Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani

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Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani
Nationality Nigerian
CitizenshipNigerian
OccupationPolitician
Political party APC

Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani is a Nigerian politician and former Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly. [1] [2] [3] He is a member of ruling All Progressives Congress representing Igabi State Constituency in the Kaduna State assembly was elected speaker on 25 February 2020. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Political career

Zailani was nominated for the position of speaker by Suleiman Dabo representing Zaria City and seconded by Bako Kantiyok  representing Zonkwa State Constituency following the sudden resignation of the former speaker of the assembly, Aminu Shagali on ‘personal grounds’. [8] [9] He was re-elected as a member of Kaduna State House of Representatives in 2023. [10]

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