Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi

He began his early education at the Dankoji Primary School, Argungu, from 1959 to 1964; after which he attended the Nagarta College, Sokoto, from 1965 to 1969.[5]

Yahaya attended the School of Basic Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, from 1970 to 1971 and continued in the same university to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in social sciences, and a Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D, in rural sociology from 1976 to 1983. Abdullahi also holds the Certificate of Development Oriented Research in Agriculture, ICRA, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1985.[6]

• Vice-chairman, Senate Committee on Privatisation.[14]
• Vice-chairman, Senate Committee on FERMA.[15]
• Member, Senate Committee on Public Account.[15]
• Member, Senate Committee on Finance.[15]
• Member, Senate Committee on Niger Delta.[15]
• Member, Senate Committee on Land Transport.[15]
• Member, Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream.[15]
• Member, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND.[15]

Abdullahi has sponsored, and co-sponsored several Motions and Bills, including;

• The Federal College of Education, Illo, (Establishment) Bill: The Bill sets out to establish the Federal College of Education, Illo, Kebbi state. The key rationale for this legislation is to ensure that Kebbi state is given the needed capacity to improve its quality of teaching personnel, at the most critical level. Being a border community, the college at Illo will ensure Federal Government presence and curb the practice of parents sending their children across the borders, in search of tertiary education.[16]

• The National Biosafety Management Agency Act, 2015 (Amendment) Bill: The Bill seeks to amend certain provisions of the Principal Act, regarding strict issues of public and environmental health in the management and control of GMO crops, animals and products in the country.[17]

• Prohibition and Prevention of Electricity Theft, Vandalism of Public Power Infrastructure and Personnel Protection, (Establishment) Bill: The Bill is meant to deter and curb illegal use of public electricity, protect power company staff and infrastructure from hostile and violent reaction by some members of the public.[18]

• National Technical Board for Alternative Energy Projects, (Establishment) Bill: The Bill provides for legal, management and operational framework for national investment in five, (5) key areas of alternative energy, so as to develop national capacity for smart energy mix, namely;

1. Hydropower 2. Solar 3. Wind 4. Coal, and 5. Biomass and associated projects.[19]

• Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Act, 2007, (Amendment) Bill: This Bill is to amend and streamline the operational activities of the Commission, focusing on its basic statutory role of traffic control and life-saving duties. Bearing in mind certain pronouncements of the various law courts, the Bill seeks to define and ensure clear cut scope of duties, powers and limits of the Commission, in the course of delivering and enforcing its institutional mandate on the highways.[20]

• Federal Inland Revenue Service Act, 2007 (Amendment) Bill: This Bill is intended to centralize and ensure coordinated granting of corporate tax waivers, holidays and investment incentives, to encourage transparency and accountability. Accordingly, the Bill provides for due parliamentary approval of all such requests.[21]

• A Bill for an Act to repeal the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2004, and to enact the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020: This Bill seeks to provide for the incorporation of companies, limited liability partnerships registration of business names, along with the incorporation of trustees of certain communities, bodies, associations, etc.[22]