Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu For President In 2015

24/01/2014

Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has said the Peoples Democratic Party will overcome its internal crisis and win the 2015 presidential election.

Aliyu also said the PDP would form the next government in Niger State in 2015.
Speaking at the presentation of take off grants to beneficiaries of Subsidy Reinvesting Empowerment Programme, the governor said what the party needed was prayers for the party to do the right thing and for good and acceptable candidates to be nominated for the elections.

He said, “PDP shall form the next Federal Government. PDP will win the governorship election in Niger State in 2015, and we will do it by God’s guidance and by our clean minds.

“If anybody is with clean mind, God will assist the person no matter what people say. Even people who slaughter donkeys and vultures may need to go to Senegal or Mali. That is a long way to go to get these animals. So, whether you slaughter vultures or donkeys so that nobody will be liked, I am happy my people like me, and I can go anywhere and say ‘we did all we did with your support because we let you know what is happening and you advised’.”

“A leader must be ready always for criticisms because most times, when people criticise, it is because they don’t know the basis of the decision that has been taken, but if they know, they may advise on how to correct it and how to make it better. Criticism is one of the ways to make leaders be in the know.”

31/10/2013

Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu has expressed his readiness to
take a shot at the Presidency in 2015, if he the people want him to
join the race.
The governor spoke yesterday in Minna, the state capital, when he
hosted delegates of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties
(CNPP), led by its Chairman, Alhaji Balarabe Musa.
Aliyu said: "I always prepare myself for eventuality. I have never
declared for anything. I didn't declare to be governor; I was called
upon. So, if my people call upon me, I won't hesitate to contest."
The governor cautioned against political intolerance of the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at all levels of government to
opposition. He noted that a one-party state was undemocratic.
Aliyu maintained that a multiple-party system at any level would
encourage healthy competition and enable the people to choose the
best to be their leaders.
He said: "Every ruling party wants to have a one-party state. I
encourage a multiple-party system so that there would be peer
review and for the people to have choices of ideology and style. We
need to show the people the differences in what is to be done and
how we can run the affair of governance.
"A one-party state is undemocratic as it makes one to want to crush
another over a little disagreement." Aliyu condemned the
undemocratic forces in Rivers State, where the people were restricted
from holding meetings or gatherings.
The governor stressed that this should not be allowed to continue.
He said: "Undemocratic forces are very active in Rivers State. People
cannot meet or gather for activities.
Even during the military era, people were still allowed to meet. This
has already happened and, if we allow it to continue, it will ruin the
peace in the country."
Musa said he and his team were in Niger State for CNPP's annual
conference. He said the CNPP was not an opposition party but an
umbrella of smaller political parties and political organisations.

04/08/2013

Governor Aliyu Endorsed by the Campaign for Democracy in Niger for Championing the Course of Democracy in Nigeria.

A vote of confidence on the Chief Servant and Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has been passed for championing the course of democracy in the country.

This was part of an eight-point communiqué at the end of the 42nd meeting of the Campaign for Democracy, Niger State Chapter, held in Minna.

The Communiqué urged the presidency to stop insulting and embarrassing northern leaders and called on both the state and national Assemblies to live up to expectation in their constitutional responsibility.

It also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for registering the All Progressive Congress (APC).

The Communiqué also concluded plans to flag-off advocacy and sensitization to the people of the riverine communities in the state against the impending flooding and other natural disasters.

25/06/2013

2015: Fani-Kayode Backs Babangida Aliyu

The search for a standard-bearer for the yet-to-be registered All Progressives Congress may have started as former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has urged the Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu to contest the 2015 presidential poll.

photo The search for a standard-bearer for the yet-to-be registered All Progressives Congress may have started as former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has urged the Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu to contest the 2015 presidential poll.

Fani-Kayode, who spoke with reporters on Monday in Minna, said he was in the state to “consult with important people about the Nigeria project.”

He said, “Nobody can ignore Niger State, nobody can ignore Minna; anyone that ignores the state does so at his or her own peril.”

Though not confirmed, Fani-Kayode reportedly held talks with former military heads of state, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar.

The former minister, while recommending Aliyu for the country’s presidency in 2015, said, “The governor is honest, straight forward and courageous.”

Fani-Kayode, who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC, said the people of Niger State should be proud of Aliyu because “despite all challenges, he has come out to do what is right.”

The former minister said, “When you want to consider the bright stars of Nigeria for 2015, consider Governor Aliyu.”

He added, “If the PDP fails to pick Governor Aliyu as its presidential standard-bearer for 2015 election, the opposition will be delighted to have him. Any group of people that will be privileged to have Aliyu should be grateful.

“For 2015, we need forthright men that will stand against tyranny and injustice. We need men that will fight for democracy.”

Fani-Kayode also explained why he left the PDP, saying the party had lost focus and abandoned Nigerians.

He alleged that the PDP-led Federal Government had since 2007 squandered the nation’s resources, resulting in the depletion of its foreign reserves, and the excess crude account.

The aviation minister in the former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration added that there was increasing corruption, security challenges and high unemployment rate in the country.

Noting that he had advised Obasanjo to leave the PDP, Fani-Kayode said there was the need for people of like minds to come together to save the country from the party.

He added that if President Goodluck Jonathan continued as president beyond 2015, “Nigeria will be worse than Zaire.”

Canvassing a change in the nation’s leadership, Fani-Kayode said the PDP-led Federal Government, which he thought would bring about progress, had only succeeded in bringing retrogression to the polity.

He also described the suggestion by the chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, to give automatic ticket to Jonathan and the governors seeking second term in office as “dangerous” and a plan to turn Nigeria to communist “China and Socialist Republic of Russia.”

15/02/2013

Niger State governor and the presidential candidate of peoples democratic party(PDP) Comes 2015 Insha Allah, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has said that the country had enough financial resources to fund free education forall its citizens from primary up to university level.
Governor Aliyu said that it could be achieved if all areas of wastages were plugged to ensure that money being diverted into private pockets would be ploughed into the funding of education and other critical sectors.
Aliyu stated this yesterday when officials of the National Association of Northern States Students paid him a courtesy call at the Government House, Minna
Aliyu noted that the incidence of diversion of public funds into private pockets by individuals some running into trillions of Naira was worrisome saying such monies could comfortably pay the scholarship of students in schools.
According to him “With proper planning and stoppage of corruption Nigeria can give free education to all its children at all levels of education”.
He also said that the federal government had to divest some of its powers to states and local governments adding that the federal government should restrict itself to policy formulation in education and concentrate on defence, security and foreign affairs.
He however called for the review ofthe revenue allocation formula adding that the federal government should have 38 percent of money accruable to the federation account while states and local governments will share the balance.

11/02/2013

Nigeria’s Centenary Celebration Incomplete Without Acknowledging Indelible Sacrifice of Niger State Says Gov. Aliyu.
The Chief Servant and Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu says the centenary celebration of Nigeria as a nation was indeed the celebration of Niger state where the amalgamation took place in 1914.
Speaking at a Grand Reception organized by the state government in honor of 12 distinguished Nigerlites held at the Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre, Minna, Governor Aliyu stated that the history of modern Nigeria would not be complete without acknowledging the indelible sacrifice of Niger State and Nigerlites.
He explained that many people pay tribute to the state because of its contribution to the nation emphasizing that apart from the birth of Nigeria reflected by the amalgamation that took place in Zungeru, in 1914, the country derivedits name from River Niger while the state also gave the Federal Capital Territory its name Abuja even as 80 per cent of its land was carved out from the state.
The Governor who stressed that the state was factually the foundation of Nigeria, believed in the corporate existence of the country adding that Nigerlites would resist any attempt by individuals or groups to create disharmony in the society and disintegrate the nation.
Governor Aliyu also harped on the issue of insecurity and the economic devastation the situation had inflicted on the nation entirely and the Northern region in particular citing as an example the catastrophic decline in economic transaction recorded at the Kantin Kwari Market in Kano, where traders’ daily bank deposits shrank from N256Million to N11Million.
He also expressed sadness over the recent brutal killing of nine innocent women carrying out routine immunization exercise in Kano, and suggested an holistic but pragmatic approach in tackling the issue of insecurity in the country.
The Governor, while congratulating the recipients of the award for..

22/01/2013

NGSG, Development Partners Spend N78.9million on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Weeks Intervention from 2010-2012.
Niger State Government, together with its partners and stakeholders, has jointly spent N78.9Million on various interventions carried out during the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Weeks, from 2010 to 2012.
Speaking at the weekly post-Exco Meeting held at Government House, Minna, the state Commissioner for Health and Hospital Services, Dr. Ibrahim B. Sule said the state government contributed N33.8; UNICEF gave N39.6 while the NGO’s also contributed N5.5Million within the period under review.
Dr. Sule disclosed the areas covered by the interventions to include; Routine Immunization against childhood killer diseases, De-worming of children, Administering of Vitamin A supplement and Ante-natal care for pregnant women, Family Planning Services, Birth Registration, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV and Messages on Household Practices.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Livestock and Fisheries, Dr. Isah Yahaya Vatsa informed that a N21.758Million approval has been granted for the procurement of feeds and related drugs for the state cattle multiplication project.
He said the different kinds of nutritional feeds and drugs that are to be provided are a pre-requisite for the success of the artificial insemination expected to be carried out on 300 Cows selected for improved yield in the state.
Dr. Vatsa announced that 95 per cent success had already been recorded onthe 26 Cows that were first administered the artificial insemination with only one of them aborting the pregnancy assuring that the cattle upgrading project was promising.
The Commissioner noted that with the new multiplication technique, thenew breeds could produce between 20-30 litres of milk per day as againstthe 2-3 litres produced by the local breeds adding that more beef would also be produced while the Livestock farmers get more money per head of cattle whenever they chose to sell as they may cost between N250, 000- N300, 000.
In his address, the Commissioner of Lands and Housing, Dr. Peter S. Sarki represented by the Director Genera ofthe state Geographic Information Service (NIGIS), Dr. Hussein said government would henceforth charge certain percentage on any property developer who changed useof his property from residential to commercial purpose.
The Commissioner also disclosed that all Telecom Operators in the state must seek and apply for clearance before erecting their mast adding that any illegal er****on would attracta penalty of N150,000 per mast.
He said government was also proposing a waiver on residential property owners across the state not to pay arrears of ground rent as a pre-requisite for the re-validation of their titles which begins from January this year. Commercial areas are, however, not affected by the waiver.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Information, Communication and Strategy, Alhaji Danladi Umar Abdulhamid announced that the environment arm of the Ministry of Water Resources has been excised and a new Ministry of Environment and Forestry established

09/01/2013

MY ADMINISTRATION WILL REMAIN PEOPLE- CENTERED, Says Gov Aliyu.
The Chief Servant and Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu says the people would remain central and the sole target beneficiaries of the policies and programs of his administration in the coming year and beyond.
Speaking to Nigerlites in a statewide New Year broadcast, Governor Aliyu noted that although the past year was quite challenging especially in the area of security, government was able to make positive changes in the socio- economic and political life ofthe people.
While enumerating some of the successes recorded by his administration in the critical sectors of education, agriculture, housing, health, ward development project, MDG’S interventions and infrastructural ­ development in the past years, the Chief Servant assured Nigerlites on the completion of all on-going development projects across the state.
“We shall ensure that all projects appropriated in the 2013 budget are fully implemented. We are also determined to entrench fiscal discipline and responsibility in governance; hence wastages and leakages in government expenditure and revenue collection would be blocked to guarantee sound economic management”, he further stated.
Governor Aliyu called on Nigerlites to shun indolence and unproductive activities like rumor mongering, cheap blackmail and peddling of outright falsehood which were capable of causing disaffection amongst the people and jeopardize the cordial and peaceful atmosphere in the state.
He said what the state needs in thecoming year(s) is a collective resolution to work together as government remained focused andcommitted to service delivery and improvement of the standard of living of the people.
The Governor assured that his administration would not be derailed by the unguarded and callous utterances of some desperate politicians who are not interested in seeing the state attain greater height of economic development and prosperity.
As he wished all Nigerlites successful New Year 2013, Governor Aliyu expressed profoundgratitude to the people for being good hosts to the overwhelming crowd of guests who attended the annual Maulud of Sheikh Ibrahim Nyas, the Jama’atu Izalatul Bidi’a waikamatis Sunnah National Qur’anic Musabaqa, the second MBA National Literary Colloquium as well as the recent wedding of his two daughters last week.

15/12/2012

12/12/2012

Tested and trusted,A man with vission and mission to transform Nigeria.
Alhaji(Dr)Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu(CON) is the answer in 2015

13/11/2012

Dr Mu'azu babangida Aliyu(CON)
was born in Minna onthe 12th November, 1955 in Minna Local Government Area of, Niger State. He was born to late Alhaji Aliyu Muazu, first magajin Gari and later Sarkin Yakin Minna andHasjiya Jamila, princess in the Mallawa ruling house of Zazzau Emirate.
He received his early Primary education at the then Central PrimarySchool, (now IBB Primary School), Minna and Kuta between 1963 and 1969 after which he proceeded to the Sokoto College' of Arts and ArabicStudies (former Arabic Teachers College now Sheik Mahmound Gumi College between 1970 and August 1974 where he obtained the Grade II Teacher Certificate. On the completion of the Grade II Teachers Certificate Course, Dr. Babangida proceeded to the College of Education, Sokoto in pursuit of the NCE (Nigeria Certificate of Education) which lasted from August, 1974 to 1977 where he successfully obtained the NCE Certificate.
He did his NYSC at the Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar School, Iponri, Lagos. At the completion of the NYSC programme, he joined the Niger State Ministry of Education initially asMaster III and later between 1977 and 1983. Between that period, Dr. Babandiga Aliyu resumed his educational pursuits be enrolling intoBayero University, Kano between 1980 and 1983 where he graduated with BA (Bachelor of Arts) Education in 1983. He won election into the House of Representatives representing Minna South Federal Constituency in 1983 thereafter; he proceeded to the USA where he obtained a Master Degree in Public and International Affairs and a PhD inStrategic studies and political Economy, at he University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania between 1886 -1989.
He worked in the Presidency, Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, where he rose from the post of Assistance Director to Permanent Secretary, between 1990-1999. He was Permanent Secretary in Federal Ministry of Youthand Sports, Cabinet Secretariat, FCDA, National Planning Commission, Transport, Establishment and PensionMatters between 1999 to 2007. He served as member and chairman of Federal Parastatals and agencies, while in the public service. He is also acknowledged has a Community Leader and widely traveled within and outside the Country.
Dr. Mu’azu Babangida is brilliant without a doubt, informed, highly intelligent and a workaholic.
RESUME
September, 1986-December 1989
> Ph.D. Doctor of Philosohy in Public& Intern’al Affairs, Graduate School ofPublic and international affairs, University of Pittsburgh, PA USA Withspecialization in Strategic Policy and Security Studies, Political Economy, Diplomacy and Public Administration.
January, 1985-August, 1986
> MPIA- Master of Public and International Affairs
> University of Pittsburgh, PA USA with Emphasis on Public Administration, Defence and Foreign Policy.
1980-1983
> BA (Bachelor of Arts) Education/English,
> Faculty of Education, Bayero University, Kano, Kano State.
1974-August, 1977
> NCE-Nigeria Certificate of Education
> College of Education Sokoto, SokotoState.
1970-August, 1974
> GradeII Teacher Certificate,
> College of Arts & Arabic Studies, Sokoto State (Now Sheik Mahmoud Gumi College).
1963-1969
> First School Leaving Certificate
> Central Primary School (Now IBB Primary School Minna).
COMMUNITY SERVICES
> 2004 to Date : President Minna PoloClub Minna Niger State.
> 2002 to Date : Member and Chairman, Projects, Physical Panning and Works Implementation, MEEFO,
Minna, Niger State
> 1994 to Date :Chairman Parents Teachers Associations, New Capital School Asokoro, Abuja
> 2000 to Date :Chairman Parents Teachers Association, Funtaj Nursery and Primary School, Abuja
> 1994-Date: Vice President, Nigeria Association of Public Administration and Management.
> 1985-1988 : President Pan African Association, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
> 1981-1983 : Chairman Nigerian Labour Congress, Niger State Council, Minna
> 1979-1983 : Member National Negotiating Team, Nigeria Labour Congress, Lagos
> 1980-1983 : National Auditor, Nigerian Union of Teachers, Headquaters, Lagos.
> 1979-1981 : State Secretary, NigeriaLabour Congress, Niger State Branch, Minna.
> 1979-1981 : State Publicity Secretary, Nigerian Union of Teachers, Niger State Branch,Minna
> 1975-1976 : President, Student Government College of Education, Sokoto.
AWARDS
> October 2005 : Conferment of an Excellence Award by Association of Former Local Government Chairman and Councilors in Nigeria (AFLOG)
> December 2004 : National Honour Award of the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON).
> August 2004 : Northern Youth Grand Alliance for the socio economicdevelopment of the Youth and the Society through Selfless Services.
> April 2004 : Fellow African Centre for Resource Studies. University of Cape Town, South Africa.
> 2004 : Dependable Friend of he South-South, South Median Initiative.
> 2003 : Presidential Letter of the Commendation and ”Plague” for the role played in the successful organization of Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting Held In Abuja (CHOGM).
> 2001 : West Africa International Gold Award (For Excellence in Enterprise) (West Africa International) Hilton, Abuja.
> 1995 : Head of State Letter of Commendation and plague on the role played in the organization of Constitutional Conference.