Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, FCIPA
Council Member
He obtained his Bachelor of Law (LL.B) degree in 1992 from University of Jos. After his Law School, he was called to the bar in 1993.
He later obtained a Masters (LLM) in International Commercial Law at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland.
In 2007, he was elected member, Federal House of Representatives for the sixth National Assembly. During the Sixth Assembly
(2007 – 2011), Dogara chaired two House committees, namely the House Committee on Customs and Excise, and the House Services Committee. he was also a member of the House committees on Judiciary, Capital Markets and Institutions, Foreign Affairs, Rural Development and Power, among others.
During the Seventh Assembly (2011-2015), he served as Chairman of the committee on House Services and Welfare, and as a member of others including Judiciary, Land Transport, Labour, Employment and Productivity, Steel Development, and Legislative Budget and Research.
Hon. Dogara was elected Fellow of the Institute in 2013, and in June 9 2015, he became the Rt. Hon. Speaker of the Eighth Assembly.