Mohammed Umar Bago

Mohammed Umar (born 22 February, 1974) is a Nigerian banker and politician who is the current governor of Niger State since 29 May, 2023. Quotes All the factors of production are inherent here in Taraba State, and it was enumerated in Aliko Dangote’s speech. We have land, water, sun, and people. People in Europe can barely farm for three months in a year, but we can farm 24/7, 365 days a year. It means we have no business in poverty. The chairman of the NGF, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, is sending his felicitations to the government and people of Taraba State. He has asked me to reassure you of the cooperation of sub-nationals in whatever we decide to bring development to the people of Taraba State, As a farmer governor, I want to see the state government partner with big companies that are doing construction. Let them use those bulldozers and heavy machinery to cultivate land and let people come and farm. To the people of Taraba State, nobody is coming to invest in agriculture to take your land. Any investment brought in is meant for your people. The president has the prerogative to appoint somebody, but Niger state is ready to lead from the north. I have made myself the DG of Tinubu’s campaign for 2027, and no going back about that. Our headquarters will be in Minna. When he (Tinubu) finishes his eight years, power will come to the north, and northerners who want to contest can then contest. For crying out loud, this man has just spent two years in office, and you want it to come back to the north. HowThe president has the prerogative to appoint somebody, but Niger state is ready to lead from the north. In Niger state, there is no dissenting voice. Nigeria coexists peacefully because we have agreed to a rotation; the north will do eight years, the south will do eight years. Not really. Sokoto is not an APC state. It is a PDP state, so that assumption is wrong. Adamawa is an APC state. Kano is an APC state. The issue is that the gaps between the candidates running for elections are insignificant that cancelled polling units have more votes than the margin between the leading candidates. Yes, the presence of the military everywhere was noticeable because we wanted to ensure peace. This in reality is a step forward. The military did not interfere in the process. They were just there to ensure peace and order. The police were at the polling units. There was no military or soldier at any of the polling units. They were seen around town and they set up barricades to search vehicles and intercepted a lot of weapons while on election duty. You have just asked the same question that people have been raising all day. I would tell you that APC as a political party has done very well and we made our mistakes in the last assembly. We hope we don’t make the same mistake this time around. All geopolitical zones have participated fully in this election and we have representation in all the geopolitical zones. APC has at least 25 percent in all the zones. That means everybody has keyed into the change mantra and the APC agenda. So, it is only fair since the North-West and the South-West have been taken care of the by the President and Vice President slots. We now have the North-East, North Central, South South and the South-East remaining in the arrangement. These offices should be spread across the zones. It depends on what the party thinks but we are hoping that if according to the speculations we are hearing, they are interested in taking the Senate presidency to the North-East, then it is also fair for them to consider the North Central for speakership External links Category:1974 births Category:Living people