Deputy Governor of Taraba State | |
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since 29 May 2023 | |
Executive Branch of the Taraba State Government | |
Style |
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Status | Second highest executive branch officer |
Member of |
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Seat | Jalingo |
Nominator | Gubernatorial candidate |
Appointer | Direct popular election or, if vacant, Governor via House of Assembly confirmation |
Term length | Four years renewable once |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Nigeria |
Inaugural holder | Uba Maigari Ahmadu (Fourth Republic) |
Succession | First |
Website | tarabastate |
The deputy governor of Taraba State is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Taraba State, Nigeria, after the governor of Taraba State, and ranks first in line of succession. The deputy governor is directly elected together with the governor to a four-year term of office.
Aminu Abdullahi Alkali is the current deputy governor, having assumed office on 29 May 2023.[1]