By; FUNMI ADERINTO , Kaduna
The Governor-elect of Kaduna State, (4th Republic) Senator Uba Sani who was sworn-in on Monday as the democratically elected Governor of Kaduna State, is a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the 9th National Assembly.
He has chaired the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institution.
He is a leading civil rights activist, development worker, social entrepreneur, philanthropist, politician and accomplished businessman.
He was a Special Adviser (Political and Intergovernmental Affairs) to the ex Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai.
He also served as a Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Special Assistant (Political) to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
He worked with the Kaduna State Ministry of Works and Housing before moving to the Federal level.
Senator Uba Sani was born on 31st December, 1970 in Zaria, Zaria Local Government Area, Kaduna State, he holds a Masters of Science degree in Finance from the University of Calabar, a Post-graduate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Kaduna Polytechnic.
He played a leading role in the struggle against military authoritarianism in Nigeria.
The governor-elect deployed his organisational and networking skills in creating a strategic base for the pro-democracy movement in Northern Nigeria.
He was the National Vice Chairman (North) of Campaign for Democracy (CD) and Deputy National Chairman (North) of the Joint Action Committee (JACON) led by the late legendary Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN.
The governor-elect founded the Uba Sani Foundation, devoted to entrepreneurship and skills acquisition for youth, women and the underprivileged.
An entrepreneur of repute, he established and successfully built business in telecommunications and estate management.
He has attended many courses and conferences (both nationally and internationally) in the areas of human rights, development and democracy.
Senator Uba Sani is an alumnus of the United States Government’s program which focused on Volunteerism and NGO development issues and impacted on his career goals as a politician and community leader.
The governor-elect is leaving an indelible mark in the Senate. He is rated as one of the best performing senators.
He has over 30 members bills to his credit and has the singular distinction of having two of item bills assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari.
In recognition of his feats, he was adjudged as the overall most valuable most valuable and best parliamentarian of the 9th National Assembly by order paper Nigeria, the foremost legislative monitoring and advocacy group in Nigeria.
Consequently, he was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Order Paper Nigeria Group.
Senator Uba Sani is happily married with children.
