Basiru Surajudeen Ajibola
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.
Agriculture
Launches the Irrigate Nigeria Project as a public-private partnership to develop small-scale irrigation and water catchment systems using modern technology to boost agricultural productivity.
Security & Defense
Will deploy modern aerial surveillance and advanced technology to monitor and deter intrusions into oil pipelines, power stations, and other critical national infrastructure in real time.
Environment & Climate
Accelerates the environmental cleanup and re-establishment of fisheries and profitable aquacultural activities in the Niger-Delta region to counter violent extremism and poverty-driven disaffection.
Economy & Trade
Will implement the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and additional favorable policies to attract investment in deep-water assets within 6 months, including encouraging signature bonus negotiations and royalty reliefs.
Infrastructure
Creates regional industrial hubs in specific zones (North West, North East, South East, South South, South West, North Central) to focus on labor-intensive manufacturing, with tailored investments (e.g., textiles, dry ports, glass, pottery, solid minerals, regulated mining).
Enterprise grant support
Work with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to simplify loan processes for commercial banks, mandate federally owned banks to provide low-cost loans to youth-led enterprises, and expand business incubation centers to support youth innovation.
Energy
Will mandate gas metering equipment on all facilities where gas flaring occurs within 6 months and establish a special enforcement unit to monitor compliance with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) on gas flaring reduction, with non-compliance leading to financial penalties for affected communities.
Governance & Reform
Reserve at least 3 cabinet positions for individuals under 40 and 6 more positions for members under the age of 40, and mandate that at least 20% of political appointments to Ministries/Dangomas (MDAs) be reserved for individuals under 40.
Education
Raises the priority of addressing out-of-school children, establishes a task force to review and strengthen programs like school feeding, and aims to reduce disaffected youth recruitment by violent groups.
Healthcare
Will establish a network of upgraded, equipped, and staffed general hospitals in every Local Government Area, tertiary facilities in each State, and world-class specialist hospitals in each geo-political zone to improve healthcare accessibility and quality.
Technology & Digital
Supports the development of MSMEs through partnerships with fintech players to expand access to capital and business development services.
Reliefs and scholarships
Commits to a conditional income support program requiring recipients to meet human capital goals (school attendance, healthcare, nutrition) in exchange for payments.
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