Basiru Surajudeen Ajibola
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Basiru Surajudeen Ajibola is a Nigerian politician who contested the 2019 Senate Elections as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Osun.
Biography
Basiru Surajudeen Ajibola, born on July 1, 1972, is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who serves as the national secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He has held senior positions in Osun State, including as the senator representing Osun Central Senatorial District from 2019 to 2023. Previously, he served as the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Commissioner for Regional Integration & Special Duties in the state’s government under Governor Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola’s administration.
A former lecturer at Osun State University, Ajibola was admitted to the University of Ilorin to study Arabic and Islamic Studies but was rusticated in his third year. He later pursued Law at the University of Lagos, earning an L.L.B. (Hons) from 1994 to 2000. He attended the Nigeria Law School, Abuja, between 2001 and 2002, achieving a Second Class, Upper Division.
His academic career continued with an LLM in Secured Credit Transactions, Planning & Compulsory Acquisition, Law of the Sea, and Comparative Company Law from the University of Lagos (2005–2006). In 2016, he earned a Ph.D. in Property Law from the University of Lagos’s Faculty of Law.
Ajibola’s political journey spans multiple parties, including the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Action Congress (AC), and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), before joining the APC. He was a member of the APC’s leadership during its evolution and served as a commissioner under Governor Aregbesola’s administrations.
As a senator, he represented Osun Central under the APC and chaired key committees, including Diaspora, NGOs, and Civil Societies, before becoming Senate Spokesperson. He was later appointed to the National Sugar Development Council’s board by President Tinubu in January 2025.
He has been involved in several Senate committees, such as Airforce, Downstream Petroleum Sector, Judiciary & Human Rights, and Petroleum Resources (Upstream), among others. His political career reflects a trajectory from local governance to national representation and policy roles within APC.
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.
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