Umar Sadiq Suleiman
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Umar Sadiq Suleiman is a Nigerian politician who contested the 2019 Senate Elections as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Kwara.
Biography
Sadiq Suleiman Umar (born June 1970) in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. A senator in Nigeria's National Assembly, representing Kwara North, Kwara State, Nigeria. Under the All Progressive Congress (APC) party.
He graduated top of his class in 1987 at Borgu Secondary School New Bussa with distinctions. He holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, a postgraduate diploma in public administration, a master's degree in Disaster Risk Management and Developmental Studies from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State.
He is a public health pharmacist, consultant, development expert, community mobilizer, philanthropist, public affairs analyst, and a leader. He worked for many years in the health development sector of DFID and USAID SCM Projects, focusing on helping the poor and vulnerable, especially women and children.
He started as an officer and rose to become Technical Director West Africa at Axios International, a USA-based organization before joining politics.
In 2019, he was elected to serve in the 9th Senate, where he was the chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Business, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Primary Health Care and Communicable Diseases, and a member of several other committees.
In 2023, he was re-elected to serve in the 10th Senate. Currently, he is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade and Investment and a member of several committees including Appropriation, Power, Downstream Petroleum, Finance, FCT, Public Accounts, Industries, Defence, National Planning, ICT, and Cyber Crimes.
In May 2025, he was appointed the chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Business of the 10th Senate.
His legislative focus is on Education, Health, Road Infrastructure, Water Resources, Power, Human Capital Development, Empowerment, and Youth Advancement.
He is a fellow of several professional bodies, including Fellow Nigerian Academy of Pharmacy, Fellow African Centre for Supply Chain, Fellow Society of Professional Disaster Risk Managers, Fellow Association of Nigeria Public Administrators, and others.
He is popularly known as 3SU in Kwara State, which stands for Senator Sadiq Suleiman Umar. He holds the traditional titles of Dan Amar Kaiama and Dan Amar Lafiagi, meaning the beloved prince of Kaiama and Lafiagi emirates in Kwara State.
He is married to Hajia Maryam Sadiq Umar and the family is blessed with two boys and a girl named Uthman, Suleiman, and Halima respectively. He is 173 cm tall.
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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