Ahmed Idris Wase is a Nigerian politician who is at the House of Representatives level, he currently serves as the Federal Representative representing Wase constituency in the 9th National Assembly.
Profile
Birth Name: | Ahmed Idris Wase |
Gender: | Male |
Date Of Birth: | 1 June, 1964 (age 58) |
Net Worth: | USD$850,000 |
Party: | All Progressive Congress (APC) |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Origin: | Plateau State, Nigeria |
Profession: | Politician |
Career
Ahmed Idris Wase is a Nigerian politician at the House of Representatives level, Ahmed Wase currently serves as the Federal Representative representing Tsafe/Gusau constituency in the 9th National Assembly.
Ahmed Wase was elected into the lower Chamber of the National Assembly in 2007 and is currently serving his fourth term as a member of House of Representatives, Wase Federal Constituency, He worked in the following committees as Member House Of Representatives: Federal Character, Environment, Emergency & Disaster, Public Account, Area Council, Housing and Habitat, Capital Market, Poverty Alleviation, Petroleum (Upstream), Justice, Public Petitions and Labour, and Youth and Employment Head of Section.
His political priorities are education, health, good roads and water, Also accredited to him are the following; sponsorship of students scholarships, infrastructural development which includes: solar street lights, hand pump and motorized boreholes, renovation of primary healthcare centres, the building of skills acquisition centres, lobbying for the construction of roads and renovation of secondary and primary schools.
He is an advocate for Youth Empowerment and poverty alleviation, He has achieved these through: issuing of grants to the Youths and providing welfare packages to the less privileged, He was elected Deputy speaker in 9th National Assembly, House of Representative, with 358 votes unopposed.
Hon Ahmed Wase came under fire after an incident that unfolded itself on 10 March where the Deputy Speaker of the House refused to consider a petition being put on the table by the Mutual Union of Tiv in America (MUTA) through Mark Gbillah, the representative for Gwer East Federal Constituency of Benue State, The petition was regarding the dispossession of the Tiv people off their ancestral lands due to the herdsmen crisis.
Awards
- Best Legislator in Plateau State- Plateau State Award Committee
- Award for Excellence by Centre for Values and Ethics
- Leadership Excellence Award by University of Jos.
Ahmed Idris Wase Biography