Moses Ofodeme
The All Progressive Congress, APC, has made history by producing Nigeria’s first female Governor.
She is Senator Aisha Binani, who was declared winner of the Adamawa state Governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In the Adamawa State Gubernatorial Election for the 21 LGAs , Senator Aisha Binani won with 409,909 against her rival Fintiri, the incumbent Governor, who polled 406,617.
Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (born 11 August 1971) also known as Binani is a Nigerian Senator of APC and represented Adamawa Central senatorial district in the 9th Assembly.
She was formerly a member of the House of Representatives representing Yola North/Yola South/Girei federal constituency as a member of the People’s Democratic Party in the 7th Assembly.
She started her early school education at Kaduna and completed it at Gwadabawa Primary School, Jimeta Yola.
She went to the UK for her university education where she obtained a Higher National Diploma in Electrical Engineering at the University of Southampton.
She was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
She was declared winner of the APC Adamawa Governorship primary after polling 430 votes to defeat her closest contestant, Nuhu Ribadu, the pioneer Executive Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who got 288 votes.