Zaria, Kaduna
Baba-Ahmed
Yusuf
BSc and MSc in Economics from the University of Maiduguri, Borno state • MBA from University of Wales, Cardiff, • He obtained a Ph.D in Philosophy from the University of Westminster in 2006.
- Married
• Pro-chancellor Baze University. Abuja. • Professor and expert on Islamic jurisprudence. • The Managing Director, Baze Research & Data Service Ltd, Chairman, Baze Construction Ltd. • Baba-Ahmed was officially unveiled as the running mate of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the 2023 general election on Friday, July 8, 2022.
• Baba-Ahmed was elected in April 2003 to the Federal House of Representatives for the Zaria Federal Constituency, Kaduna State from 29 May 2003 – 28 May 2007
• Senator representing Kaduna North from 29 May 2011 – 2012
• In 2015, Sen. Yusuf Baba-Ahmed was appointed as Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Hope Alive Foundation.
• founder and Pro–Chancellor of Baze University F.C.T Abuja, April 2011
• He built and donated two junior secondary schools with total capacity of 4,000 students
Baba-Ahmed sought election into political office on the platform of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) in 2003, the same year President Muhammadu Buhari first contested for president under the same party.
While Buhari lost the presidential election, Baba-Ahmed was elected into the Federal House of Representatives in April 2003 to represent Zaria Federal Constituency, Kaduna State.
He was popular for his principled activism. During former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, he was among the lawmakers who opposed Obasanjo’s third term bid.
In May 2006 he said he would not seek reelection unless action was taken to investigate allegations that members had been bribed to support the constitutional changes needed for a third term presidency.
He contested and won the Kaduna North Senatorial elections in 2011 under Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) which was then led by Buhari, who contested again for president but lost.
The election was challenged at the court by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which led to Baba-Ahmed’s controversial victory being upturned.
In 2018, he ran unsuccessfully for the PDP presidential ticket. In 2022, he pulled out as a gubernatorial aspirant in the PDP primaries in Kaduna State, citing his refusal to bribe delegates as his reason.
He was consequently nominated as the Vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections on July 8, 2022.
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