Godiya Akwashiki
{{short description|Nigerian politician}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
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| name = GODIYA AKWASHIKI
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| state_senate = Nigerian
| district = Nasarawa north senatorial
| prior_term = 9th National Assembly
| term_start = 2019
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|08|03}}
| birth_place = Nassarawa State
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| party = Social Democratic Party
| mother = Ramatu Akwashiki
| father = Akwashiki Walaro
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| residence = Nigeria
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| preceded = Sen Philip Aruwa Gyunka
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| office2 = Nasarawa state assembly
| termstart2 = 2011
| termend2 = 2019
| committees = Inter-parliamentary Affairs and Vice Chairman of the Media and Public Affairs Committee
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Godiya Akwashiki (born 3 August 1973) in Angba Iggah of Nasarawa State, Nigeria is a Nigerian politician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nassnig.org/mps/single/394|title=National Assembly {{!}} Federal Republic of Nigeria|website=www.nassnig.org|access-date=2020-01-09|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923094958/https://www.nassnig.org/mps/single/394|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://afripost.ng/2019/12/30/senator-godiya-akwashiki-early-life-education-political-career/|title=Senator Godiya Akwashiki Early Life, Education, Political Career|last=Abakpa|first=David|date=2019-12-30|website=Afripost News Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-02}} He is the current senator representing Nasarawa North senatorial district in Nasarawa State.{{Cite web|date=2019-03-04|title=Viral Video shows senator-elect stripped in Abuja|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/317358-nigerian-senator-elect-stripped-in-viral-video.html|access-date=2022-02-21|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|url=https://shakapost.com/tag/godiya-akwashiki/|title=Godiya Akwashiki|website=SHAKAPOST|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-02|archive-date=15 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515161709/https://shakapost.com/tag/godiya-akwashiki/|url-status=dead}} He was elected into the senate during the 2019 general elections of Nigeria. Akwashiki was re-elected during the 2023 general election. Before being elected into the senate he was the Deputy Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly.{{Cite web|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/akwashiki-defeats-mike-abdul-for-nasarawa-norths-seat/|title=Akwashiki defeats Mike-Abdul for Nasarawa North's seat|date=2019-09-17|website=The Nation Newspaper|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-02}}
Early life and education
Akwashiki was born in 1973 to Mr Akwashiki Walaro and Mrs Ramatu Akwashiki in [https://hfr-testing.health.gov.ng/facilities/hospitals-list?page=1096 Angba Iggah]{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Nasarawa Eggon local government area in Nasarawa State. He attended the Government Primary School, [https://hfr-testing.health.gov.ng/facilities/hospitals-list?page=1096 Angba Iggah]{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} where he finished with his First School Leaving Certificate in 1987. In 1988 he enrolled into the Government Technical College, [https://worldpostalcode.com/nigeria/nasarawa/lafia/assakio Assakio] and graduated with the Senior Secondary Certificate in Education (WASSCE) in 1993.{{fact|date=February 2024}}
Akwashiki enrolled into the Nasarawa State University, Keffi and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 2010. He is married with children{{Cite web|url=https://leadership.ng/2019/12/30/senator-godiya-akwashiki-early-life-education-political-career/|title=StackPath|website=leadership.ng|access-date=2020-01-02}}
Political career
From 2011 to 2019, Akwashiki, under the platform of the People's Democratic Party was a member of the Nasarawa State Assembly. During his first term (2011-2015), he was the Majority Leader in the State Assembly.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasarawastate.gov.ng/news13.php|title=NASARAWA ASSEMBLY ELECTS SPEAKER, DEPUTY SPEAKER|website=www.nasarawastate.gov.ng|access-date=2020-01-02|archive-date=31 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231013645/https://www.nasarawastate.gov.ng/news13.php|url-status=dead}} In his second term (2015-2019), he was appointed the Deputy Speaker of the State Assembly, a position he held until 2019 when, under the All Progressives Congress (APC), he contested for and won the Nasarawa North senatorial seat.
He is currently the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Inter-parliamentary Affairs and Vice Chairman of the Media and Public Affairs Committee.{{Cite web|url=https://placng.org/wp/2019/07/standing-committees-of-the-9th-senate-2019-2023-chairmen-and-vice-chairmen/|title=Standing Committees of the 9th Senate (2019-2023) (Chairmen and Vice Chairmen)|last=admin|date=2019-07-31|website=PLAC|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-02|archive-date=31 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231013639/https://placng.org/wp/2019/07/standing-committees-of-the-9th-senate-2019-2023-chairmen-and-vice-chairmen/|url-status=dead}}
He was named the chairman, Senate committee on Airforce of the 10th senate on 8 August 2023.{{Cite web |title=Lawan, Yari, Tambuwal, Oshiomhole, Sani Musa, Others Emerge Senate Committee Chairmen - THISDAYLIVE |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/08/08/lawan-yari-tambuwal-oshiomhole-sani-musa-others-emerge-senate-committee-chairmen?amp=1 |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.thisdaylive.com}}
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Category:Senators of the 10th National Assembly (Nigeria)
Category:Senators of the 9th National Assembly (Nigeria)
Category:People from Nasarawa State
Category:All Progressives Congress politicians
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