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Dikko Umaru Radda & Lawal Faruk
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Dikko Umaru Radda
Governor of Katsina State
This term: 29 May 2023–present
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- Katsina
- Country
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Dikko Umaru Radda (INEC list name: Umaru Dikko Radda; born 10 September 1969) is the Governor of Katsina State, in office since 29 May 2023, and the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026, serial 4), seeking a second term with Deputy Governor Faruk Lawal Jobe as running mate. The APC affirmed him as its sole aspirant by a voice vote of 160…
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Dikko Umaru Radda (INEC list name: Umaru Dikko Radda; born 10 September 1969) is the Governor of Katsina State, in office since 29 May 2023, and the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026, serial 4), seeking a second term with Deputy Governor Faruk Lawal Jobe as running mate. The APC affirmed him as its sole aspirant by a voice vote of 160 delegates on 21 May 2026. A trained teacher and banker, he was chairman of Charanchi Local Government Area from 2005 until 2007 (dates by year only), APC National Welfare Secretary in 2014-15, Chief of Staff to Governor Aminu Bello Masari from July 2015, and Director-General and CEO of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) from 14 March 2016, reappointed in March 2021, until he left in 2022 to seek the governorship. He holds a B.Tech from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (1996) and a PhD in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He won the APC governorship primary on 26 May 2022 with 506 votes, ahead of Mustapha Inuwa (442) and Abbas Masanawa (436), and the general election of 18 March 2023 with 859,892 votes (62.96% of valid votes) against Senator Yakubu Lado Danmarke of the PDP (486,620). The PDP said it would go to court, but the challenger later dropped the plan and no election petition was found. He was sworn in on 29 May 2023. His wife, Zulaihat Dikko Radda, is First Lady of Katsina State.
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1969
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDEarly lifeProfile record
Born
Dikko Umaru Radda was born on 10 Sept 1969.
1986
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDEducation & qualificationsReviewed record
Kafanchan College of Education
Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE)
- Institution
- Professional
Graduation stated in the linked record. This does not by itself authenticate an original certificate.
1992
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDEducation & qualificationsReviewed record
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi
B.Tech Agricultural Economics and Extension · Agricultural Economics and Extension
- Institution
- University
Graduation stated in the linked record. This does not by itself authenticate an original certificate.
1998
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDEducation & qualificationsReviewed record
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
MSc Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology · Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology
- Institution
- Masters
Graduation stated in the linked record. This does not by itself authenticate an original certificate.
2005
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Chairman
Charanchi Local Government Council, Katsina State
- Industry
- Local government
Chairman of Charanchi Local Government Area from 2005; left the seat in 2007 after disagreeing with Governor Yar’adua over the choice of his successor (Premium Times). A supportive column gives January 2005 to April 2007. Stored as a career because no start or end day was found.
2014
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
National Welfare Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
- Industry
- Politics
APC National Welfare Secretary, June 2014 to July 2015 per a supportive column; Premium Times says Masari helped him to the post in 2014 and Carnegie says he served about a year on the party’s governing body.
2015
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDEducation & qualificationsReviewed record
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
PhD Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology · Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology
- Institution
- Phd
Graduation stated in the linked record. This does not by itself authenticate an original certificate.
Working lifeReviewed record
Chief of Staff to the Governor
Katsina State Government (Office of the Governor)
- Industry
- Government
Chief of Staff to Governor Aminu Bello Masari; the appointment was announced on 6 July 2015 and he left on his appointment to SMEDAN on 14 March 2016.
2016
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Director-General and Chief Executive Officer
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)
- Industry
- Government
Appointed by President Buhari on 14 March 2016 for five years; reappointed for a second four-year term effective 15 March 2021; left in 2022 to contest the Katsina governorship (exit day not found; he was still called DG on 10 April 2022 and "immediate past" DG on 27 May 2022). Succeeded by Olawale Fasanya.
2022
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2023 Governorship primary
All Progressives Congress · Katsina
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Votes
- 506
- Recorded winner
- Dikko Umaru Radda
APC Katsina governorship primary at Muhammadu Dikko Stadium, Katsina. Results were announced early on Friday 27 May 2022 after the voting ended, so the voting day (Thursday 26 May 2022) is inferred. Radda 506; Mustapha Inuwa, former Secretary to the State Government, 442; Abbas Umar Masanawa, former Nigerian Security Printing and Minting chief, 436; Ahmed Dangiwa 220; Faruk…
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APC Katsina governorship primary at Muhammadu Dikko Stadium, Katsina. Results were announced early on Friday 27 May 2022 after the voting ended, so the voting day (Thursday 26 May 2022) is inferred. Radda 506; Mustapha Inuwa, former Secretary to the State Government, 442; Abbas Umar Masanawa, former Nigerian Security Printing and Minting chief, 436; Ahmed Dangiwa 220; Faruk Jobe 71; then-Deputy Governor Mannir Yakubu 65; Sadiq Yar’adua 32; Abdulkarim Dauda 7. Delegate figures differ between reports (1,805 delegates; 1,801 accredited per Channels, 1,805 accredited per Punch), so no vote percentage is stored. He had left SMEDAN before the primary (exit date not found).
2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2023 Governorship election
All Progressives Congress · Katsina
- Result
- Won
- Votes
- 859,892
- Vote share
- 62.96%
- Recorded winner
- Dikko Umaru Radda
Declared by INEC on the night of Sunday 19 March 2023; APC won 33 of 34 LGAs (the PDP won only Kankara). Main challenger Yakubu Lado Danmarke (PDP) 486,620; NNPP 8,263. Running mate: Faruk Lawal Jobe (replacement of the first nominee reported 11-12 August 2022). Percentage computed from the 1,365,848 valid votes. The PDP said on 20 March 2023 that it would go to court; Vanguard…
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Declared by INEC on the night of Sunday 19 March 2023; APC won 33 of 34 LGAs (the PDP won only Kankara). Main challenger Yakubu Lado Danmarke (PDP) 486,620; NNPP 8,263. Running mate: Faruk Lawal Jobe (replacement of the first nominee reported 11-12 August 2022). Percentage computed from the 1,365,848 valid votes. The PDP said on 20 March 2023 that it would go to court; Vanguard reported on 29 May 2023 that the challenger had dropped the plan, and no election petition or tribunal judgment on the Katsina governorship was found.
ElectedProfile record
Governor
Katsina
- Status
- Current term
- Party on this record
- APC
- Term
- Katsina Governorship Cycle 2023-2027
2026
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2027 Governorship primary
All Progressives Congress · Katsina
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Recorded winner
- Dikko Umaru Radda
INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Katsina State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 4; INEC name: UMARU DIKKO RADDA; age 57; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): PRIMARY SCH. CERTIFICATE TEACHERS GRADE II CERTIFICATE Ph.D CERTIFICATE; running mate: Lawal Faruk · APC primary: Thursday 21 May 2026 at the Katsina Government House. Sole aspirant affirmed by voice vote of…
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Katsina State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 4; INEC name: UMARU DIKKO RADDA; age 57; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): PRIMARY SCH. CERTIFICATE TEACHERS GRADE II CERTIFICATE Ph.D CERTIFICATE; running mate: Lawal Faruk · APC primary: Thursday 21 May 2026 at the Katsina Government House. Sole aspirant affirmed by voice vote of 160 delegates (no ballot, so no vote count), declared by the electoral committee chairman Yakubu Maccido; former Governor Aminu Masari chaired the reconciliation committee. Seeking a second term. Running mate: Deputy Governor Faruk Lawal Jobe (INEC list name "Lawal Faruk"), retained from the 2023 ticket.
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KEPT OUTSIDE THE DATED CHRONOLOGYEducation & qualificationsReviewed record
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Master’s degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy · International Affairs and Diplomacy
- Institution
- Masters
Graduation stated in the linked record. This does not by itself authenticate an original certificate.
Party membershipReviewed record
All Progressives Congress (APC)
APC governorship candidate in Katsina and sitting governor; held the APC National Welfare Secretary post in 2014-15; date joined not found
An end date is not recorded for this membership.
Public family connectionReviewed record
Zulaihat Dikko Radda
Spouse
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First Lady of Katsina State; leads the state’s spouses and gender-inclusion advocacy. Children and other relatives are not named.
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As Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Umaru Radda presides over Katsina State's public finances.
Katsina State's approved budget for 2026 is ₦897,865,078,282 (about ₦897.9B).
Katsina State budget 2026Katsina State received ₦129,998,679,322 (about ₦130.0B) in FAAC federal allocations between January and July 2026.
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