On 25 April 1998 Goje contested and won the seat of Senator representing Gombe Senatorial District on the platform of United Nigeria Congress Party conducted by the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON) in the aborted democratic transition of General Sani Abacha. He went on to establish his own business, Zaina Nigeria Ltd, from 1989 to 1999. The company was named after his mother, Hajiya Zainab. Goje contested for the seat of Senator in the Nigerian National Assembly in 1998 and later on became the Minister of State, Power and Steel from 1999 to 2001 under President Olusegun Obasanjo.[9] He was a two times elected Governor of Gombe State from 2003 to 29 May 2011.
In the April 2011 elections, he was elected Senator for Gombe Central on the PDP ticket.[10][11][12] He was then re-elected in 2015, 2019 and 2023 General elections.[13][14]
Senate presidency
Senator Goje stepped down for Senator Ahmad Lawan from the Senate Presidency race after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, 6 June 2019.[15][16] From June 2019 through June 2023, Senator Danjuma Goje is the chairman of the Marine Transport Committee in the Senate.[17]
Awards and honours
Awards of Excellence and Exemplary Leadership, (YOWICAN)[18]
Award of Excellence, Nigerian Medical Association[18]
^Hassan, Ayuba (23 October 2007). "Governor Danjuma Goje @ 55". Leadership. Leadership Newspapers Group Limited, Abuja. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
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