Mustapha Saliu
Mustapha Saliu is a Nigerian politician from Ilorin, Kwara State. They have contested 1 election (1 win) across 1 party. Most recent: 2023 Nigerian Senate Elections as All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate.
Biography
Saliu Mustapha (born September 25, 1975) is a Nigerian politician who is the senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District since 2023. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress and a former deputy national chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change, one of the defunct political parties that merged to form the All Progressives Congress. He is equally the Founder and Chairman of Saliu Mustapha Foundation. Mustapha was born on September 25, 1972 in Ilorin, Kwara state.
He attended Bartholomew primary school in Zaria for his primary education and then proceeded to Command Secondary School in Kaduna for his secondary education. He studied mineral resources engineering at the Kaduna Polytechnic.
Mustapha was the first national publicity secretary of the Progressive Action Congress (PAC). He joined ANPP and became the national deputy chairman of the party in 2009. He held this position until the party merged and formed the All Progressives Congress.
He contested for the national chairman position of the All Progressives Congress (APC), but Sen. Adamu Abdullahi emerged as the consensus candidate of the party. He contested in the 2018 Kwara state's APC primary and got endorsed by the northern part of the state. He got disqualified midway into the election, and the National Working Committee of the party later apologized for the disqualification, citing it as unauthorized.
In 2022, during the All Progressive Congress (APC) primaries in Kwara State, Mustapha emerged as the candidate to represent the party in the Kwara Central senatorial election, defeating the incumbent senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe.
When the Senate unveiled its standing committees for the 10th Senate on 8 August 2023, he was appointed Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture Production Services and Rural Development.
Political Career
Party Positions
Policy positions from the All Progressives Congress (APC) party manifesto.
Agriculture
Launches the Irrigate Nigeria Project as a public-private partnership to develop small-scale irrigation and water catchment systems using modern technology to boost agricultural productivity.
Security & Defense
Will deploy modern aerial surveillance and advanced technology to monitor and deter intrusions into oil pipelines, power stations, and other critical national infrastructure in real time.
Environment & Climate
Accelerates the environmental cleanup and re-establishment of fisheries and profitable aquacultural activities in the Niger-Delta region to counter violent extremism and poverty-driven disaffection.
Economy & Trade
Will implement the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and additional favorable policies to attract investment in deep-water assets within 6 months, including encouraging signature bonus negotiations and royalty reliefs.
Infrastructure
Creates regional industrial hubs in specific zones (North West, North East, South East, South South, South West, North Central) to focus on labor-intensive manufacturing, with tailored investments (e.g., textiles, dry ports, glass, pottery, solid minerals, regulated mining).
Enterprise grant support
Work with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to simplify loan processes for commercial banks, mandate federally owned banks to provide low-cost loans to youth-led enterprises, and expand business incubation centers to support youth innovation.
Energy
Will mandate gas metering equipment on all facilities where gas flaring occurs within 6 months and establish a special enforcement unit to monitor compliance with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) on gas flaring reduction, with non-compliance leading to financial penalties for affected communities.
Governance & Reform
Reserve at least 3 cabinet positions for individuals under 40 and 6 more positions for members under the age of 40, and mandate that at least 20% of political appointments to Ministries/Dangomas (MDAs) be reserved for individuals under 40.
Education
Raises the priority of addressing out-of-school children, establishes a task force to review and strengthen programs like school feeding, and aims to reduce disaffected youth recruitment by violent groups.
Healthcare
Will establish a network of upgraded, equipped, and staffed general hospitals in every Local Government Area, tertiary facilities in each State, and world-class specialist hospitals in each geo-political zone to improve healthcare accessibility and quality.
Technology & Digital
Supports the development of MSMEs through partnerships with fintech players to expand access to capital and business development services.
Reliefs and scholarships
Commits to a conditional income support program requiring recipients to meet human capital goals (school attendance, healthcare, nutrition) in exchange for payments.
Other Candidates in Kwara
Sources
Bio, Photo, State of Origin: Wikipedia ↗
Date of Birth: Wikidata ↗