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Abdullahi Ibrahim Danbaba
APCLOST
Election2023 Nigerian Senate Elections →
RaceSokoto race →
StateSokoto →
Born1 January 1953 (age 73)
EducationUsmanu Danfodiyo University
BirthplaceSabon Birni
OccupationPolitician
Summary
Abdullahi Ibrahim Danbaba is a Nigerian politician who contested the 2023 Nigerian Senate Elections as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Sokoto.
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Biography
Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba (born 1 January 1953) is a Nigerian politician and accountant.
He is the Senator representing Sokoto South Senatorial District in the 9th National Assembly.
Danbaba was born in Sabon Birni, Sokoto State.
He attended Government Secondary School Gusan where he obtained his West African School Certificate (WAEC) in 1979.
He proceeded to the Advance Teachers College, Sokoto where he was awarded his National Certificate of Education (NCE) in 1976.
He studied Management at the University of Sokoto and graduated in 1981.
He obtained his Advanced Diploma in Accounting at the Loton College of Higher Education, United Kingdom, in 1989.
Danbaba served as the Deputy Governor of Sokoto State from 1999 to 2003.
He was elected as Senator representing Sokoto South Senatorial District in March 2015.
In June 2018, he defected to the People's Democratic Party.
On February 23, 2019, Shehu Tambuwal was elected as the Senator representing Sokoto South with 134,204 votes, while Danbaba received 112,546 votes.
In November 2019, the Court of Appeal Sokoto Division reinstated Senator Ibrahim Danbaba as Senator to the National Assembly, following the reversal of the judgment/dismissal of the petition by the Election Petition Tribunal.
Party Positions
Policy positions from the All Progressives Congress (APC) party manifesto.
Security & Defense
Enhances compensation, medical care, housing support, scholarships, stipends, and health insurance for military personnel injured in duty and their families.
Governance & Reform
Commits to amending Nigeria’s governance architecture through constitutional review and collaboration with the National Assembly and State Governments to grant States greater autonomy over critical matters like crime prevention, prisons, stamp duties, and taxation.
Economy & Trade
Reforms the Federal Budgetary Methodology to move away from oil revenue dependence and base spending on projected growth, establishing an inflationary ceiling to optimize fiscal policy without causing excessive inflation.
Infrastructure
Launches a National Infrastructure Campaign to modernize national infrastructure by hiring millions of unemployed Nigerians through the fiscal flexibility gained from reforming budgetary methodology.
Agriculture
Will encourage local farmers to form farm cooperatives, enabling them to pool resources for modern farming equipment, fertiliser, and access priority government agricultural assistance programs (extension services), with tax breaks and credits.
Environment & Climate
Will **reduce Nigeria’s gas flaring** by removing it from the top 10 countries with highest flares, aiming to maximize sector benefits while eliminating environmental harm.
Anti-corruption
Curb reliance on imported goods via luxury taxes, higher tariffs, and processing fees while incentivizing local manufacturing with tax credits/rebates.
Enterprise grant support
Provides tax credits, holidays, and reduced interest rate loans for businesses that hire a specified percentage of youth in their workforce and offer on-the-job training.
Energy
Will increase Nigeria’s domestic crude oil production to **2.6 million barrels per day by 2027** and **4 million barrels per day by 2030**, while implementing a Special Enforcement and Monitoring Unit to deter theft, vandalism, and pipeline breaches using drones and aerial surveillance.
Education
Introduces a new management system for federally funded primary and secondary schools via Boards of Education, reserving community representation in decision-making.
Healthcare
Will strengthen primary healthcare infrastructure with incentive schemes, counterpart funding programs, and grassroots preventative care (vaccinations, cancer screening, blood pressure monitoring) in collaboration with state/local governments.
Technology & Digital
Establishment of an advisory committee to review and reform regulatory frameworks for blockchain technology and virtual asset services.
Reliefs and scholarships
Provides **conditional income support** to very poor households, tied to human capital development goals like high-school attendance, healthcare, and nutrition.
In The News
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Sources
Bio, State of Origin: Wikipedia ↗
Date of Birth: Wikidata ↗