Yabagi Sani

Yabagi Yusuf Sani, known mostly as (YYSani or Jakardan Nupe) meaning Ambassador of Nupe, (born July 1, 1957) is a Nigerian politician, Energy and Crude oil expert and is the current National Chairman of The Action Democratic Party (ADP). He was a presidential candidate in the 2019 Nigerian general election.[1][2][3][4]

Yabagi Yusuf Sani
National Chairman Action Democratic Party (Nigeria)
Engineer
Preceded byFirst appoint
Personal details
Born (1957-05-01) May 1, 1957
Bida, Nigeria
NationalityNigeria
Political partyAction Democratic Party (Nigeria) (ADP)
OccupationEnergy and Oils Expert
Engineer
Politician

Background and Education

Sani was born in Bida, his father was the title holder of Ciroman Samarin Nupe. He began his early education at East School Bida in 1961, then Technical college, Kontagora in 1970. He graduated from Harvard University and Institute of Technology, New York in 1976. He also graduated from Columbia University, New York in 1978 with B.Sc in management engineering. He also participated in the compulsory National Youth Service Corps.[5][6]

Career

Yabagi started as an administrative officer-depot chief in (PPMC Depot) Kano in 1980 under Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Sani began his political ambitions in 1991, he was also a founding member of (ANPP), and member board of trustees of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANP). In 1999, Sani was the candidate of All Peoples Party (APP) in Niger State for the governorship election, he was also the financial secretary of the then Nigeria Liberal Convention (NLC/NRC), he was the North Central presidential coordinator of Alhaji Bashir Tofa in 1993.[5]

In 2019, Yabagi was selected as the presidential candidate of Action Democratic Party (Nigeria) in the 2019 Nigerian general election.[7]

Controversies

Yabagi was reported to be suspended by the national committee party secretary, Mr. James Okoroma. In an interview, he stated that he still remained the national chairman of Action Democratic People, since the secretary does not have the power to suspend him.[8]

He was honoured by a Humanitarian Award by the United Nations and collaborated with Convention party UK leaders in New York City.[9][10]


gollark: Apparently my `.config` folder is 1GB.
gollark: ```Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted ondev 4049896 0 4049896 0% /devrun 4093740 1156 4092584 1% /run/dev/mapper/arch-root 62914560 36713744 25937136 59% /tmpfs 4093740 32672 4061068 1% /dev/shmtmpfs 4093740 0 4093740 0% /sys/fs/cgrouptmpfs 4093740 8236 4085504 1% /tmp/dev/sda1 1046512 72504 974008 7% /boot/dev/mapper/arch-home 163371072 142836388 20534684 88% /hometmpfs 818748 32 818716 1% /run/user/1000```
gollark: Well, my server holds other stuff, and it has 1TB.
gollark: I had to clean out my home folder a while ago.
gollark: Yep!

References
  1. Moses, Peter; Abeokuta (2019-01-02). "2019: Yabagi Sani meets Obasanjo, says current leadership lacks knowledge". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  2. "10 things wey dey cause poverty for northern Nigeria". BBC News Pidgin. 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  3. Adebayo, Rasaq (2019-06-12). "ADP advises Lawan, Gbajabiamila after emerging Senate President, Speaker". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  4. "Fireworks with ADP Presidential Candidate, Yabagi Yusuf Sani". TVC News Nigeria. 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  5. "Yabagi Yusuf Sani - Biography". Paragon Page. 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  6. "Know Your Candidate: Yabagi Yusuf Sani – ADP". TheInterview Nigeria. 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  7. Oladele, David (2018-10-08). "ADP elects Yabagi Sani presidential candidate". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  8. "I remain the National Chairman of ADP-YY Sani". Businessday NG. 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  9. "ADP presidential candidate, Yabagi Sani recognized internationally". Vanguard News. 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  10. siteadmin (2018-12-27). "ADP Presidential Candidate Meets UK Conservative Party Leaders". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
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