Ahmed Aliyu Wadada
Senator, Nasarawa West (Senatorial) · SDP
Senator Ahmed Aliyu Wadada represents Nasarawa West on a platform built around accountability and constituency service. His 2023 election victory, defeating the APC candidate in the home zone of the party's national chairman, established an unusually independent footing for an opposition senator. His most substantial legislative contribution in the 10th Senate has been his chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, through which he led the most consequential oil-sector audit inquiry of the assembly: the probe of N210 trillion in financial discrepancies in NNPCL's audited accounts from 2017 to 2023, including summons of former GCEO Mele Kyari and an arrest warrant issued in June 2026 (subsequently voided by the full Senate on procedural grounds). His committee also examined N11.54 trillion in alleged unremitted NNPCL subsidy funds and tax arrears. On the constituency axis, documented projects include the rehabilitation of the 18.5km Agwan Takwa Junction-Moroa Town Road (N148.5 million, Kokona LGA, February 2026), payment of WAEC registration fees for 744 students across five LGAs, and reported distribution of healthcare equipment to ten general hospitals. Bills sponsored include the FCT Satellite Towns Development Commission Bill (SB, second reading November 2024), and proposals to upgrade the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa to a university and to upgrade Nasarawa Specialist Hospital Lafia to a teaching hospital. The dominant integrity event is his defection in August 2025 from the SDP to the APC, following a private meeting with President Tinubu, after which he continued to chair the Public Accounts Committee, a position by convention reserved for the opposition, until the Senate replaced him with Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo in April 2026. The SDP threatened legal action over the occupancy of an opposition-designated seat while affiliated with the ruling party. No criminal proceedings have been filed against Wadada personally in publicly available sources.
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- 12023 Elections: APC Chair, Adamu loses Nasarawa Senatorial seat to SDPVanguard · 2023-02-25
- 2SDP wins 2 senate seats, 1 Reps in NasarawaBusinessDay · 2023-02-25
- 3How we buried Godfatherism in Nasarawa politics - Senator WadadaPeoples Daily
- 4Leadership of the Standing Committees of the 10th Senate (2023-2027)PLAC Nigeria · 2023-08-01
- 5Senate Squares Up with NNPCL over N210trn Oil RevenueThisDay Live · 2026-03-11
- 6Why Senate asked Kyari, ex-NNPCL officials to explain N210tn discrepancies - WadadaPunch Newspapers · 2026-03-06
- 7Senate Passes 2025-27 MTEF-FSP, Probes NNPCL Over N11.54tn Subsidy Funds, Unremitted TaxesThisDay Live · 2024-12-04
- 8Senate orders NNPC to account for N210trn, bring Kyari on April 29Vanguard · 2026-04-15
- 10NNPC probe: Senate rules Kyari arrest warrant invalid, chides OshiomholePunch Newspapers · 2026-06-11
- 11Bill for FCT Satellite Towns Development Commission passes second reading at SenateThe Guardian Nigeria · 2024-11-28
- 12Bill seeking establishment of FCT Development Commission passes second reading in SenateDaily Post Nigeria · 2024-11-28
- 14Nasarawa senator pays WAEC registration fees for 744 studentsPulse Nigeria · 2024-01-01
- 15Senator pays WAEC registration fees for 744 studentsThe Eagle Online · 2024-01-01
- 16Senator Wadada Distributes Cash, Items Worth Over One And A Half Billion Naira in the Last Eighteen Months To ConstituentsNasarawa Eye · 2025-04-06
- 17Wadada Flags Off Major School Projects to Boost Education in Nasarawa WestNasarawa Eye · 2026-04-20
- 18Senator Wadada dumps SDP for APCThe Guardian Nigeria · 2025-08-12
- 192027: Nasarawa Senator Wadada Officially Rejoins APCNaija247news · 2025-09-03
- 20Senator Wadada set to dump SDP over 'principled differences' with El-RufaiDaily Post Nigeria · 2025-06-08
- 21SDP threatens legal action over Wadada's APC movePunch Newspapers · 2025-09-01
- 22Senate Names Dankwambo Chairman Public Accounts CommitteeThe Whistler · 2026-04-23
- 23Dankwambo replaces Wadada as Senate public accounts committee chair21st Century Chronicle · 2026-04-23