ANALYSIS: Race to Kashim Ibrahim House: Inside the battle for 2023 Kaduna governorship
The 2023 governorship election in Kaduna State North West, Nigeria promises to be the most keen in the state’s recent political history.
The March 11 governorship election in Kaduna State, north-west Nigeria, may be the keenest in recent times.
Kaduna is among the 28 states where governorship elections will hold on that date. According to the figures INEC released recently, the state has about 4.3 million registered voters.
The state is strategic because it is considered the political capital of the North. It was once the capital of Northern region, which has been split into 19 states. As a result, interest in its internal politics spread far beyond its boundaries.
Since it was created in 1967, Kaduna has had 20 governors, nine of them democratically elected while the others were military officers. Katsina State was part of Kaduna State until 1987 when it was split by the military administration of President Ibrahim Babangida.
Since 1999, Kaduna has been ruled by five elected governors.
