Abubakar Sani Bello

Abubakar Sani Bello
Governor of Niger State
Assumed office
29 May 2015
Preceded by Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu
Personal details
Born Abubakar Sani Bello
(1967-12-17) 17 December 1967
Niger State, Nigeria
Citizenship Nigerian
Political party APC
Spouse(s) Dr. Amina Abdulsalam
Parents Sani Bello
Education Economics
Alma mater University of Maiduguri
Occupation Governor ( Niger State )
Known for Politician
Religion Islam
Website abubakarsanibello.org

Background

Born on 17 December 1967. He is the eldest child of the Nigerian Billionaire and former military Governor of old Kano state Col Sani Bello (RTD) . Abubakar Sani Bello attended ST. LOUIS PRIMARY SCHOOL KANO from 1974 - 1979 and later went to NIGERIAN MILITARY SCHOOL ZARIA 1980 - 1985 then was given admission into UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI 1986 - 1991 where He obtained a B.Sc in Economics. Abubakar has worked in several parts of the country Starting from His NYSC days where He was posted to serve in Port Harcourt in the Marketing department of NICOTES Services as Supervisor. He is the current Governor of Niger State , Nigeria.

Business career

Position Year
N.Y.S.C - NICOTES Services Marketing Department - Portharcourt as Supervisor 1991-1992
OFF SHORES PIPELINES INTN'L (OPI) SHIPPING DEPARTMENT 1993 - 1994
ALTERNATE DIRECTOR - BROAD BANK 1994- 2000
BOARD MEMBER - BROAD BANK 2000 – 2005
ALTERNATE DIRECTOR - MTN 2000 -AUG. 2009
CHAIRMAN/CEO - MILLENIUM TRAVELS AND TOURS 2000 - AUG.2009
CHAIRMAN/CEO PROPERTIES AND ESTATES LTD 2000-AUG. 2009
DIRECTOR - DORNIER AVIATION NIG. AIEP LTD(DANA) JAN, 2007-AUG. 2009
CHAIRMAN - MILLENIUM AIR 2002 -AUG. 2009
CHAIRMAN - HERITAGE HOSPITALITY SERVICES LTD JAN 2004-AUG. 2009
CHAIRMAN - PRUDENT HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT LTD FEB 2008-AUG. 2009
DIRECTOR - INVESTMENT CENTRE LTD (ICL) FEB 2008-AUG. 2009

Late 2009 He was appointed as The Commissioner of Commerce and Investment of Niger State by Governor Aliyu Babangida

Position Year
HONOURABLE COMMISSIONER - MINISTRY OF INVESTMENT, COMMERCE & CO-OPERATIVES, NIGER STATE GOV'T AUG. 2009-AUG. 2010

Governor Niger State May 29th 2015 - Date .

Political career

Gubernatorial run

Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello won the Niger State APC gubernatorial primaries for the 2015 election. He polled 3,829 votes to defeat Senator Musa Ibrahim who had 61 votes out of the total 3,932 votes cast in the election. He later went ahead to win the general election scoring 593,709 votes to defeat his closest rival from the PDP whom had 239,772 votes . He was declared winner by the INEC on 13 April 2015 .

References

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