Yushau Anka

Alhaji Yushau Mohammed Anka (April 1950 – 12 October 2020) was elected Senator for the Zamfara West constituency of Zamfara State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.

[1] Anka was born in April 1950, and gained an M.Sc in Business Administration.

[2] He contested the Zamfara State gubernatorial election on the PDP platform in 1999, but lost to Ahmed Sani Yerima of the All Nigeria People's Party ANPP.

[5] Anka changed over to the ANPP platform for his second Senate term.

In May 2006, Anka spoke against the proposal to change the constitution so President Olusegun Obasanjo could run for a third four-year term.