About Hon. Betara

Biography

Muktar Aliyu Betara, OON is a Nigerian accountant and lawmaker, first elected to the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2007 to represent the Biu/Bayo/Kwaya-Kusar and Shani Federal Constituency of Borno State in the North-eastern region of Nigeria. He was the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations in the 9th Assembly which held its first session on the 11th of June, 2019. He is the Chairman, House Committee on FCT in the 10th Assembly.

This marks his fifth tenure as a member of the Federal House of Representatives.

He is an indigene of Zara Wuyaku Ward, in a little township of Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, North East, Nigeria.

Betara began his education at Biu Central Primary School in 1973 and obtained his First School Leaving Certificate in 1978. He proceeded to Biu Central Junior Day Secondary School, and then to Government Technical Secondary School Benishek, Borno State, where his leadership skills saw him becoming head prefect, and would eventually obtain his West Africa School Certificate in 1983. He advanced his education at Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri where he obtained his Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Business Administration in 1986

Muktar Aliyu Betara, OON is a Nigerian accountant and lawmaker, first elected to the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2007 to represent the Biu/Bayo/Kwaya-Kusar and Shani Federal Constituency of Borno State in the North-eastern region of Nigeria. He was the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations in the 9th Assembly which held its first session on the 11th of June, 2019. He is the Chairman, House Committee on FCT in the 10th Assembly.

This marks his fifth tenure as a member of the Federal House of Representatives.

He is an indigene of Zara Wuyaku Ward, in a little township of Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, North East, Nigeria.

Betara began his education at Biu Central Primary School in 1973 and obtained his First School Leaving Certificate in 1978.[1] He proceeded to Biu Central Junior Day Secondary School, and then to Government Technical Secondary School Benishek, Borno State, where his leadership skills saw him becoming head prefect, and would eventually obtain his West Africa School Certificate in 1983. He advanced his education at Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri where he obtained his Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Business Administration in 1986

Between 2007 and 2011, Betara 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, 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, Betara served as Chairman of the House Committee on Defence.

He is the current Chairman of the House committee on Appropriations, presiding over all other committees regarding the appropriation process in the House of Representatives.

Touching the lives of His people

Democracy Hero’s Award for Best Performing Rep Member of the year, 2020

Award of Excellence by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), North-East Zone, 2013