Nazifi Sani

Nazifi Sani Gumel (born 1st August, 1980) is a Nigerian politician. He is currently a member representing Gagarawa/Gumel/Maigatari/Sule/Tankarkar Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. He hails from Jigawa State and holds a master’s degree. He was first elected into the House of Assembly in 2019. He was re-elected in 2023 for a second term under the All Progressives Congress (APC). Quotes First of all, let me say I feel deeply touched. This is not a usual occurrence in my constituency. The last time something like this happened in my constituency was around 2011 when some people burned our former deputy governor’s house. I can remember. So this is the second incident in our constituency. We didn’t expect it in Jigawa at all, because as you all know, Jigawa is a peaceful state. As a member of the House of Representatives, I do everything I can do to satisfy my constituents, as you all know. I don’t want to praise myself, but I have been trying all my life to do whatever I can do to help my constituency and Jigawa in general. So I don’t know what happened. Just like that. Sani interview response to the question 'Your home in Jigawa State was attacked during the protesters against high cost of living in the country. What actually was the problem?' Well, you know, when something happens like this, you can’t say exactly. My house is a functional house, because I used to go to my constituency, I spent one week, two weeks in my house. So it’s a functional house. My people used to come and sit and talk and discuss. You understand? Apart from my house, there is another plot of land that I have my store inside, and all my political vehicles are kept there. All the property was vandalised. Initially, they said that I kept rice in my store. So when they came, they first attacked my store. Whenever I have a programme or I get something from the government for my constituency, I used to keep them there before I would come and distribute them to my people. So the people, I think they were spreading rumours that I had rice in my store. But when they vandalised the store, they didn’t see any rice. Sani interview response to the question 'Can you quantify how much was destroyed in this attack?' Everybody knows that this is unacceptable to our country. It’s unacceptable. I don’t know how it came about. Maybe there’s something behind it. How can somebody just bring another country’s flag and display it in our own country? You know, this one is unacceptable. I’m sure the relevant authorities will do something about it as soon as possible. Sani interview response to the question 'We saw Russian flags waved in some states during the protests. What do you think of this development?' Well, to me, protest will not solve the problem. There is no government that can put their citizens in this hardship like people are thinking. So my call is to just come to the negotiating table of the government so that we understand each other. I think this is the best way. Because this protest, as you can see, has not helped. If it is a peaceful protest, everybody is going to support it, at least. But it was no more protest at all; it was just looting and vandalising government property. In my own constituency, I participated in an ICT project from NITDA, one big ICT centre. They vandalised that one. They are the people that are utilising the place. So what is the benefit of this? They vandalised the government property. They vandalised our local government secretariat, they vandalised one of our stakeholders’ houses, one of our senatorial campaign offices, they vandalised all. They vandalised our agricultural store, fertiliser and other food items. They vandalised all those. So is that a peaceful protest we are calling? To me, there is no way this is going to help us. The security agencies are doing good, because they are the ones that are keeping this tension down, especially in my area. Sani interview response to the question 'What is your message to Nigerians on taking to the streets to drive home their demands?' External links Category:Politicians from Nigeria Category:1980 births Category:Living people