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Shiddi Usman Danjuma
APCLOST
RaceTaraba race →
StateTaraba →
Born1 January 1967 (age 59)
BirthplaceTaraba State
OccupationPolitician
Summary
Shiddi Usman Danjuma is a Nigerian politician who contested the 2023 Nigerian Senate Elections as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Taraba.
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Biography
Usman Danjuma Shiddi (born 1967, also known as Danji SS) is a Nigerian politician and legislator currently representing the Ibi/Wukari Federal Constituency of Taraba State at the Federal House of Representatives in the Nigerian National Assembly.
He previously worked in the Department of State Services (DSS) before entering politics.
Usman Danjuma Shiddi was born in 1967 to Usman Shiddi and Patu Adda. He attended Ebenezer Primary School in Wukari before moving on to Government Day Secondary School, Wukari, and later Government Science Secondary School, Bauchi, where he completed his secondary education in the late 1980s.
In the early 1990s, he studied at Bauchi Polytechnic and later obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science from Bayero University, Kano.
During his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) year, Shiddi joined the Department of State Services (DSS). Over the years, he served in different capacities across Nigeria and rose to the rank of Assistant Director.
He also worked as Chief Security Officer to Aliyu Doma, the former governor of Nasarawa State.
Shiddi first contested for a seat in the House of Representatives under the All Progressives Congress (APC), though unsuccessfully.
He later joined the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), under which he was elected to represent the Wukari/Ibi Federal Constituency.
He secured re-election for a second term on the APGA platform.
In the 2019 elections, Shiddi won re-election with 39,312 votes, defeating Yakubu Aliyara of the Action Alliance with 22,147 votes.
He served as Chairman of the House Committee on Internal Security during the 9th Assembly.
In 2020, he defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In 2021, he defected from APGA to the APC, citing divisions within his former party.
In 2023, he sought the APC ticket for the Taraba South Senatorial District but lost after the Court of Appeal upheld David Jimkuta’s nomination.
In August 2025, Shiddi resigned from the APC, stating that he had lost confidence in the party’s internal processes and direction.
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
LEADERSHIP Newspapers6 Nov 2022
Insecurity Is Global, Not Caused By APC Govt In Nigeria – ShiddiPolicy and Legal Advocacy Centre18 Mar 2021
House of Representatives Sets Up Special Committee on SecurityVanguard News15 Sept 2018
Taraba Commissioner for Information dumps PDP for APGAFollow the 2027 race
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Sources
Bio, State of Origin: Wikipedia ↗
Date of Birth: Wikidata ↗