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Senator Abdulaziz Yari

From Talata Mafara, Zamfara. In public life since 1999.

Now

Life

  1. 1979–1984Studied at Government Teachers' College, Bakura. Nigeria Governors' Forum
  2. 2007–2011Member of the House of Representatives for Anka and Talata Mafara. Nigeria Governors' Forum
  3. 2011–2019Governor of Zamfara State, two terms. Nigeria Governors' Forum
  4. 2015–2019Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum. Nigeria Governors' Forum
  5. 2023 to nowSenator for Zamfara West. National Assembly
  6. August 2023Named Chairman of the Senate Committee on Water Resources. National Assembly committee list
  7. August 2026Named Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 elections. State House, Abuja

Honoured North and South

Marafan SokotoThe Sultan of Sokoto · November 2024The Sultanate Council named him Marafan Sokoto, one of 15 people honoured for the Sultan's 18 years on the throne.Leadership
Obaloyin of YorubalandThe Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I · 21 December 2025Installed at a ceremony in Oyo.ThisDay · Arise News
Chairman, Nigeria Governors' ForumThe governors of Nigeria's 36 states · 2015–2019His fellow governors elected him chairman of their forum, unanimously, on 18 May 2015. He led it until 2019.Nigeria Governors' Forum · Premium Times
The Vice President's visitVice President Yemi Osinbajo · 14 August 2018The Vice President came to Zamfara to inaugurate projects of his administration: a girls' college, a hospital, a water works, a road and a primary school.Office of the Vice President · See every project
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