2027 · GubernatorialAPC
Mohammed Umar Bago & Garba Yakubu
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- Running mate
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- Niger
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Garba Yakubu
Deputy Governor of Niger State
This term: 29 May 2023–present
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- Niger
- Country
- Nigeria
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Yakubu Garba (INEC: Garba Yakubu) is the Deputy Governor of Niger State, in office since 29 May 2023, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate, running mate to Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago, for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026). A labour leader and former state civil servant, he was Niger State chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, reported in that post from at…
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Yakubu Garba (INEC: Garba Yakubu) is the Deputy Governor of Niger State, in office since 29 May 2023, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate, running mate to Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago, for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026). A labour leader and former state civil servant, he was Niger State chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, reported in that post from at least November 2019, and was still chairman when the APC named him Bago's running mate in a statement of 4 July 2022. The ticket won the 18 March 2023 election with 469,896 votes and the two were sworn in on 29 May 2023; by August 2023 he was described as the immediate past NLC chairman. He is an alumnus of Government Technical College, Tunga Goro, Minna. Governor Bago announced on 14 July 2026 that he was retaining him as running mate for 2027, after rumours of a rift in April-May 2025 that the deputy's aide and the governor denied.
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2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2023 Deputy-governorship election
All Progressives Congress · Niger
- Result
- Won
- Votes
- 469,896
- Vote share
- 53.82%
- Recorded winner
- Mohammed Umar Bago
Running mate to Mohammed Umar Bago (APC) in the 18 March 2023 Niger governorship election. The APC announced on 4 July 2022 that it had submitted their names to INEC; he was then Niger State chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress. The ticket was declared winner on 20 March 2023 with 469,896 votes against 387,476 for the PDP's Isah Liman Kantigi (53.82% computed from 873,020…
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Running mate to Mohammed Umar Bago (APC) in the 18 March 2023 Niger governorship election. The APC announced on 4 July 2022 that it had submitted their names to INEC; he was then Niger State chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress. The ticket was declared winner on 20 March 2023 with 469,896 votes against 387,476 for the PDP's Isah Liman Kantigi (53.82% computed from 873,020 valid votes). Both were sworn in on 29 May 2023.
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Deputy Governor
Niger
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- Current term
- Party on this record
- APC
2027
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2027 Deputy-governorship election
All Progressives Congress · Niger
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Niger State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 4; INEC name: GARBA YAKUBU; age 52; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE CRAFT TRAINING CERTIFICATE BS.c; governorship candidate: Mohammed Umaru Bago · Named running mate again: Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago announced on Tuesday 14 July 2026 at Government…
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Niger State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 4; INEC name: GARBA YAKUBU; age 52; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE CRAFT TRAINING CERTIFICATE BS.c; governorship candidate: Mohammed Umaru Bago · Named running mate again: Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago announced on Tuesday 14 July 2026 at Government House, Minna, that he was retaining his deputy as running mate, and the nomination form was presented to Garba at the event (Daily Post, Leadership). Rumours of a rift or resignation in April-May 2025 had been denied by the deputy's aide and by the governor. INEC reading checked on the rendered PDF (2026-10-10): name GARBA YAKUBU, qualifications FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE, CRAFT TRAINING CERTIFICATE, BS.c, each in the correct person's cell.
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All Progressives Congress (APC)
APC deputy governorship candidate in Niger State on the 2023 ticket (named 4 July 2022), sitting Deputy Governor since 29 May 2023 and APC running mate on INEC's final list (10 October 2026); date joined not found
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Nigeria Labour Congress, Niger State Council
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State chairman of the NLC in Niger State; reported in the post from at least November 2019 (Blueprint/NAN) through the 2020 minimum-wage strike and the December 2020 salary-cut strike to his naming as running mate on 4 July 2022; 'immediate past chairman' by August 2023. Start of the chairmanship not found.
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Niger State civil service
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- Employment
- Employee
Served in the Niger State civil service (post and years not found); described as a retired civil servant in 2026.
Education & qualificationsReviewed record
Government Technical College, Tunga Goro, Minna
Technical college (alma mater)
- Location
- Tunga Goro, Bosso LGA, Niger State
- Institution
- Secondary
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