Saidu Aliyu Dansadau
2023 Gubernatorial Elections (2023)
Saidu Aliyu Dansadau's profile combines his 2023 NRM governorship candidacy in Zamfara with a detailed account of Saidu Muhammed Dansadau's Senate-era record, anti-corruption stance, constitutional positions, and farming background.
Born: 1 January 1987 (age 39)
State: Zamfara
Party: National Rescue Movement (NRM)
Gender: Male
Qualifications: FSLC SSCE, WAEC BSc.
Running Mate: Haruna Saidu G/baure
Bio
Saidu Aliyu Dansadau is listed in this election record as a male candidate born on 1987-01-01, with qualifications recorded as FSLC, SSCE, WAEC, and BSc, and with Haruna Saidu G/baure as running mate in the 2023 Zamfara governorship election under the NRM. The profile also includes an extended biography of Saidu Muhammed Dansadau, described as born on 20 June 1953, elected senator for Zamfara Central in 1999 and reelected in 2003, with a BSc (Education), a PGD (Public Administration), and prior work as an educationalist.
The same biography states he engaged in medium- and large-scale farming from 1977 and remained active in farming while in politics. It records his role as Sokoto State Secretary of the NPN (1981-1983), committee assignments in the Senate including Public Accounts, Health, Labour, Commerce, National Planning, and Internal Affairs, and his later leadership in opposing constitutional changes to allow a third presidential term. It also says he publicly demanded Senate President Adolphus Wabara's resignation over a bribery scandal, left the Senate in 2007, and announced his resignation from the ANPP and partisan politics in 2008.