Tag: UBA SANI

Kaduna State: Subsidy Removal and the Conundrum of Palliative Measures

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Yusuf Ishaku Goje. The Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, in response to the subsidy removal of premium motor spirit (PMS) towards ameliorating the accompanying hardship, held a meeting on the 5th of June, 2023, with the leadership of the labor unions and set up an Ad-Hoc Committee on Palliatives.  Since then not much has been heard, up until the recent interview the Governor granted to Arise TV on the resolution of the National Economic Council (NEC) chaired by the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shattima.  Some of the…

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Gov. Sani of Kaduna to engage traditional rulers, citizens in policy formulation.

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has reiterated his administration’s commitment in engaging traditional institutions in policy making and implementation. The governor made the statement when he received a delegation of the state traditional council, led by its Chairman, Ambaador Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli, the Emir of Zazzau, on a courtesy visit. He said that the government would effectively engage the traditional institutions and involved it in policy making and implementation. According to him, one of the key plans of his administration’s 7 point agenda is nurturing citizens’ engagement. “We will ensure inclusion…

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Uba Sani bags ‘Best Nigerian Senator’ award

Aminu Imam

Less than two years after emerging as the overall best in the Senate’s Top Ten Bills Productivity Index, Senator Uba Sani has just been named “overall best Senator” by Order Paper, in Abuja. The lawmaker, who is now the APC Governor-elect of Kaduna State was first declared among the “Top Performers on Bills Sponsorship for North-West Geopolitical Zone” under “Most Valuable Parliamentarians Hall of Fame Awards organised by OrderPaper Nigeria” in July 2022. It would be recalled that OrderPaper Nigeria, an independent organisation, is focused on monitoring the legislative activities…

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“I’ll challenge PDP’s results” – Kaduna Gov-Elect, Sani

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State Governor-elect, Senator Uba Sani, has said he will challenge some election results where the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won with unimaginable margins. The Governor-elect, who spoke with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC), expressed surprise that the PDP won some local government areas (LGAs) with “bogus figures”. Sani, who contested under the All Progressives Congress (APC), said he would go to the Elections Petition Tribunal to contest the PDP’s victory in those areas, adding that after the verdict, the margin of victory between…

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Appeal court affirms Uba Sani as Kaduna APC governorship candidate

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Uba Sani as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election. Sani, who is the senator representing Kaduna-Central, was selected as the party’s consensus candidate during the primary elections in May. Not satisfied with the process, Sani Sha’aban, one of the governorship aspirants, in June, filed a suit in court seeking to invalidate the process that produced Sani as the APC candidate for the 2023 polls. According to him, the election was conducted without…

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‘El-Rufa’i has only one house in Kaduna’, Says Senator Sani

Aminu Imam

Senator representing Kaduna-Central, who doubles as the 2023 Kaduna State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that the incumbent Governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i, had only one house before he became the governor. He made this known while featuring in the ongoing political engagement with members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), Kaduna State Council at the weekend. He said, “I want to make it clear, he is still the owner of that house. He is the most prudent public servant that I have come across. This…

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Full resignation statement of Sani Shaban from All Progressive Congress

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

LETTER OF RESIGNATION FROM THE ALL. PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) As you may be aware, my entire Political career has been devoted to the Progressive opposition ideology, which seeks to provide good governance at all levels to the citizenry of Nigeria. I was a founding member of the All People’s Party (APP) at the advent of this 4h Republic in Nigeria. In fact, I was one of the Four (4) persons who brought to, and built up the APP in Kaduna State from inception. As you may also recall, the APP…

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2023: Islamic Tijjanniyah sect in Nigeria endorses Kaduna APC guber candidate, Uba Sani

Aminu Imam

The Tijjanniyah Sufi Order in Nigeria, an Islamic sect, has endorsed Sen. Uba Sani, the Kaduna State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate as its preferred candidate for 2023 poll. This is contained in an issued statement by the Director of Strategic Communication of the State APC Campaign Council, Ibraheem Musa, in Kaduna, Musa said that the endorsement was announced at the maiden Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Tijjanniyah Grassroots Mobilisation and Empowerment Initiative of Nigeria by one of the leaders of the group, Sheikh Tijjani Sani Inyass. He…

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Kaduna Guber: Uba Sani invites challenger to work for APC’s victory in 2023

Aminu Imam

The governorship candidate of the APC in Kaduna State, Uba Sani, has called on his challenger, Sani Sha’aban, to join hands with him to deliver the State to the ruling party in the 2023 elections. Sani made the call yesterday in an issued statement following a Federal High Court judgment that upheld his nomination as the gubernatorial candidate of the APC in the 2023 election. Recall that it was earlier reported that the Federal High Court, Kaduna, dismissed the suit filed by Sha’aban seeking the nullification of Uba Sani’s candidacy…

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El-Rufai heads Kaduna APC Campaign Council with 989 members, 22 Directorates

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Governor Nasiru el-Rufai of Kaduna State

Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai of Kaduna has ermerged as the chairman of the state Campaign Council with nine hundred and eighty nine (989) members and twenty two (22) directorates.  The Campaign council also have Senator Uba Sani; the state party gubernatorial candidate, his running mate and incumbent Deputy Governor Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe as Deputy Chairmen 1 and 2 respectively. The Council with 22 Directorates and 989 members, has Air Commodore Emmanuel K. Jakada (rtd), the State Chairman of APC, as Vice Chairman 1 while RT Hon Yusuf Ibrahim…

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