In 1999, he became governor of Benue State and served two four years term. He won elections to represent the people of Benue as a senator for Benue North-West in Nigeria's senate.^[1] Akume was re-elected Senator for Benue North-West in the April 2011 elections, running on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform. He polled 261,726 votes, defeating Terngu Tsegba of the PDP who won 143,354 votes.^[2] He was again re-elected to the senate under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015.

References

1 2 3 "Sen. George Akume". National Assembly of Nigeria. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
1 2 Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi and Yusufu Aminu (2011-04-28). "Benue youths protest governorship poll result". The Nation. Retrieved 2011-05-02.

Governors of Benue State

Abdullahi Shelleng Adebayo Lawal Aper Aku John Kpera Jonah David Jang Yohanna Madaki Ishaya Bakut Idris Garba Fidelis Makka Moses Adasu Joshua Obademi Aminu Isa Kontagora Dominic Oneya George Akume Gabriel Suswam

Nigerian state governors 1999-2003 term

Abia	Orji Uzor Kalu (PDP)

Adamawa	Boni Haruna (PDP)

Akwa Ibom	Victor Attah (PDP)

Anambra	Chinwoke Mbadinuju (PDP)

Bauchi	Adamu Mu'azu (PDP)

Bayelsa	Diepreye Alamieyeseigha (PDP)

Benue	George Akume (PDP)

Borno	Mala Kachalla (APP)

Cross River	Donald Duke (PDP)

Delta	James Ibori (PDP)

Ebonyi	Sam Egwu (PDP)

Edo	Lucky Igbinedion (PDP)

Ekiti	Niyi Adebayo (AD)

Enugu	Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP)

Gombe	Abubakar Habu Hashidu (APP)

Imo	Achike Udenwa (PDP)

Jigawa	Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (APP)

Kaduna	Ahmed Makarfi (PDP)

Kano	Rabiu Kwankwaso (PDP)

Katsina	Umaru Yar'Adua (PDP)

Kebbi	Adamu Aliero (APP)

Kogi	Abubakar Audu (APP)

Kwara	Mohammed Lawal (ANPP)

Lagos	Bola Tinubu (AD)

Nasarawa	Abdullahi Adamu (PDP)

Niger	Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)

Ogun	Olusegun Osoba (AD)

Ondo	Adebayo Adefarati (AD)

Osun	Adebisi Akande (AD)

Oyo	Lam Adesina (AD)

Plateau	Joshua Dariye (PDP)

Rivers	Peter Odili (PDP)

Sokoto	Attahiru Bafarawa (APP)

Taraba	Jolly Nyame (PDP)

Yobe	Bukar Ibrahim (APP)

Zamfara	Ahmad Sani Yerima (ANPP)

Nigerian state governors 2003-2007 term

Abia	Orji Uzor Kalu (PDP)

Adamawa	Boni Haruna (PDP)

Akwa Ibom	Victor Attah (PDP)

Anambra	Chris Ngige (PDP) (nullified) Peter Obi (APGA)

Bauchi	Adamu Mu'azu (PDP)

Bayelsa	Diepreye Alamieyeseigha (PDP) (impeached) Goodluck Jonathan (PDP)

Benue	George Akume (PDP)

Borno	Ali Modu Sheriff (ANPP)

Cross River	Donald Duke (PDP)

Delta	James Ibori (PDP)

Ebonyi	Sam Egwu (PDP)

Edo	Lucky Igbinedion (PDP)

Ekiti	Ayo Fayose (PDP) (impeached) Tunji Olurin (Administrator)

Enugu	Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP)

Gombe	Mohammed Danjuma Goje (PDP)

Imo	Achike Udenwa (PDP)

Jigawa	Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (APP)

Kaduna	Ahmed Makarfi (PDP)

Kano	Ibrahim Shekarau (ANPP)

Katsina	Umaru Yar'Adua (PDP)

Kebbi	Adamu Aliero (APP)

Kogi	Ibrahim Idris (PDP)

Kwara	Bukola Saraki (PDP)

Lagos	Bola Tinubu (AC)

Nasarawa	Abdullahi Adamu (PDP)

Niger	Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)

Ogun	Gbenga Daniel (PDP)

Ondo	Olusegun Agagu (PDP)

Osun	Olagunsoye Oyinlola (PDP)

Oyo	Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja (PDP) (impeached) Christopher Alao-Akala (PDP) Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja (PDP) (reinstated)

Plateau	Joshua Dariye (PDP) (suspended) Chris Alli (administrator) Joshua Dariye (PDP) (reinstated)

Rivers	Peter Odili (PDP)

Sokoto	Attahiru Bafarawa (APP)

Taraba	Jolly Nyame (PDP)

Yobe	Bukar Ibrahim (APP)

Zamfara	Ahmad Sani Yerima (ANPP)

Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 6^th National Assembly (2007–2011)

Abia	S Enyinnaya Abaribe Harcourt (PDP) C Nkechi Justina Nwaogu (PDP) N Uche Chukwumerije (PPA)

Abuja	FCT Adamu Sidi Ali (PDP)

Adamawa	S Grace Folashade Bent (PDP) C Jubril Aminu (PDP) N Mohammed Mana (PDP)

Akwa Ibom	NW Aloysius Akpan Etok (PDP) NE Effiong Dickson Bob (PDP) S Eme Ufot Ekaette (PDP)

Anambra	C Annie Okonkwo (PDP) S Ikechukwu Obiorah (PDP) N Joy Emodi (PDP) (annulled) Alphonsus Obi Igbeke (ANPP)

Bauchi	C Mohammed A Muhammed (ANPP) N Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif (AD) S Bala Mohammed (ANPP)

Bayelsa	W Heineken Lokpobiri (PDP) E Nimi Barigha-Amange (PDP) C Emmanuel Paulker (PDP)

Benue	S David Mark (PDP) NW George Akume (PDP) NE Joseph Akaagerger (PDP)

Borno	C Kaka Mallam Yale (ANPP) N Maina Maaji Lawan (ANPP) S Omar Hambagda (ANPP)

Cross River	S Bassey Ewa-Henshaw (PDP) N Gregory Ngaji (PDP) C Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP)

Delta	S James Manager (PDP) N Patrick Osakwe (A) C Adego Erhiawarie Eferakeya (PDP)

Ebonyi	N Anthony Agbo (PDP) S Anyimchukwu Ude (PDP) C Julius Ucha (PDP)

Edo	S Ehigie Edobor Uzamere (PDP) C Odion Ugbesia (PDP) N Yisa Braimoh (PDP)

Ekiti	C Adefemi Kila (PDP) (Annulled) C Festus Olabode Ola (AC) N Ayodele S. Arise (PDP) S Sola Akinyede (PDP)

Enugu	N Ayogu Eze (PDP) E Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP) W Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)

Gombe	C Audu Idris Umar (PDP) N Kawu Peto Dukku (PDP) (died) Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali S Tawar Umbi Wada (PDP)

Imo	E Chris Anyanwu (PDP) W Osita Izunaso (PDP) N Sylvester Anyanwu (PDP)

Jigawa	NE Abdulaziz Usman (PDP) NW Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (PDP) SW Mujitaba Mohammed Mallam (PDP)

Kaduna	N Ahmed Makarfi (PDP) S Caleb Zagi (PDP) C Mohammed Kabiru Jibril (PDP)

Kano	N Aminu Sule Garo (ANPP) (nullified) N Bello Hayatu Gwarzo (PDP) S Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (ANPP) C Mohammed Adamu Bello (ANPP)

Katsina	S Garba Yakubu Lado (PDP) C Ibrahim M. Ida (PDP) N Mahmud Kanti Bello (PDP)

Kebbi	S Abubakar Tanko Ayuba (PDP) C Adamu Aliero (PDP) Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (PDP) N Umaru Argungu (PDP)

Kogi	E Nicholas Ugbane (PDP) C Otaru Salihu Ohize (AC) W Smart Adeyemi (PDP)

Kwara	C Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki (PDP) N Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa (PDP) S Simon Ajibola (PDP)

Lagos	E Adeleke Mamora (AC) W Ganiyu Solomon (AC) C Munirudeen Adekunle Muse (AC)

Nasarawa	W Abubakar Sodangi(PDP) N Patricia Akwashiki (ANPP) S Suleiman Adokwe (PDP)

Niger	E Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP) N Nuhu Aliyu Labbo (PDP) S Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)

Ogun	W Felix Kolawole Bajomo (PDP) C Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (PDP) E Ramoni Olalekan Mustapha (PRP)

Ondo	N Bode Olajumoke (PDP) C Gbenga Ogunniya (PDP) S Hosea Ehinlanwo (PDP)

Osun	W Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke (PDP) E Iyiola Omisore (PDP) C Simeon Oduoye (PDP)

Oyo	N Andrew Babalola (PDP) S Kamorudeen Adekunle Adedibu (PDP) C Teslim Folarin (PDP)

Plateau	N Gyang Dalyop Datong (PDP) S John Nanzip Shagaya (PDP) C Satty Davies Gogwim (PDP)

Rivers	E George Thompson Sekibo (PDP) SE Lee Maeba (PDP) W Wilson Asinobi Ake (PDP)

Sokoto	E Abubakar Umar Gada (PDP) N Ahmed Muhammad Maccido (PDP) S Umaru Dahiru (PDP)

Taraba	N Anthony George Manzo (PDP) C Dahiru Bako Gassol (PDP) S Joel Danlami Ikenya (PDP)

Yobe	N Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan (ANPP) E Bukar Ibrahim (ANPP) S Adamu Garba Talba (PDP)

Zamfara	W Ahmad Rufai Sani (ANPP) C Hassan Muhammed Gusau (ANPP) N Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (ANPP)

President: David Mark (PDP), Deputy President: Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)
See also Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 5^th National Assembly (2003–2007), Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 7^th National Assembly (2011–2015)

Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 7^th National Assembly (2011-2015)

Abia	S Enyinnaya Abaribe Harcourt (PDP) C Nkechi Justina Nwaogu (PDP) N Uche Chukwumerije (PDP)

Abuja	FCT Philips Tanimu Aduda (PDP)

Adamawa	S Ahmed Hassan Barata (PDP) C Bello Mohammed Tukur (PDP) N Bindo Jibrilla (PDP)

Akwa Ibom	NW Aloysius Akpan Etok (PDP) NE Ita Enang (PDP) S Helen Esuene (PDP)

Anambra	C Chris Ngige (ACN) S Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba (PDP) N John Okechukwuemeka (PDP)

Bauchi	C Abdul Ahmed Ningi (PDP) N Babayo Garba Gamawa (PDP) S Adamu Gumba (PDP)

Bayelsa	W Heineken Lokpobiri (PDP) E Clever Ikisikpo (PDP) C Emmanuel Paulker (PDP)

Benue	S David Mark (PDP) NW George Akume (ACN) NE Barnabas Andyar Gemade (PDP)

Borno	C Ahmed Zanna (PDP) N Maina Maaji Lawan (ANPP) S Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC)

Cross River	S Bassey Otu (PDP) N Benedict Ayade (PDP) C Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP)

Delta	S James Manager (PDP) N Arthur Okowa Ifeanyi (PDP) C Akpor Pius Ewherido (DPP)

Ebonyi	N Christopher Nwankwo (PDP) S Sonni Ogbuoji (PDP) C Paulinus Igwe Nwagu (PDP)

Edo	S Ehigie Edobor Uzamere (ACN) C Odion Ugbesia (PDP) N Domingo Alaba Obende (ACN)

Ekiti	C Babafemi Ojudu (ACN) N Olubunmi Adetunbi (ACN) S Anthony Adeniyi (ACN)

Enugu	N Ayogu Eze (PDP) E Gilbert E. Nnaji (PDP) W Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)

Gombe	C Mohammed Danjuma Goje (APC) N Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali (PDP) S Joshua M. Lidani (PDP)

Imo	E Chris Anyanwu (APGA) W Hope Uzodinma (PDP) N Matthew Ifeanyi Nwagwu (PDP)

Jigawa	NE Abdulaziz Usman (PDP) NW Danladi Abdullahi Sankara (PDP) SW Abdulmumini M. Hassan (PDP)

Kaduna	N Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed (CPC) S Nenadi Usman (PDP) C Mohammed Saleh (CPC)

Kano	N Bello Hayatu Gwarzo (PDP) S Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (ANPP) C Basheer Garba Mohammed (PDP)

Katsina	S Abu Ibrahim (CPC) C Ahmed Sani Stores (CPC) N Abdul Yandomi (CPC)

Kebbi	S Mohammed Magoro (PDP) C Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (PDP) N Isa Muhammed Galaudu (PDP)

Kogi	E Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja (PDP) C Nurudeen Abatemi Usman (PDP) W Smart Adeyemi (PDP)

Kwara	C Bukola Saraki (APC) N Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi (PDP) S Simon Ajibola (PDP)

Lagos	E Gbenga Bareehu Ashafa (ACN) W Ganiyu Solomon (ACN) C Oluremi Tinubu (ACN)

Nasarawa	W Abdullahi Adamu (APC) N Yusuf Musa Nagogo (CPC) S Suleiman Asonya Adokwe (PDP)

Niger	E Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP) N Ibrahim Musa (CPC) S Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)

Ogun	W Akin Babalola Kamar Odunsi (ACN) C Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara (ACN) E Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka (ACN)

Ondo	N Robert Ajayi Boroffice (LP) C Akinyelure Patrick Ayo (LP) S Boluwaji Kunlere (LP)

Osun	W Mudasiru Oyetunde Hussein (ACN) E Christopher Omoworare Babajide (ACN) C Olusola Adeyeye (ACN)

Oyo	N Hosea Ayoola Agbola (PDP) S Olufemi Lanlehin (ACN) C Ayoade Ademola Adeseun (ACN)

Plateau	N Gyang Datong (PDP) S Victor Lar (PDP) C Joshua Dariye (LP)

Rivers	E George Thompson Sekibo (PDP) S Magnus Ngei Abe (APC) W Wilson Asinobi Ake (APC)

Sokoto	E Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir (APC) N Ahmed Muhammad Maccido (PDP) S Umaru Dahiru (APC)

Taraba	N Aisha Jummai (APC) C Abubakar Umar Tutare (PDP) S Emmanuel G. Bwacha (PDP)

Yobe	N Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan (ANPP) E Bukar Ibrahim (ANPP) S Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere (ANPP)

Zamfara	W Ahmad Rufai Sani (ANPP) C Kabir Garba Marafa (ANPP) N Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (PDP)

ACN: Action Congress of Nigeria - ANPP: All Nigeria People's Party - APGA: All Progressives Grand Alliance - CPC: Congress for Progressive Change - DPP Democratic People's Party - LP: Labour Party - PDP: People's Democratic Party
See also Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 6^th National Assembly (2007-2011)

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