Adamu Garba Talba (born 15 August 1952) is a native of

Karai-Karai Karai-karai (Francophonic spelling: Karekare, Kerrikerri, Ajami: كاراي-كاراي) is the third largest Chadic language by number of speakers, and a language spoken in West Africa, most prominently North eastern Nigeria. The number of speak ...

born in

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. He was elected Senator for the Yobe South constituency of

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, taking office on 29 May 2007.

Education

Talba gained a diploma in Public Administration and entered the Yobe State Civil Service. He was twice elected council Chairman of

Local Government Council in Yobe State. He was appointed chairman of the Board of Management, Federal Medical Centre, Alare, Director of NNDC,

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and Commissioner of Health for Yobe State.

Career and achievements

As Senator, in September 2008, Talba advocated establishment of a National Desert Commission to tackle desert encroachment in the northern part of the country. He was a vocal critic of Yobe State Governor

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, accusing him of squandering money. He called for investigation of contracts awarded to BECCON Nigeria, an N4 billion award for construction of the Kaliyari-Baimari road, N2.3 billion for construction of the Damaturu water works and N1.3 billion for unspecified renovations to secondary schools.

Politics

In December 2009, Talba said that the democratic process was working normally, and criticized recent moves by opposition politicians to form a "mega party" in opposition to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said they should join the mainstream of either the PDP or the ANPP (

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). In March 2010 he denied a media report that former Yobe Central Senator

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, who had recently decamped from the ANPP to the PDP, would automatically get a ticket from the party to contest the 2011 governorship election. He added that with Albishir's move the ANPP would be history in Yobe.

References

Living people 1952 births Nigerian Muslims Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria) Senators of the 6th National Assembly (Nigeria) People from Yobe State Nigerian Karai-Karai people {{Yobe-politician-stub