Tajudeen Abbas: Meet Newly Elected 10th Assembly Speaker

The newly elected Speaker of the 10th National Assembly, Tajudeen Abbas succeeded Hon Femi Gbajabiamila who is now the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu.

In this article, GWG.ng profiles the 10th Speaker, among other notable things to know about him.

Age

Hon Abbas was born on October 1st, 1963 in Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria.

State of Origin

He comes from the Zazzau Emirate. In fact, he is a prince from the emirate and holds the traditional title of the Iyan Zazzau. 

Based on tradition, he is in line of succession to become the Emir of Zazzau. He had a distinguished career in both public and private sectors before coming to the House.

Education

Hon. Abbas started school at Kaduna Teacher’s College (KTC) where he obtained a grade II certificate in 1981. He then proceeded to the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he studied business administration and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1988. Later on, he obtained a master’s degree in business administration from the same institution in 1993. He furthered his education by completing a doctorate degree in business management at the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto in 2010.

He pioneered the Department of Business Administration at the same institution in 2001 before joining the Kaduna State University (KASU), where he established the Department of Accounting as the pioneer HOD in 2005.

Career

He started as a primary school teacher from 1981 to 1988 before moving on to become a lecturer at a polytechnic in 1989. In 1993, he joined the Kaduna State University (KASU) as a lecturer and taught there until 2001. From 2001 to 2005, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas worked as a marketing manager at NTC Plc.

Dr Tajudeen Abbas is a distinguished academic who has received numerous awards and recognitions for his contributions to education in Nigeria.

He was awarded the Best Student of History Award in 1981 at KTC Katsina, the Best Student of International Finance in 1993 at ABU, Zaria, and was made a Fellow of the Association of Hospitality Management of Nigeria. He also worked at the Nigerian Tobacco Distribution Company, now British-American Tobacco Company between 1993 and 1996. He quit academia and joined politics in 2010.

He was also recognized as the Best Head of Department by Kaduna State Polytechnic in 1993 and as Best Service Manager by Nigerian Institute of Management, Zaria in 2009.

As Lawmaker

Hon Tajudeen Abbas was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2011 on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has made his mark as a silent achiever and a lawmaker par excellence who has chaired several committees in the House. His colleagues call him a silent achiever.

In the 8th Assembly – between 2015 and 2019 – he held the record of a single member that sponsored the highest number of bills in the entire National Assembly.

When he returned to the 9th House – from 2019 to date – Tajudeen Abbas singlehandedly sponsored record-breaking 74 bills, out of which 21 were signed into law. Before now, most Nigerians did not know this, because the man remains unassuming. He doesn’t want to attract attention to himself. You can only imagine if it were another lawmaker that achieved this feat.

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