UDENDE MEMSA EMMANUEL

Emmanuel Memga Udende (born 30 December 1960) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician from Zaki Biam in Ukum Local Government Area, Benue State He holds an LL.B from the University of Maiduguri (1985) and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1986. He began his public-service career as Deputy Chairman of Ukum LGA between 1991 and 1997. He served in the House of Representatives for the Katsina-Ala/Ukum/Logo Federal Constituency from 2011 to 2019. He entered on the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and later defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2016. In the 2023 general election, he was elected as Senator for the Benue North‑East Senatorial District (Zone A) on the APC platform, defeating the incumbent. In the Senate, Udende serves as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and as Deputy Chairman of the Senate Committee on Privatization. His key interests include infrastructure development, youth empowerment, peace-building in his constituency, and governance reform.