2023 Katsina State gubernatorial election

The 2023 Katsina State gubernatorial election will take place on 11 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Katsina State, concurrent with elections to the Katsina State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly.[1][2] The election will be held two weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Aminu Bello Masari is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term.

2023 Katsina State gubernatorial election
11 March 2023
 
Party APC PDP
Governor before election

Aminu Bello Masari
APC

 Elected Governor

TBD
TBD

Electoral system

The Governor of Katsina State is elected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of state local government areas. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government areas.

Background

Katsina State is a highly populated, northwestern state mainly inhabited by ethnic Hausas and Fulanis. It has a growing economy but is facing rising insecurity, desertification, and low education rates.

Politically, the 2019 elections confirmed the state's status as one of the most staunchly APC states in the nation as both Buhari and Bello Masari won the state by wide margins and every single legislative seat on the senatorial, House of Representatives, and House of Assembly levels were carried by APC nominees. At the beginning of his term, Bello Masari said his administration would focus on security, agriculture, water resource management, and education.[3] In terms of his performance, Bello Masari was praised for increasing his government's diversity but was heavily criticized for his response to rising insecurity.[4][5][6][7][8]

Primary elections

The primaries, along with any potential challenges to primary results, will take place between 4 April and 3 June 2022.[2] According to some activists from the state's northern senatorial district, an informal zoning gentlemen's agreement sets the north to produce the next governor as since the 1999 return of democracy, all Katsina governors have come from either the Central or South senatorial districts.[9]

All Progressives Congress

In early April 2022, articles suggested that the state APC zoned its nomination to the Katsina Central Senatorial District, but this claim was swiftly denied by a Masari media aide who said no decision on zoning had been made by the party.[10]

On 20 April 2022, the APC National Executive Committee announced the party's schedule for gubernatorial primaries, setting its expression of interest form price at ₦10 million and nomination form price at ₦40 million with a 50% nomination form discount for candidates younger than 40 while women and candidates with disabilities get free nomination forms. Forms are to be sold from 26 April until 6 May; after the submission of nomination forms by 10 May, candidates are to be screened by a party committee on 12 May while 14 May is the date for the screening appeal process. Ward congresses and LGA congresses are set for between 7 and 9 May to elect delegates for the primary. Candidates approved by the screening process will advance to a primary set for 18 May, in concurrence with other APC gubernatorial primaries; challenges to the result can be made on 20 May.[11][12][13]

Declared
  • Mustapha Muhammad Inuwa: former Secretary to the State Government (2015–2022)[14][15]

Announcement pending

Expressed interest

Potential

People's Democratic Party

On 16 March 2022, the national PDP announced its gubernatorial primaries' schedule, setting its expression of interest form price at ₦1 million and the nomination form price at ₦20 million with a 50% discount for candidates between 25 and 30. Forms were to be sold until 1 April but the party later extended the deadline four times before reaching a final deadline of 22 April. After the submission of nomination forms by 25 April, candidates are to be screened by a party committee on 28 April while 2 May is the rescheduled date for the screening appeal process. Ward congresses are set for 29 April and LGA congresses are set for 5 May to elect delegates for the primary.[22] Candidates approved by the screening process will advance to a primary set for 21 May, in concurrence with all other PDP gubernatorial primaries; challenges to the result can be made on 24 May.[23][24]

Declared

Potential


See also

References
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  2. Jimoh, Abbas (26 February 2022). "INEC Sets New Dates For 2023 General Elections". Daily Trust. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. "For The Record: Masari's 2019 inauguration speech as Katsina governor". Premium Times. News Agency of Nigeria. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  4. "RANKING NIGERIAN GOVERNORS, OCTOBER, 2019: Top 5, Bottom 5". Ripples Nigeria. Retrieved 9 April 2022. We also take cognizance of the appointment of an Imo State indigene, Prince Uche Okonkwo by Governor Masari as his Special Assistant on Nigerian Indigenous Christians. This, we believe, will help build and deepen a culture of diversity in the state and engender a more inclusive government.
  5. "RANKING NIGERIAN GOVERNORS, AUGUST, 2019: Top 5, Bottom 5". Ripples Nigeria. Retrieved 9 April 2022. For many, the deteriorating security situation in Katsina is nothing but a failure of leadership on the part of Governor Masari. In our view, he failed to show capacity and provide needed leadership for the security agencies in the state
  6. "RANKING NIGERIAN GOVERNORS, SEPTEMBER, 2019: Top 5, Bottom 5". Ripples Nigeria. Retrieved 9 April 2022. Though we note Masari’s latest efforts at dealing with the challenge, by interfacing with some bandits, he takes the ultimate blame for allowing the issue to fester, allowing it to grow into a monster before responding.
  7. "NIGERIAN GOVERNORS: Fumbling, wobbling dominate June 2020 performance". Ripples Nigeria. Retrieved 9 April 2022. Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina looks to be gradually losing his hold on the state, as bandits relentlessly attack communities and displace citizens, so much so that the governor within the month confessed that attacks by bandits, and not COVID-19, is the problem the state is facing. We are concerned that Masari’s peace moves have not only come to nought but emboldened the bandits, leaving the governor helpless and seemingly without new ideas on what to do.
  8. "TOP 5, BOTTOM 5: How Nigerian governors ranked in July, 2020". Ripples Nigeria. Retrieved 9 April 2022. The near free reign of bandits and Governor Aminu Masari’s lack of grip of the challenge earns him several minuses.
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  16. Odufowokan, 'Dare. "2023: The battle to succeed Masari in Katsina". The Nation. Retrieved 23 April 2022. The four APC guber aspirants and the Local Government Areas they hail from are: Mustapha Mohammed Inuwa, currently the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) in the State, who is from Dan Musa LGA; Ahmed Musa Dangiwa from Kankia LGA; Alhaji Diko Radda from Charanchi LGA and Farouk Lawal Jobe from Kankara LGA.
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  22. Angbulu, Stephen (21 April 2022). "2023: PDP extends sale of forms for fourth time". The Punch. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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