Former Kano Gov and 7 other quick facts about NNPP flagbearer, Rabiu Kwankwaso

LEGIT NG

The presidential election in Nigeria is scheduled to hold on Saturday, February 25.

There are four major contenders for the election and Rabiu Kwankwaso is among the top candidates vying for the nation’s most exalted seat of power, the office of the presidency.

Interestingly, there are some facts about the presidential flagbearer of the New Nigeria Peoples Party that Nigerians does not really know as he runs for the nation’s top job on Saturday.

Former Kano State Governor and presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says the story of Nigeria will change the moment we elect a capable president who is not afraid to take hard decisions.

On June 8, 2022, Kwankwaso was announced as the NNPP’s nominee for President in the 2023 general elections.

1. He joined politics in year 1991

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso decided to leave the civil service and venture into the Nigeria politics fully in the year 1991.

According to Kwankwaso, politics has never been a dirty game. It’s a very clean game. You can play it for decades without denting your image.

2. Kwankwaso served as Kano Governor twice

Born on October 21, 1956, in Nigeria, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, FNSE, FNIQS, served as Kano state governor from 1999 to 2003 and again from 2011 to 2015.

From 2003 to 2007, while Olusegun Obasanjo was President, he served as the Fourth Republic’s first Minister of Defence without any prior military experience after losing his bid for re-election in 2003.

3. The NNPP flagbearer was Former Kano Senator

Later, in 2015, he was chosen to represent Kano Central Senatorial District in the Senate for a single term on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform.

4. Kwankwaso is always on Red Cap

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the 66-year-old politician vying to be Nigeria’s next president, is rarely seen without his red cap. It is a symbol of his ambition and his achievements.