Abubakar Lawal GarbaL, is a member of the Federal House of Representatives, representing Yola North/Yola South/Girei Federal Constituency, Adamawa State, under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC). He was born in 1964,
He attended Government Secondary School, Yola and obtained a General Certificate of Education (G.C.E), in 1981. He obtained an LL.B in Law from Ahmadu Bello Univeristy, Zaria. In 1987 and Masters in Business Administration from the University of Maiduguri in 1996 and also Masters in Law in the same university in 2005.
After his education, Abubakar embarked in legal practice. He became one of his state’s Council members between 1989-1991. Between 1993-2005, he was in the banking sector. SIGMA PENSION LTD engaged him between 2005 and 2007. He also served MORTAGE PRIMARY BANK from 2007-2010. He founded an ESTATE DEVELOPMENT Company where he was engaged from 2009-2014.
Abubakar was elected into the Federal House of Representatives as a Legislature. At the Federal House, In 2015. He is a member of the committee on Constituency Outreach.
His Legislative Interests border on mass housing development, banking, judiciary, maritime transport, pension. He targets to achieve the fixing of the 7 million houses deficit problem surfferd by Nigerians and solve the problem of non-payment of pension, and of corruption in judiciary and banking sectors.