Patrick Aga

{{short description|Nigerian politician}}

{{Use Nigerian English|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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|office1 = Senator for Nasarawa North

|term_start1 = May 1999

|term_end1 = May 2003

|predecessor1 =

|successor1 = John Danboyi

|birth_date =

|birth_place = Nasarawa State, Nigeria

|death_date =

|party = Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)

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Patrick Aga was elected Senator for the Nasarawa North constituency of Nasarawa State, Nigeria at the start of the Fourth Nigerian Republic, running on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on May 29 1999.{{cite web|url=https://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/n/nigeria/nigerialeg2.txt|title=Federal Republic of Nigeria Legislative Election of 20 February and 7 March 1999|work=Psephos|access-date=2010-06-24}}

After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Ethics, Judiciary, Women Affairs, Commerce, Education, Special Projects and Local & Foreign Debts (vice chairman).{{cite web|url=http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm|title=Congressional Committees|publisher=Nigeria Congress|access-date=2010-06-24|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118151316/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm|archive-date=2009-11-18}}

In the run-up to the 2003 elections, Aga transferred to the Alliance for Democracy (AD) party in the hope of being elected Nasarawa governor on that platform.{{cite news|url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/01/27/20030127pol01.html|title=Senate: PDP's Loss, Other Parties' Gain|last=Umar|first=Bature|work=This Day|date=27 January 2003|access-date=2010-06-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908063354/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/01/27/20030127pol01.html|archive-date=2010-09-08}}

After the elections the AD party split into two rival factions.

In December 2003 Aga was appointed national vice chairman for the North-Central region in the faction headed by Chief Adebisi Akande.{{cite web|url=https://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19754951_ITM|title=Akande Emerges Lagos AD Faction Chairman, Akinfenwa Wins in Abuja.|date=17 December 2003|work=Vanguard|author=Bolade Omonijo, Emmanuel Aziken & Olasunkanmi Akoni|access-date=2010-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022150142/https://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19754951_ITM|archive-date=2012-10-22|url-status=dead}}