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Kwara Central senatorial district

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Kwara Central senatorial district covering mainly the city of Ilorin is a metropolitan senatorial district of all the three in Kwara State. Kwara Central senatorial districts covers four local governments which include Asa, Ilorin East, Ilorin South and Ilorin West. Bukola Saraki, the President of the 8th National Assembly is from this district.[1] The current representative of Kwara Central senatorial district is Saliu Mustapha of the All Progressives Congress, APC.[2][3]

List of senators representing Kwara Central

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Senator Party Year Assembly Electoral history
Adebayo Salman Is'haq PDP 1999 - 2003 4th
Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki PDP 2003 - 2011 5th

6th

Bukola Saraki PDP (2011- 2014)

APC (2014 - 2018)

PDP (2018 - 2019)

2011 - 2019 7th

8th

President of the 8th National Assembly.
Ibrahim Oloriegbe APC 2019–2023 9th
Saliu Mustapha APC 2023-present 10th

References

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  1. ^ "Saraki, others, no go get pension again". BBC News Pidgin. 2018-03-13. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  2. ^ "2019 Election: Oloriegbe leads Saraki by over 19,000 votes in Kwara Central". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  3. ^ "2023 KWARA state senatorial election results - eduweb". Retrieved 2024-04-18.