Babangida Hussaini
Senator, Jigawa North-West (Senatorial) · APC
Senator Babangida Hussaini (APC, Jigawa North-West) is a first-term senator who came to the legislature after a 35-year civil service career that culminated in his appointment as Permanent Secretary in both the Federal Ministry of Defence (October 2020) and the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (December 2020 to retirement). He won the February 2023 senatorial election for APC with 187,049 votes against PDP's 134,199. His documented legislative footprint in the 10th Senate includes two sponsored bills -- the Federal University of Education, Gumel, Jigawa State (Establishment) Bill, 2023 (SB 239) and the Articulated Vehicle Regulation Bill, 2025 (SB 655, for which he led the second-reading debate in March 2025) -- as well as a motion on the October 2024 Majiya fuel-tanker explosion that killed over 150 people in his constituency, leading the Senate to direct NEMA and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to provide immediate relief. He was appointed Chairman of the Senate Committee on the North West Development Commission in early 2025 following a committee reshuffle. On constituency delivery, independently verifiable evidence is limited to self-reported or supporter-authored accounts of scholarships, boreholes, solar street lights, and a started gully-erosion remediation project at Kore town in Garki LGA. No EFCC or ICPC proceeding has been identified against him. The overall picture is a senator who has demonstrated basic legislative activity and constituency-facing outreach, but whose delivery record has not been independently audited.
No court or anti-graft case on public record in this archive as of compilation. Absence of a record is not a clearance.
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- 1Sen. Hussaini offers N10m scholarship to students in JigawaNational Accord Newspaper · 2023-08-01
- 2Senator Moves To Save Community From 40-Year Gully ErosionNew Telegraph
- 3I will spend my last kobo to save Kore Community from threat of gully Erosion - Jigawa SenatorPrime Time News
- 4Jigawa: FG to construct two roads in Sule-Tankarkar - Senator BabangidaTribune Online · 2025-07-01
- 5Sen. BABANGIDA HUSSAINI - Member Profile, National AssemblyNational Assembly Nigeria
- 6Senate Plenary Recap March 18-20th, 2025NALTF · 2025-03-20
- 7Enlighten Nigerians against oil scooping from tanker explosion - Senate tasks NOADaily Post Nigeria · 2024-10-16
- 8Jigawa Tanker Explosion: Senate Urges NOA To Intensify SensitisationChannels Television · 2024-10-16
- 9Senate appoints chairmen, deputies of standing committees to oversight Regional Development Commissions across NigeriaNairametrics · 2025-02-04
- 10Jigawa citizens lauds Senator Babangida for investing billions in health, educationPeoples Daily Newspaper
- 11Jigawa tanker explosion: Senator Hussaini donates N10m to victimsThe Nation Newspaper · 2024-10-01
- 12Senator Hussaini presents wrappers, cash to 42 widows of Jigawa petrol explosionTribune Online
- 132027: I am not contesting Jigawa governorship - Senator Babangida dismisses rumoursDaily Post Nigeria · 2025-12-13
- 14APC wins two senatorial seats in JigawaDaily Post Nigeria · 2023-02-27
- 15Alhaji Babangida Hussaini, new Permanent Secretary assumes officeFederal Ministry of Defence · 2020-10-06