Dahiru Ahmed Aishatu
Dahiru Ahmed Aishatu is a Nigerian politician from Kaduna. They have contested 2 elections (1 win, 1 loss) across 1 party, receiving 399K total votes. Most recent: 2023 Gubernatorial Elections as All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate.
Political Career
Biography
Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (born 11 August 1971), popularly known as Aisha Binani, is a Nigerian politician and entrepreneur who was the senator for Adamawa Central from 2019 to 2023. On 30 March 2020, she was appointed Gimbiyar Adamawa by the Adamawa Emirate Council. Binani was born on 11 August 1971, in Kaduna city. Her father, Dahiru Ahmed Chiroma, was a son of Ahmadu Malabu, an elder brother to Muhammed Ribadu, Nigeria's first Defence Minister.
Binani started her early school education in Kaduna and completed it at Gwadabawa Primary School, Jimeta in Yola. She obtained her secondary school education at Government Secondary School, Yola. In 1993, Binani then attended the Federal Polytechnic of Mubi where she obtained an Ordinary National Diploma and then Higher National Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. She completed her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) service in Borno state where she won the state merit award for outstanding performance.
Binani furthered her education by pursuing a certificate in Rural Radio Systems at the University of Southampton in the UK. Additionally, she holds a postgraduate diploma in Business Management and a certificate in Data Processing from Nasarawa State University in Keffi. Binani is married to Professor Ahmed Modibbo, a former Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), who is believed to be one of the wealthiest individuals in Adamawa state.
In 2011, Binani joined politics. She was elected member of the 7th National Assembly where she represented Yola North, Yola South, and Girei Constituency of Adamawa State in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015, under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While serving in this position, she was Chairman, House committee on Constituency Outreach, and member committee on Appropriations, Land Transports, Millennium Development Goals, and Petroleum Resources (Downstream) Public Service Matter.
In 2015, during her tenure as a legislator, she distributed 75,000 school bags to pupils in her constituency. Her efforts in the House of Representatives included initiatives in healthcare, education, agriculture, employment, and infrastructural development. Following her tenure in the House of Representatives in 2015, she pursued the candidacy for the Senatorial position representing Adamawa Central, with her husband, Ahmed Modibbo, concurrently seeking the position of Governor of Adamawa, both as members of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM). She lost to Abdulaziz Nyako while Modibbo lost to Bindow, both APC candidates.
In the 2019 general election, Binani contested again for the position of Senator for Adamawa Central, as a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). She was confirmed in 2018 after winning the party’s primary election with 1,282 votes, surpassing Aliyu Wakili Boya, who received 599 votes. She secured 188,526 votes in the general election, defeating Murtala Chubado Modibbo of the PDP by a margin of 91,966 votes, making her the only female senator from northern Nigeria in the 9th National Assembly. She served as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In 2023, Binani contested for the position of Governor of Adamawa. In a primary election involving figures like former governor Jibrilla Bindow and Nuhu Ribadu, she emerged as the candidate with 430 votes, though Ribadu filed a lawsuit challenging the validity of the election. The Federal High Court nullified the primaries, but the Appeal Court reinstated her candidacy. She contested against the incumbent Ahmadu Fintiri (PDP) in the 2023 general election. During collation, an illegal declaration of her victory by the state resident electoral commissioner, Hudu Ari, sparked controversy. INEC nullified Ari’s decision and suspended him. Binani was declared runner-up with 398,738 votes, while Fintiri secured 430,861 votes. She filed an ex-parte application to challenge INEC’s decision, leading to ongoing legal proceedings.
In December 2023, the Court of Appeal in Abuja dismissed her appeal, affirming Ahmadu Fintiri as the Governor of Adamawa State.
Party Positions
Policy positions from All Progressives Congress (APC)'s manifesto.
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.
Anti-corruption
Curb reliance on imported goods via luxury taxes, higher tariffs, and processing fees while incentivizing local manufacturing with tax credits/rebates.
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.
Education
Introduces a new management system for federally funded primary and secondary schools via Boards of Education, reserving community representation in decision-making.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Reliefs and scholarships
Provides **conditional income support** to very poor households, tied to human capital development goals like high-school attendance, healthcare, and nutrition.
Security & Defense
Enhances compensation, medical care, housing support, scholarships, stipends, and health insurance for military personnel injured in duty and their families.
Technology & Digital
Establishment of an advisory committee to review and reform regulatory frameworks for blockchain technology and virtual asset services.
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