Meet the newly elected Senate President, Ahmed Lawan

Ahmed Lawan has emerged the new Senate-President of Nigeria after defeating his opponent, Ali Ndume, by a landslide victory of 79 votes to 28 votes.

Consequently, we bring to you the interesting things   you didn’t know about the new Senate President.

It is necessary to know more about the new Senate-President.

Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan represents the All Progressive Congress(APC) in Yobe North Constituency of Yobe State.

He only became a senator in 2007. He was born in 1959.

He also possesses a bachelor’s degree in geography from the University of Maiduguri,equally,he has a master’s degree in remote sensing from Ahmadu Bello University.

Also, he has a doctorate degree in remote sensing/GIS. from Cranfield University, UK.

And lastly, he was a two-term House of Representatives member between 1999-2007.