David Emmanuel Ombugadu is a Nigerian politician who was a Member of
House of Representatives Nigeria representing Akwanga, Wamba and Nassarawa Eggon federal constituency from 2011 to 2019. He contested as the governorship candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The Peoples Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress.
Its policies generally lie towards the centre-right of the political spectrum. It won eve ...
(PDP) for Nasarawa state in the 2019 and 2023 general elections.
Early life and education
Emmanuel Ombugadu was born January 10, 1978. He attended LEA Primary School Kakuri in
Kaduna State
Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...
. In 1995, he attended Government College Keffi where he obtained his SSCE certificate. He then proceeded to the
University of Jos
The University of Jos, abbreviated as Unijos, is a Federal University in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria.
History
What became the University of Jos was established in November 1971 from the satellite campus of the University of Ibadan. ...
to get a bachelor's degree (Bsc.) in Economics in 2001.
He later proceeded to do his
NYSC in 2003. He proceeded to doing his masters (Msc.) at
Rivers State University of Science and Technology.
Political career
Emmanuel Ombugadu was a committee member in the privatization and commercialization committee, rules and business committee and public accounts committee until May 2015.
He then proceeded to take his political career further by running for
Nasarrawa House of Representatives from 2011 – 2015 and again from 2015 – 2019.
In 2019 and 2023 Ombugadu contested for the office of Nasarawa State Governor under the
Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The Peoples Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress.
Its policies generally lie towards the centre-right of the political spectrum. It won eve ...
.
See also
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References
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1978 births
Living people
21st-century Nigerian politicians
University of Jos alumni
Rivers State University alumni
Peoples Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria)
People from Nasarawa State