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Profile of Titus Uba, PDP governorship candidate in Benue

It is no longer news that Titus Uba has emerged the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue State.

IDOMA VOICE reports that Uba defeated the current deputy governor, Benson Abounu and other contestants to pick the PDP ticket in a keenly contested election held at the Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi on Monday.

Personal details of Titus Uba
Titus Uba was born 25 September 1965.

Uba is currently serving as speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly since August 2018.

He represents Kyan constituency in the state assembly.

His emergence as the speaker of the house followed a vote of no confidence and the subsequent impeachment of the former speaker of the assembly, Terkimbi Ikyange.

In 2019, Uba was re-elected speaker for the 9th Benue State House of Assembly.

Education of Titus Uba
Uba is a native of Akehe, Ute, in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State. His early education started at LGEA Primary School in Akehe but later transferred to Demonstration Primary School, Makurdi where he finished with a First School Leaving Certificate in 1979. Uba studied at Saint Michael’s Secondary School, Aliade, finishing in 1984 with a General Certificate Examination (GCE).

In 1987, Uba proceeded to Federal Polytechnic, Idah in Kogi State where he earned a National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 1989.

He obtained a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mechanical Engineering from Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi in 2004.

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