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FIN Awardee: His Excellency, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, Executive Governor, Kebbi State, Nigeria

His Excellency, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, Executive Governor, Kebbi State, Nigeria

His Excellency, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu is the Executive Governor of Kebbi State. His had his University Education at Usman Dan Fodio University Sokoto State where he obtained his BSc. In Economics. He proceeded to the University of Jos, Plateau State where he had his Masters in Economics. He thereafter went to Columbia University where he obtained his M.A in International Affairs.

Prior to his election in May 2015, he represented Kebbi Central at the Senate. Under the leadership of his Excellency, the Kebbi State government entered into a partnership with the Lagos State government on the establishment of a commodity value chain that will give a quantum leap to food processing, production and distribution. This partnership, which is the first of its kind in the history of the Nigerian agricultural sector, is aimed at bringing about national food sufficiency and food security. In 2018, As part of the efforts to transform the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into an integrated energy company, the Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kebbi State Government on biofuels production (build an 84 million litres per annum capacity fuel-ethanol project).

 

 

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