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John Gaul Lebo
Lebo after bestowed with the Zik's International Leadership prize award for Best State Legislature Leadership in 2017
Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly
ConstituencyAbi State Constituency
In office
June 2011 – June 2019
Personal details
Born (1972-03-15) March 15, 1972 (age 52)
SpouseBarr. Binta Gaul Lebo
Alma materUniversity of Calabar
Calabar
Nigeria
OccupationState legislator
ProfessionLawyer

John Gaul Lebo (born 15 March 1972) is a Nigerian lawyer and legislator in Cross River State. He is a former two-term member and Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly representing Abi Constituency. He is married to Barr Binta Gaul Lebo, with whom he has three children.

Education

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Lebo started his studies at St. Bernard's Primary School Ibalebo, Adadama Abi, and gained his WASSCE at St. Brendan's Secondary School, Iyamoyong in Obubra. He got admission to study Law at the University of Calabar, Nigeria where he graduated with an LL.B. in 1996. In 1997, he got admission to further his studies at the Nigerian Law School where he obtained the qualification to become a Barrister at Law and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1998.

He studied further at Lagos Business School. He has a Diploma in Business Advisory Services, Strategic Planning and Management at Regenesys Business School, Johannesburg, South Africa; an Executive Master's in Business administration from the Dubai Business School at the Dubai World Trade Centre; an International Diploma in Climate Change Law from the Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law in London; and a Master's degree in International Economic Law.

Lebo attended the 2017 Special Selected (G65) Emerging Leaders Executive Leadership Course at the Kennedy School of Harvard University, where he specialized in Decision Science. He finished his Harvard University Decision Science fellowship programme focusing on Reinvented Service Delivery and became an alumnus of the Kennedy School of Harvard University in November 2017.

Lebo has a background in law, having served as a law lecturer at the University of Abuja and as the managing editor of Law Reports of Nigeria. His firm, Gaul-Gate Law, was notable for introducing ICT law reporting to the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Political career

In 2007, he was appointed a member of the Cross River State Legal team. He was a member of the transition committee of Cross River State in 2007. In 2011, Lebo won sufficient votes at the primaries of the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) to run for a seat to represent Abi local government of Cross River State. He was elected on 10 June 2015, as the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly. He was the Pioneer Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) Speakers' Forum and Secretary Speakers' Forum Ad-Hoc Committee on the constitutional amendment of Nigeria.

On 10 May 2024, Mr Lebo dumped PDP in a letter addressed to the ward chairman of PDP in Adadama Council Ward, Adadama, Abi local government area of Cross State.

Legislative career

Lebo is a member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, where he has sponsored several private member's bills, including:

  • A Bill for the Establishment of Songhai Farms in Itigidi, Abi
  • A Bill to create the Cross River State College of Nursing in Abi
  • A Bill to include seven communities in Cross River State under the CRS BODERCOM law, benefiting communities in Abi

He has also facilitated scholarships for over 50 students from Abi and sponsored training of indigenes at the CBN Enterprise Development Center in Calabar, as well as training for 30 women under Forever Living Products through the John Gaul Lebo scholarship.

In addition to his legislative work, Lebo has participated in various international conferences, including the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association African Region Annual Parliament Meetings in Nairobi in 2015, the United Nations General Assembly in New York in February 2015, the 22nd session of the Marrakech World Climate Change Conference in November 2016, and the 5th session of the World Government Summit in Dubai in February 2017.

Alumni and fellowships

Lebo has acquired several fellowships and alumni to his name, as follows:

Honors and awards

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In February 2017, Lebo was given an award by the Ghana Civilian Institute of Administration for promoting a model in Legislative Administration, which is part of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association annual performance review and referral award. He was invited to participate in the 5th session of the World Government Summit in 2017. The same year, he was awarded the Nnamdi Azikiwe Zik's International Leadership Prize award for best state legislature leadership in Nigeria.

References

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  2. Gaul, John. "Profit of John Gaul Lebo". LinkedIn.com.
  3. Edem, Edem (2017-10-29). "Nigeria's constitution established on faulty foundation - Cross River Speaker, Lebo". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  4. Admin (2024-05-12). "Former CRS House Of Assembly Speaker Dumps PDP!". calitown. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  5. "John Gaul Lebo, Future Architect in Dialogue with History". 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  6. Nigeria, Guardian (2024-05-13). "Former speakers of Cross River, Abia assemblies dump PDP". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  7. Admin (2024-05-12). "Former CRS House Of Assembly Speaker Dumps PDP!". calitown. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  8. Negroidhaven (2016-07-20). "Speaker to Unveil Scholarship Scheme, Secure World Bank Agriculture Grant for Constituents | Negroid Haven". Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  9. "Parliament of Kenya - THE 46TH CPA (AFRICA REGION) CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND THE 6TH COMMONWEALTH WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS CONFERENCE (CWP)". 2015-07-28. Archived from the original on 2015-07-28. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
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  11. http://unfccc.int/meetings/marrakech_nov_2016/meeting/9567/php/view/press.php#c
  12. "Welcome to ISMN - Institute of Strategic Management, Nigeria".
  13. http://cipmglobal.org
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