Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
Ganduje in 2023
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress
Assumed office
3 August 2023
Preceded byAbdullahi Adamu
Governor of Kano State
In office
29 May 2015 – 29 May 2023
Deputy
Preceded byRabiu Kwankwaso
Succeeded byAbba Kabir Yusuf
Deputy Governor of Kano State
In office
29 May 2011 – 29 May 2015
GovernorRabiu Kwankwaso
Preceded byAbdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo
Succeeded byHafiz Abubakar
In office
29 May 1999 – 29 May 2003
GovernorRabiu Kwankwaso
Preceded bySanusi Phadoma
Succeeded byMagaji Abdullahi
Personal details
Born (1949-12-25) 25 December 1949 (age 74)
Ganduje, Northern Region, British Nigeria
(now in Kano State, Nigeria)
Political partyAll Progressive Congress
(2014–present)
Other political
affiliations
Peoples Democratic Party
(1998–2014)
SpouseHafsat Ganduje
ChildrenFatima Ganduje-Ajimobi[1]
Muhammad Umar Ganduje[2]
EducationGovernment College, Birnin Kudu
Alma materAhmadu Bello University
Bayero University Kano
University of Ibadan
OccupationPolitician
Websiteganduje.com.ng

Abdullahi Umar Ganduje OFR (born 25 December 1949) is a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Kano State from 2015 to 2023.[3][4][5] He previously served as Rabiu Kwankwaso's deputy governor twice, from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015. He is a member and national chairman of the ruling Party All Progressives Congress (APC).

  1. ^ "Fatima Ganduje-Ajimobi (@fatimaganduje)". Twitter.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Kano Gov's 19-yr-old Son is #DISTURBINGKANO with Luxury Customized Cars, Including $250,000 Ferrari". newsrescue.com. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Ganduje trains 60 youths, offers N30m take-off grant". The Nation. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  4. ^ Tukur, Sani (24 March 2019). "It's Official: INEC declares APC's Ganduje winner of Kano supplementary guber election". Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Ganduje Declared Winner In Kano, As APC Sweeps State Assembly | Channels Television". Channels Television. Retrieved 4 August 2021.