Alhassan Ado is a son of a prominent member of the First Republic NEPU , and a Kano-based political party that later joined the
United Progressive Grand Alliance (UPGA) , which formed a strong formidable national opposition to the then leading Northern People’s Congress (NPC) .

Hon Garba’s father, Alhaji Ado was elected an Honorable Member,
Kano State House of Assembly under the defunct Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) Government.

In 2015, Garba was elected to serve for the fourth term in the Lower Chamber where he was overwhelmingly elected as the 8th Assembly’s Chief Whip after the defeat of his Speakership nominee ( Femi Gbajabiamila) who lost to Yakubu Dogara.

Upon his acceptance as the Chief Whip however created a rift between him and Femi Gbajabiamila something that tear their team apart and ends their long relationship.

In 2019, the appellate court, in an unanimous judgement, nullified the election that brought Mr Doguwa in, citing irregularities and the commission of “other parties from the final declaration of the result.”

The court ordered the conduct of a fresh election within 90 days in the two local government areas under the federal constituency of the duo.

In the re-run election held on 22/01/2020, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) again declared Mr Ado-Doguwa winner.

He was said to have polled 66,667 votes as against his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival who scored 6,323 votes.

Ado-Doguwa, on the day he was sworn-in as the lawmaker representing Tudun Wada/Doguwa federal constituency in Kano State retained his place as the majority leader of the House after a re-run election.

While on the floor, Ado-Doguwa had explained why he was referred to as the ‘powerful man’.