Gombe State House of Assembly

The Gombe State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Gombe State of Nigeria.^[1][2][3] It is a unicameral legislature with 24 members elected from the 11 local government areas of the state delineated into 24 state constituencies. Local government areas with considerably larger populations are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Gombe State House of Assembly 24.

Gombe State House of Assembly
7th Gombe State House of Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	4 years
History
Founded	1999
Leadership
Speaker	Abubakar Muhammad Luggerewo, APC
Deputy Speaker	Sadam Bello Sale, APC
Majority Leader	Yerima Gaule, APC
Structure
Seats	24
Political groups	Majority   APC (20) Minority   PDP (4)
Elections
Last election	2023

The fundamental functions of the Assembly are to enact new laws, amend or repeal existing laws and oversight of the executive.^[4][5] Members of the assembly are elected for a term of four years concurrent with federal legislators (Senate and House of Representatives). The state assembly convenes three times a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) in the assembly complex within the state capital, Gombe.

The leaders of the 6th Gombe State House of Assembly^[6] are Mr Luggerewo, Speaker (APC,Akko Central constituency), Sadam Bello Sale, Deputy Speaker, (APC, Funakaye North Constituency), Yerima Gaule, Majority Leader ^[7] The All Progressives Congress (APC) is the majority party with 20 seats while People's Democratic Party (PDP) constitutes the minority position having only 4 seats.

Gombe State House Of Assembly Constituencies List:

1. Akko Central (Kumo)
2. Akko North
3. Akko West
4. Balanga North
5. Balanga South
6. Billiri East
7. Billiri West
8. Dukku North
9. Dukku South
10. Deba
11. Funakaye North
12. Funakaye South
13. Gombe North
14. Gombe South
15. Kaltungo East
16. Kaltungo West
17. Kwami East
18. Kwami West
19. Nafada North^[8]
20. Nafada South^[8]
21. Pero/Chonge
22. Shongom
23. Yamaltu East
24. Yamaltu West

List of current members

Member	Roles	LGA	Constituency	Roles
Abdullahi Abubakar	APC"	Akko	Akko West	Nill
Mohammed A. Musa	APC		Akko North	Nill
Muhammad Abubakar Luggerewo	APC		Akko Central	Speaker
Buba Musa	APC	Balanga	Balanga North	Chief Whip
Maigemi Lamido Isaac	APC		Balanga South	Nill
Daniel Yakubu	PDP	Billiri	Billiri East	Nill
Malon Nimrod Yari	PDP		Billiri West	Nill
Abdulkarim Nasiru	APC	Dukku	Dukku North	Nill
Umar Adamu A	APC		Dukku South	Nill
Suleiman Mohammed Kabir	APC	Yamaltu/Deba	Deba, Gombe	Nill
Adamu Sale Pata	APC		Yamaltu East	Nill
Manaja Musa Zambuk	APC		Yamaltu West	Nill
Sadam Bello Sale	APC	Funakaye	Funakaye North	Deputy Speaker
Abubakar Dayi Muhammed	APC		Funakaye South	Nill
Manu Aliyu Baba	APC	Gombe	Gombe North	Nill
Mustapha Usman Hassan	APC		Gombe South	Committee leader on road and transport
Ladan Yerima Gaule	APC	Kaltungo	Kaltungo East	Nill
Gabriel Galadima Fushison	PDP		Kaltungo West	Nill
Haruna Shuaibu Adamu	APC	Kwami	Kwami East	Nill
Siddi Buba	APC		Kwami West	Nill
Muhammed Tahir Dan.Galadima	APC	Nafada	Nafada North	Nill
Adamu A. Musa	APC		Nafada South	Nill
Golkos Gaius Gaji	APC	Shongom	rowspan="1" |Nill
Ayala Zubairu Pilate	PDP		Shongom[9]