Hon. Aliyu Muktar Betera was born on November 11th 1966, in Borno State. Hon. Aliyu Muktar Betera is a Fift-term Member of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly, representing the Biu / Kwaya-Kusar / Shani / Bayo Federal Constituency of Borno State on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Hon. Aliyu joined mainstream politics in 2006 and entered the race for the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) and got elected as the member representing the interests of Biu, Kwaya Kusar, Bayo and Shani Federal Constituency at the House of Assembly in 2007. Since then, he has been re-elected three times, emerging as one of the few members to have served in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth and the tenth assemblies in Nigeria, with the current and immediate past tenures secured on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Between 2007 and 2011, Hon. Aliyu acted as Chairman of the Sub-committee on NDIC, Banking and Currency. He also served as a member of the House Committee on Interior, and was subsequently appointed as Chairman, the Sub-committee on Customs, Immigration and Prisons Pension Office (CIPPO).
At the seventh assembly (2011 to 2015), he was appointed as Chairman, House Committee on the Army, directly making recommendations to empower and sustain the activities of the army against the rising insurgency in the Northern region of Nigeria.
From 2015 to 2019, Hon. Aliyu served as Chairman of the House Committee on Defence. He was the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, presiding over all other committees rega
Gender: Male Age: 11 Years
Qualifications: MSc
Constituency: Biu/Bayo/Shani/Kwaya Kusar Constituency, Borno
Party: All Progressives Congress
