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Kwara Central senatorial district covering mainly the city of Ilorin is a metropolitan senatorial district in Kwara State. Kwara Central senatorial districts covers four local governments, which include: Asa, Ilorin East, Ilorin South and Ilorin West. Bukola Saraki, the President of the 8th National Assembly is from this district. [1] The ...
The Kwara North Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Baruten, Edu, Pategi, Kaiama, and Moro. The district is noted its majority-ethnic minority makeup with non-Yorubas forming the majority of the population. [a] The incumbent Suleiman Sadiq Umar , who was elected with 73.9% of the vote in 2019, is seeking re-election.
The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kwara State. Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe representing Kwara Central, Suleiman Sadiq Umar representing Kwara North and Yisa Oyelola Ashiru representing Kwara South all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.
As the APC strengthened its hold on the Red Chamber, 44 seats flipped from one party to another with two dozen lawmakers losing re-election. Notable flips included all three seats in Kwara State where Senate President and APC-turned-PDP Kwara Central Senator Bukola Saraki lost his first election amidst the Ó Tó Gẹ́ Movement against the Saraki dynasty and the state PDP.
Saliu Mustapha (born September 25, 1972) is a Nigerian politician who is the senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District since 2023. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress [1] and a former deputy national chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change, [2] one of the defunct political parties that merged to form the All Progressives Congress.
Kwara Central senatorial district; Kwara North senatorial district; Kwara South senatorial district; L. Lagos Central senatorial district; Lagos East senatorial district;
The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Kwara comprises three Senators representing Kwara Central, Kwara South, and Kwara North, and six Representatives representing Baruten/Kaiama, Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-ero, Asa/Ilorin West, Ilorin East/South, Offa/Oyun/Ifelodun, and Edu/Moro/Patigi.
The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State was held on March 28, 2015, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kwara State. Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi representing Kwara North, Bukola Saraki representing Kwara Central and Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim representing Kwara South all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.