Sani Bello Abubakar
526,412 votes (58.43%)
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Sani Bello Abubakar is a Nigerian politician who contested the 2019 Governorship Elections as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Niger. They won with 526K votes (58.43%).
Biography
Abubakar Sani Bello (born 17 December 1967), also known as Lolo, is a Nigerian politician who is the current senator representing the Niger North Senatorial District. He previously served as the governor of Niger State from 2015 to 2023. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Abubakar Sani Bello was born on 17 December 1967, the son of the former military governor of Old Kano State, Col. Sani Bello. He attended St. Louis Primary School, Kano from 1974 to 1979, and then went to the Nigerian Military School from 1980 to 1985. He studied at the University of Maiduguri from 1986 to 1991, where he obtained a BSc in economics.
He has worked in various capacities in the country, starting from his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) days, where he was posted to serve in Port Harcourt in the marketing department of NICOTES Services as Supervisor.
Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello won the Niger State, APC gubernatorial primaries for the 2015 election, polling 3,829 votes to defeat Senator Musa Ibrahim. He later won the general election with a total of 593,709 votes, declared winner by INEC on 13 April 2015.
He was reelected as Governor of Niger State on 9 March 2019. On 24 August 2020, he endorsed a Reconciliation Committee and other committees at a State Executive Committee meeting, including members of the National Assembly from the State led by Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi and other party chieftains. The aim of this committee was to rebuild and reposition the party for better performance in the 2023 elections.
During his administration, Governor Bello focused on improving Nigeria’s education sector by utilizing available resources. He prioritized education and rebuilt a significant number of boarding schools out of 60 in the state.
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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