Quick Facts
- Name
- David Mark
- Occupation
- Nigeria Military Governor, Senate President.
- Birth Date
- August 04, 1948.
- Home Town
- Otukpe, Nigeria.
- Place of Birth
- Otukpe, Benue State, Nigeria
- Full name
- David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark
David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark (born April 1948) is the President of the Senate of Nigeria and Senator for the Benue State constituency. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Prior to his senatorial career, Mark was a military governor of Niger State, he was then a Brigadier General.
Early life and education
Mark was born in Otukpo in April 1948. He attended St. Francis Catholic Practicing School before attending the Nigerian Military School then he attended the Nigerian Defence Academy NDA.
Senate of Nigeria
Mark was elected to his position as President of the Senate of Nigeria on June 6, 2007.
David Mark ran for re-election to the Senate for Benue South in April 2011 and was elected for a fourth term.
David Mark noted that the polls pointed to his decisive victory, and
called for his opponents to work together to improve Nigeria.
When leading the review of the Constitution, Mark reportedly urged his colleagues to set their personal interests and focus on the interests of the Nigerian people.
After the UK criticized Nigeria's Prohibition of Same-Sex Marriage
bill, threatening to pull their foreign aid, Mark responded that they
"should keep [their] aid."[10]
Mark called Nigeria's National Football Federation the "centre of
corruption in the country", suggesting that they may need to temporarily
disband to allow for reconstruction.
