Uba Sani Confirms Kaduna's Support for Tinubu's 2027 Re-election

Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna, says the state will support President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid. Speaking on Sunday during a stakeholders’ engagement on the ongoing e-registration of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sani said the president has brought “dividends of democracy” to the state and Nigeria at large. Addressing stakeholders in zone 2, the governor said Kaduna is targeting 2.5 million members in the e-registration exercise, adding that the APC has become the dominant political party in the state. ‘TINUBU’S PROJECTS DRIVING SUPPORT IN KADUNA’ Sani argued that his inclusive development model, which spreads projects across all parts of the state, combined with federal government interventions under Tinubu, has led to mass defections from opposition parties to the APC. According to the governor, Tinubu has supported the Kaduna state light rail project with N1 billion, which he described as unprecedented in northern Nigeria. He said no other subnational government, apart from Lagos, has received such support for a light rail project anywhere in the country. “Only three weeks ago, I was in China, in the company of the director-general of the Nigeria-China Strategic Partnership, at the instance of President Bola Tinubu, who has also decided that Kaduna State would be the pilot state to embark on a major poultry project,” Sani said. “The project will generate at least 350,000 jobs. Already, the federal government has approved $200 million for it and Kaduna State will have the biggest poultry project in sub-Saharan Africa, and the groundbreaking will be done in the next three weeks.” He added that the project would also support about 10,000 direct and indirect small businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises allied to poultry farming. Sani also thanked the president for approving the construction of the Mando–Birnin Gwari road and the reconstruction of the Kwoi–Jema’a road, which he said are critical to the state. The governor said several projects were also approved in the current budget through collaboration between the Kaduna state government and the office of Tajuddeen Abbas, the speaker of the house of representatives, particularly for zone 1. He said the northern senatorial district has benefited more than any other zone in Kaduna, describing the emergence of Abbas as speaker as a “blessing” to the state. Sani added that zone 1 is also fortunate to have Balarabe Lawal, the minister of environment, whom he said has played a key role in attracting projects to Kaduna. “When you look at some of the major projects that we are embarking on under ACRESAL, addressing erosion and other climate issues, he has played a pivotal role in that regard,” the governor said. “In the next one or two months, we will be doing the groundbreaking for one of the major projects in Zaria and Rigasa, totaling about N53 billion, courtesy of the support and effort of the minister of environment.” Sani said with the projects executed by his administration and those attracted by Tinubu’s government, Kaduna would be among the leading states in the APC e-registration exercise. Earlier, the governor held similar engagements with stakeholders from zone 2 on Saturday, comprising APC members from Kaduna North and South, Chikun, Kajuru, Igabi, Birnin Gwari and Giwa LGAs. On Sunday, he also met with stakeholders from zone 1, which includes Zaria, Sabon Gari, Soba, Makarfi, Kubau, Kudan, Ikara and Lere LGAs. He also engaged stakeholders from zone 3 — southern Kaduna senatorial district — covering Zangon Kataf, Kachia, Jaba, Jema’a, Kaura, Kagarko and Sanga LGAs.