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

Karai-Karai Karai-Karai (Francophonic spelling: Karekare, Kerrikerri, Ajami: كاراي-كاراي) is a language spoken in West Africa, most prominently North eastern Nigeria. The number of speakers of Karai-Karai is estimated between 1,500,000 to 1,800,00 ...

born in

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, Yobe State. He was elected Senator for the

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South constituency of Yobe State,

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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 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 was 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

Ibrahim Geidam Ibrahim Gaidam is a Nigerian politician and the incumbent Senator of Yobe East Senatorial District, Nigeria since June 2019. He was the immediate past governor of Yobe State, succeeded by the Former APC National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni on 29 May ...

, 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 PDP. He said they should join the mainstream of either the PDP or the ANPP (

All Nigeria Peoples Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party (abbr. ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria. Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ...

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

Usman Albishir Shehu Usman Albishir (15 June 1945 – 2 July 2012) was a Nigerian senator representing Yobe North constituency of Yobe State. He was a member of the business family of Alhaji Albishir Abdullahi and Late Hajiya Fatima Albishir. Education He ...

, 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 Yobe State Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria) 21st-century Nigerian politicians People from Yobe State Nigerian Karai-Karai people {{Nigeria-politician-stub