Uba Sani

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Uba Sani
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Governor of Kaduna State
Assumed office
29 May 2023
Occupation
  • Politician
  • engineer
Website ubasani.org

Uba Sani (born 31 December 1970) is a Nigerian engineer and politician who is the current governor of Kaduna State since 2023. [1] He previously served as the Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district from 2019 to 2023. [2]

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Career

Sani went into politics after the return of Democracy in Nigeria in 1999, and supported the People's Democratic Party presidential candidate, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. After winning the presidential election, Sani was appointed special advisor on public affairs to the president. He also worked at the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on some advisory roles to the then FCT Minister, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai and the Kaduna State Ministry of Housing and Works. In 2011, Sani contested in the People's Democratic Party primaries for the Kaduna Central Senatorial seat but he lost the primaries, and in 2015, he was appointed by the Kaduna State governor Malam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai as the special adviser, political and intergovernmental affairs. However, in 2019, Sani showed interest and contested the second time for the Kaduna Central senatorial seat under the ruling political party, All Progressives Congress (APC), and was elected senator during the February 2019 Nigeria general elections. [3] [4] In 2022, Sani picked APC nomination forms for 2023 governorship election in Kaduna State. [5]

Sani founded the Uba Sani Foundation in 2018. The foundation's mission is to promote increased access to good healthcare services, education and improved livelihood for the underprivileged in Nigeria. [6]

2023 elections

Sani emerged the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kaduna State for 2023 elections. [7] He defeated Sani Sha'aban and Bashir Abubakar to emerge winner at the primaries. Sani is believed to be El-Rufai's anointed candidate. [8]

Kaduna Guber elections

Sani won the 2023 All Progressives Congress (APC) primary Elections. [9] [10]

Sani won the 2023 general elections with a total of 730,002 votes to defeat his closest rival, Isa Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 719,196 votes. [11] [12] [13]

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