Saliu Mustapha

Saliu Mustapha is a Nigerian politician and a member of the All Progressives Congress.[1] He was the national deputy chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change,[2] one of the defunct political parties that merged to form the All Progressives Congress.[3]

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Saliu Mustapha
Senator-elect for Kwara Central
Assuming office
June 2023
SucceedingIbrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe
National Deputy Chairman Congress for Progressive Change
In office
2011–2013
Personal details
Born (1972-09-25) 25 September 1972
Kwara, Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
(2013 to present)
Other political
affiliations		Progressive Action Congress
(2003)
All Nigeria Peoples Party
(2003–2009)
Congress for Progressive Change
(2010-2013)
OccupationPolitician

He is equally the Founder and Chairman of Saliu Mustapha Foundation.[4]

Early life and education

Mustapha was born on September 25, 1972, in Ilorin, Kwara state. He attended Bartholomew primary school in Zaria for his primary education and then proceeded to Command Secondary School in Kaduna for his secondary education. He studied mineral resources engineering at the Kaduna polytechnic.

Political career

Mustapha was the first national publicity secretary of the Progressive Action Congress (PAC).[5][6] He joined ANPP[7] and became the national deputy chairman of the party in 2009.[8] He held this position until the party merged and formed the All Progressives Congress.[9] He contested for the national chairman position of the All Progressives Congress APC, the position which Sen. Adamu Abdullahi emerged as a consensus candidate of the party.[10]

2018 Kwara state primary election

He contested in the 2018 Kwara state's APC primary and got endorsed by the northern part of the state.[11] He got disqualified from participating midway into the election.[12] The National Working Committee of the party later apologized for the disqualification citing it as unauthorized.[13] In 2022, during the All Progressive Congress (APC) primaries in Kwara State, Mustapha emerged as the candidate to represent the party in Kwara Central senatorial election defeating the incumbent senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe[14]

References
  1. "Mustapha, former CPC leader joins APC chairmanship race". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  2. "APC Chairmanship: Who Are the Candidates?". THISDAYLIVE. 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  3. "Update: ACN, ANPP, APGA, CPC merge into new party, APC - Premium Times Nigeria". 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  4. Times, Premium (2022-09-16). "What does Saliu Mustapha's drive for youth empowerment mean for Kwara?, By Kabir Agaka". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  5. "Elections in Nigeria". africanelections.tripod.com. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  6. "Can Young Saliu Mustapha Make a Difference as APC National Chairman?". THISDAYLIVE. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  7. Okocha, Chuks (2021-04-15). "Nigeria: 'I Have Been Brought Up Under Buhari's Political Tutelage '". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  8. "Lying politicians responsible for insecurity, ethnic agitations in Nigeria - APC chieftain". 2021-04-06. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  9. "CPC stakeholders' meeting ends in chaos". Vanguard News. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  10. "Saliu Mustapha first to pick APC chairmanship form". PM news Nigeria. Emmanuel Mogbede.
  11. "APC Guber ticket : Saliu Mustapha gets Kwara North endorsement". Vanguard News. 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  12. "Kwara APC Governorship Aspirants Cry Out Over Disqualification". tribuneonlineng.com. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  13. "APC apologises to Mustapha brothers over 'unauthorised' disqualification". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  14. "Kwara Central senator loses ticket, Mustapha, Ashiru, Sodiq win". Vanguard Nigeria. Damọla Akinyemi.
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