Oloriegbe Yahaya Ibrahim
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Oloriegbe Yahaya Ibrahim is a Nigerian politician. They have contested 1 election (1 win) across 1 party. Most recent: 2019 Senate Elections as All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate.
Political Career
Biography
Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe is a Nigerian medical doctor, politician, and philanthropist who earned his MBBS degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1985. His academic and professional training includes courses in Change Management, Advocacy, Facilitation Skills, Project Management, Health Policy, Systems Analysis, Legislation, Leadership, and an Executive Programme on Coaching and Consulting for Change at Oxford University.
As a politician, he served as the majority leader of the Kwara State House of Assembly between 1999 and 2003. He ran in the 2011 general election but lost to Sen. Bukola Saraki. In 2019, he won the Kwara Central Senatorial District election, defeating Bukola Saraki as the incumbent senator.
Born on November 12, 1960, he graduated from Ahmadu Bello University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB.BS) degree, excelling in subjects like Human Physiology, Biochemistry, Community Medicine, and Laboratory Medicine. He later completed a Master of Science in Consulting and Coaching for Change at Oxford University in 2006.
Before politics, he practiced medicine in Nigeria’s health sector since 1985, working in both public and private sectors. He held key roles as medical director of Al-barka Hospital in Kano and Oloriegbe Clinic & Maternity Hospital in Ilorin. He led medical associations such as the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), AGPMPN, and Guild of Medical Directors.
He served as secretary-general of the NMA in Kano (1991–1994) and secretary of Kano AGPMPN and GMD (1992–1994). Married with four children, he has also been an honorary citizen of Georgia State, USA since 2003. His educational achievements include best student prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Economics, and Geography at A.I.S.S Ilorin in 1979.
Politically, he was a member of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and contested the 2011 Kwara Central Senatorial Election under ACN, though he lost to Bukola Saraki. He returned to the Senate in 2019 as an APC candidate, defeating the incumbent. In 2022, he lost the APC primary for the Kwara Central Senatorial District to Saliu Mustapha. On March 30, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed him Chairman of the National Health Insurance Authority of Nigeria (NHIA).
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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