UGBANE, Sen. Nicholas Yahaya

State, 1999-2000; Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Kogi, 2000; Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Solid Minerals, 2000-01; Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2001-03; Elected Senator, Federal Republic of Nigeria, since 2003; ch..Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, ch., Senate Committee on INEC, Senate Sub-Committee (INEC, 2003;v-chl, Senate Services Committee, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), mm: Senate Committee on Niger Delta; Senate Committee on Public Accounts; Senate Committee on INEC; Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Development;SenateCommitteeohInterParliamentary Affairs; Senate Committee onNational Identity Card and Natural Population; Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Makurdi Branch, 1992; Vice President Benue State Students Union, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1976; Researcher, Operational Analysis and Critical Appraisal of Bank of the North, Ankpa; Security Analysis -A Case Study of United Nigerian Textiles Ltd., Kaduna; mm: National Executive Council, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, 1992-94; Sub-Committee, M.Sc Banking and Finance inTertiary Institutions of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, 1992-94; fellow: Chartered Institute of Bankers,1993; Associate Member, Institute of Management Specialists, Warwickshire, England, 1980; Nigeria Institute of Management, 1984; mm: Student Union Parliament, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1977; Hobbies: football, lawntennis, hockey, volley-ball, photography, off:The Senate, National Assembly Complex, Three Arms Zone, Abuja; res: 20, Gnassingbe Eyadema Street, Asokoro, near ECOWAS Secretariat, P.O.Box 5787,Oirki,Abuja;tet09-3l45028,3l45()48; teI:09-23ll520, 08036157500, 08033141812.