predecessor successor birth_place office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
mamman bello ali alkali abdulkadir jajere yobe state , nigeria senator for yobe south 15 august 1952 29 may 2007 adamu garba talba
 may 2011 adamu garba talba
adamu garba talba

adamu garba talba -lrb- born 15 august 1952 -rrb- was elected senator for the yobe south constituency of yobe state , nigeria , taking office on 29 may 2007 .
he is a member of the people 's democratic party -lrb- pdp -rrb- .
talba gained a diploma in public administration and entered the yobe state civil service .
he was twice council chairman of nangere local government council in yobe state .
he was appointed chairman of the board of management , federal medical centre , alare , director of nndc , kaduna and was commissioner of health for yobe state .
as senator , in september 2008 talba advocated establishment of a national desert commission to tackle desert encroachment in the northern part of the country .
he was a vocal critic of yobe state governor ibrahim geidam , accusing him of squandering money .
he called for investigation of contracts awarded to beccon nigeria , an n4 billion award for construction of the kaliyari-baimari road , n2 .3 billion for construction of the damaturu water works and n1 .3 billion for unspecified renovations to secondary schools .
in december 2009 , talba said that the democratic process was working normally , and criticized recent moves by opposition politicians to form a `` mega party '' in opposition to the pdp .
he said they should join the mainstream of either the pdp or the anpp -lrb- all nigeria peoples party -rrb- .
in march 2010 he denied a media report that former yobe central senator usman albishir , who had recently decamped from the anpp to the pdp , would automatically get a ticket from the party to contest the 2011 governorship election .
he added that with albishir 's move the anpp would be history in yobe .
