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Nationality
  
Nigerian


Children
  
19

Name
  
Alhassan Doguwa

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Preceded by
  
Hon Ishaka Mohammed Bawa

Born
  
14 August 1965 (age 58) Dadin Kowa Village, Doguwa Local Government Area, Kano State, Nigeria (
1965-08-14
)

Political party
  
All Progressive Congress (APC)

Spouse(s)
  
Halima Alhassan Ado, Umma Alhassan Ado, Binta Alhassan Ado, Bilkisu Alhassan Ado

Residence
  
Kano, Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria

Preceded by
  
Hon Basiru Burum Burum

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Alhassan Ado Garba popularly known as Alhassan Doguwa (born August 14, 1965) is the Chief Whip of the House of Representatives of Nigeria. He is an All Progressive Congress (APC) member representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State.

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Early life and education

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Born on 14 August 1965 from a Hausa political family. Alhassan Ado is a son of a prominent member of the First Republic NEPU, and a Kano-based political party that later joined the United Progressive Grand Alliance (UPGA), which formed a strong formidable national opposition to the then leading Northern People’s Congress (NPC). Hon Garba's father, Alhaji Ado was elected an Honorable Member, Kano State House of Assembly under the defunct Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) Government.

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Alhassan Ado Garba was a First Class Graduate of Mass Communications from Bayero University Kano, a focused personality who joined politics immediately after graduating and became elected member of the House of Representatives under the defunct SDP in 1992, it did not take him long to register his exceptional presence in the House. He was one of the frontline Members that supported Engr. Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to become the Deputy Speaker of the 3rd Republic House of Representatives.

Political career

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Alhassan Ado Garba was first elected to the Nigerian National Assembly's House of Representatives under the defunct SDP in 1992. He was one of the frontline Members that supported the election of Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to become the Deputy Speaker of the 3rd Republic House of Representatives.

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In 2000, Alhassan Ado Garba was appointed as Special Adviser to the Kano State Governor on Environment. He later worked as a Special Adviser on Governmental Affairs and Political Party Affairs to Senate Presidents Chief Adolphus Wabara and Senator Ken Nnamani respectively.

Hon Alhassan Ado succeeded in returning to the House of Representatives in 2007 where he became the Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Having served the nation and especially his constituents diligently, the enterprising people of Tudun Wada/Doguwa Federal Constituency re-elected Hon Doguwa in 2011 where it became more clearly that he is indeed a Parliamentary asset having served as the Chairman House Committee chairman on MDGs. Hon Alhassan also serves as the African Network of Parliamentarians on MDGs Chairman.

In 2015, Garba was elected to serve for the fourth term in the Lower Chamber where he was overwhelmingly elected as the 8th Assembly's Chief Whip after the defeat of his Speakership nominee (Femi Gbajabiamila) who lost to Yakubu Dogara. Upon his acceptance as the Chief Whip however created a rift between him and Femi Gbajabiamila something that tear their team apart and ends their long relationship.

Honours and awards

Alhassan Ado Garba has a Traditional Title of Sarkin Yakin Burum Burum and Yariman Dadin Kowa conferred to him by both theDistrict Heads of Doguwa and Tudun Wada Local Governments respectively in 2013.

References

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