predecessor successor birth_place office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
abubakar mohammed mohammed danjuma goje gombe state , nigeria senator for gombe central 28 december 1959 29 may 2007 audu idris umar
 may 2011 audu idris umar
audu idris umar

audu idris umar -lrb- born 28 december 1959 -rrb- was elected senator for the gombe central constituency of gombe state , nigeria , taking office on 29 may 2007 .
he is a member of the people 's democratic party -lrb- pdp -rrb- .
umar was born on 28 december 1959 .
he obtained a bachelor 's degree in law , and became a barrister at law .
he was appointed state counsel to the ministry of justice , bauchi .
umar was elected to the house of representatives in 1999 , and was reelected in 2003 .
after taking his seat in the senate for the 2007-2011 term , umar was appointed to committees on air force -lrb- as chairman -rrb- , federal capital territory , finance and judiciary and human rights & legal matters .
in a mid-term evaluation of senators in may 2009 , thisday said only that he had no bill to his credit in past but had sponsored and co-sponsored motions .
as chairman of the senate `` ad hoc '' committee on food crisis , umar visited the controversial kafin zaki dam site in april 2009 and endorsed the dam 's construction .
however , senator ahmad ibrahim lawan of yobe north called on the committee to visit downstream users of the jama'are river before taking a position .
in august 2009 senator lawan spoke against the proposed dam .
he stated that the tiga and challawa dams on the hadejia river had already reduced downstream water flow drastically , and the jama'are river was now the main source of water in the yobe river .
he said the dams caused intense poverty , increased desert encroachment , migration and conflicts between arable farmers and herdsmen .
