sentences:  Following the election, he served as Vice-President of the National Assembly of Niger from 1993 to 1994.During the rule of Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Jackou joined the government as Minister of State for Higher Education, Research, Technology, and African Integration.As a result, he was expelled from the CDS, of which he had been the deputy leader; he formed a new party, the PNA-Aloumat, in early 1997, allying himself with President Maïnassara.