Uba Sani Biography
Uba Sani (born 31 December 1970) is a Nigerian engineer and politician who is the governor-elect of Kaduna State.
He has served as senator for Kaduna Central since 2019. He was elected on 23 February 2019, under the platform of the All Progressive Congress.
He defeated the incumbent senator Shehu Sani of the PRP. Uba Sani is now the Governor-elect of Kaduna State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC.
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Uba Sani Early Life
Uba Sani was born on 31 December 1970 in Zaria local government area of Kaduna State. A Mechanical Engineer by training, he holds a Master of Science degree in Finance from the University of Calabar and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Abuja.
Uba Sani protested against military authoritarianism in Nigeria, leaving behind a footprint of bravery and patriotism. He deployed his organization and networking skills in creating a strategic base for the pro-democracy movement in Northern Nigeria.
He also made ample use of his civil society organization, the Movement for Freedom and Justice to champion the rights of the underprivileged and offered them unfettered access to justice. He has held successfully the roles of the National Vice Chairman (North) of Campaign for Democracy (CD) and Deputy National Chairman (North) of the Joint Action Committee (JACON) led by the legendary Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN.
Uba Sani Age
Sani was born on December 31, 1970. He is currently 52 years old and will be 53-year-old by December 31.
Uba Sani Tribe
Senator Uba Sani was born in Zaria local government area (LGA) of Kaduna state.
Uba Sani Education
After obtaining his primary and secondary school leaving certificates, Uba Sani attended Kaduna Polytechnic to study mechanical engineering until the HND level.
Sani also holds a post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) and obtained a Masters Degree in Finance from the University of Calabar (UniCal) in Calabar, Rivers state.
Political Career
Uba Sani was appointed as special adviser on public affairs to the president during Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration in 1999.
He also worked in some advisory roles to the then FCT Minster, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, and later served in 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.
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.
In 2022, Uba Sani picked up APC nomination forms for the 2023 governorship election in Kaduna state, and won the primaries.
Sani also won the 2023 governorship election conducted in the state after he polled 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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