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2027: Group Urges Sabo Nakudu to Contest Jigawa Governorship Under ADCSabo Mohammed is a Nigerian politician from Jigawa. They have contested 2 elections (1 win, 1 loss) across 1 party. Most recent: 2023 Nigerian Senate Elections as All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate.
Political Career
Biography
Sabo Mohammed Nakudu CON (born 11 January 1960) is a senator representing Jigawa South West District, Jigawa State, Nigeria. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He was once a Member of the Governing Board, Federal University of Technology Minna. He was also the Chairman Jigawa State Presidential Committee on Solid Mineral.
He served in the Federal House of Representatives for two tenures (2007–2011 and 2011–2015).
He also served as Senator Federal Republic of Nigeria between 2015 and 2019. He was declared winner for Jigawa South West Senatorial District by the Returning Officer, Prof. Adamu Isge, with 224,543 votes against Mustapha Sule Lamido’s 143,611 votes.
Following the 2019 election, Sabo Nakudu was assigned the chairmanship of the Senate committee on downstream (petroleum) resources, leading him to chair the Ad-hoc Committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
The Senate passed the PIB on 1 July 2021 after nearly a year of deliberation, consolidating 16 Nigerian petroleum laws to attract investors. Revised over the past thirteen years since its 2008 presentation to the National Assembly.
On 11 October 2022, Nakudu was conferred the National honour of the Commander of the Order of the Niger by President Muhammadu Buhari for his devotion to public service and achievements in the 9th Assembly of the Senate.
He received the Awards of Excellence by Arewa Foundation for Peace, Conflict Resolution & Development in October 2015.
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