Uba Sani (born 31 December 1970) is a Nigerian engineer and politician who has served as

governor of Kaduna State The governor of Kaduna State is the head of government of Kaduna State in Nigeria. The governor is the head of the executive branch of the Kaduna State Government. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve or ...

since 2023. He previously served as the

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representing Kaduna Central senatorial district from 2019 to 2023.

Career

Sani went into politics after the return of Democracy in

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in 1999, and supported the People's Democratic Party presidential candidate, Chief

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. After winning the presidential election, Sani was appointed special adviser on public affairs to the president. He also worked at the

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(FCTA) on some advisory roles to the then FCT Minister, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai and the

Kaduna State Kaduna (, جىِهَر كَدُنا; مدينة كدونا; , ; ) is a States of Nigeria, state in the northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna (city), Kaduna, which was the List of Nigerian ...

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

governor 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,

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(APC), and was elected

during the February 2019 Nigeria general elections. In 2022, Sani picked APC nomination forms for 2023 governorship election in

. 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

2023 election primaries

Sani emerged as the

governorship candidate in

for the 2023 elections. He defeated Sani Sha'aban and Bashir Abubakar to win the primaries. Sani was believed to be El-Rufai's anointed candidate.

Kaduna gubernatorial elections

Sani won the 2023 Kaduna State gubernatorial election 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sani, Uba 1970 births Living people Nigerian Muslims All Progressives Congress politicians Kaduna Polytechnic alumni Governors of Kaduna State Politicians from Kaduna State Senators of the 9th National Assembly (Nigeria) People from Kaduna State