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Tafarki Agbadu Eneme

Brief Description:

Dr. Tafarki Agbadu Eneme (born January 10th, 1961) is a Nigerian politician and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party. He is the Chief Whip of Taraba State House of Assembly and Chairman House Committee on Environment, Urban Development and Forestry Potentials.  

Early Life and Education:

Dr Tafarki Agbadu Eneme was born into the royal family of Mr and Mrs Agbadu Wajigba Adamah Nkafwen of Eneme village in Kurmi Local Government Area, Taraba State. He is a native of Eneme, Kurmi LGA, Taraba State. He attended the former Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School Ndaforo from 1969 to 1975, proceeded to Ganye (1975 - 1980) for his GCE and then moved to School of Basic Studies (SBS/ABU  Zaria) in 1980 to 1981 and Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (ABU) in 1983 to 1988. In order to widen his frontier of knowledge, he went to University of Maiduguri in 1997 to 2001, where he obtained his Masters Degree. In his quest to gain more knowledge, he started a PhD program at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 2011 to 2014 but couldn't complete it with reason of being appointed as Commissioner for Health by the former Acting-Governor of Taraba State, Alh. Sani Abubakar.

Political Career

He served as Commissioner for Health from 2014 to 2015 and because of his commitment to service, he was reappointed Hon Commissioner for Works and transport in 2015 to 2019 where he saw the need to impact more in the lives of his people and contested for member Taraba State House of Assembly to represent Kurmi in 2019 State Election and won with massive votes.  At the state house of assembly, his capacity and commitment to service were noticed, he was appointed Chairman House Committee on Internally Generated Revenue and vice chairman House Committee on Public Accounts. Agbadu in 2023 was again called by the people of Kurmi because of his antecedents to re-contest the seat of the Member representing Kurmi which he succumbed to and later won; a landslide victory. He is the current Chief Whip of Taraba State House of Assembly and Chairman House Committee on Environment, Urban Development and Forestry Potentials, Taraba State.

Credit: Beatrice Japhet W.

Reference:

1. Job Sehero (2023), "Full Biography of Dr. Tafarki Agbadu Eneme (from 1961 to Till Date)", retrived from eflex9ja, url-https://www.eflex9ja.com.ng/2024/01/full-biography-of-dr-tafarki-agbadu.html, December 01, 2023.