Sule Audu Alhaji

APC✓ WON

347,209 votes (53.1%)

Vote comparison

▸ APC

53.1%

PDP

43.28%

Election2023 Gubernatorial Elections →

RaceNasarawa race →

StateNasarawa →

PartyAll Progressives Congress (APC) →

Born1 January 1961 (age 65)

GenderMale

OccupationPolitician

QualificationRCM PRIMARY SCHOOL ZANG SEC. COMMERCIAL BUKURU INDIANA STATE UNITERRE HAUTE. USA

Running MateAkabe Emmanuel Agbadu

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Summary

Sule Audu Alhaji is a Nigerian politician who contested the 2023 Gubernatorial Elections as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Nasarawa. They won with 347K votes (53.1%).

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2023APCGovernorship Election347,209 votes · 53.1%Won

2019APCGovernorship Election327,229 votes · 48.8%Won→See Sule Audu Alhaji’s full career →

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Biography

Audu Sule Katagum is a Nigerian politician, architect, and the current Wazirin Katagum of Katagum. He served as the deputy governor of Bauchi state from 2018 to 2019 under Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar.

Before his elevation to deputy governor, he was the Chief of Staff at the Bauchi State Government House. He was born in Bauchi State, Nigeria, and trained as an architect, a profession he practiced before entering government service.

He is a son of Alhaji Sule Katagum (1927–2017), the first chairman of Nigeria’s Federal Public Service Commission, and himself holds the title of Wazirin Katagum.

Katagum served as Chief of Staff at the Bauchi State Government House during the first administration of Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He remained in that role until June 2018, when the governor nominated him to fill a vacancy in the office of deputy governor.

Katagum’s path to the deputy governorship opened on 24 May 2018, following Nuhu Gidado’s resignation, citing a 'dampened spirit' for the job. After wide consultation with APC stakeholders, Governor Abubakar nominated him in early June. The Bauchi State House of Assembly confirmed the nomination on 29 June 2018 in a brief plenary session.

Katagum took the oaths of office and allegiance on 2 July 2018 at the multi-purpose indoor sports hall in Bauchi. With the state’s chief judge absent in Abuja, the oaths were administered by the Grand Khadi of Bauchi State, Dahiru Abubakar Ningi. In his acceptance speech, he pledged to work for the people of Bauchi for the remainder of the administration’s term.

He served until the end of the Abubakar administration on 29 May 2019, succeeding Baba Tela under the incoming PDP governor, Bala Mohammed.

In 2023, ahead of Governor Mohammed’s swearing-in for a second term, Katagum chaired a state government transition committee that reviewed the performance of Bauchi’s ministries, departments, and agencies.

Speaking at the first Sustainable Development Goals Youth Summit held in Bauchi in October 2024, he warned that economic hardship and perceived neglect of young Nigerians could push the country toward a youth-led revolt, blaming a missing national philosophy and lack of accountability among leaders.

In February 2024, the Emir of Katagum, Umar Farooq II, turbaned Katagum as the new Wazirin Katagum at the emirate palace, conferring on him a title last held by his late father. Governor Bala Mohammed, represented by his deputy Auwal Jatau, attended the ceremony, describing the appointment as well-deserved, citing Katagum’s record as deputy governor.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Anti-corruption

Curb reliance on imported goods via luxury taxes, higher tariffs, and processing fees while incentivizing local manufacturing with tax credits/rebates.

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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.

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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.

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Education

Introduces a new management system for federally funded primary and secondary schools via Boards of Education, reserving community representation in decision-making.

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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.

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Technology & Digital

Establishment of an advisory committee to review and reform regulatory frameworks for blockchain technology and virtual asset services.

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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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