Uba Sani

Uba Sani (born 31 December 1970) is a Nigerian engineer and politician who has served as Governor of Kaduna State since 29 May 2023. Before becoming governor he represented the Kaduna Central senatorial district in the 9th National Assembly from 2019 to 2023.

Sani trained as a mechanical engineer at Kaduna Polytechnic and later obtained a postgraduate diploma in business administration from the University of Abuja and an MSc in finance from the University of Calabar. He worked in public affairs and advisory roles at federal and state level from 1999, including in the administrations of President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Nasir El-Rufai. In 2018 he founded the Uba Sani Foundation, which supports health, education and livelihood programmes.

As the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Sani narrowly won the March 2023 governorship election with 730,002 votes against 719,196 for Isa Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was sworn in on 29 May 2023 with Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, who had been deputy governor since 2019, continuing as his deputy.

His administration's programme, the 'SUSTAIN' agenda, prioritises security, infrastructure (with a stated emphasis on rural roads), institutional reform, trade and investment, human capital and citizen engagement. His 2025 budget was titled 'Sustaining Rural Transformation and Inclusive Development'. For the 2027 election cycle, Balarabe has indicated she will not continue as running mate.