All Progressives Congress (APC)
House of Representatives · Sokoto South
Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency
Member, House of Representatives
Knowledge that serves — Yabo and Shagari in Abuja
The candidate
HON. PROFESSOR MUSA GARBA MAITAFSIR
Member, House of Representatives — Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency, Sokoto State
Hon. Professor Musa Garba Maitafsir is the All Progressives Congress candidate for the Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency of the House of Representatives in 2027. He is a scholar whose doctoral work (Universiti Sains Malaysia, 1999) examined Islamic moral-values consciousness among Hausa and Yoruba adolescent students in government and Muslim schools in Lagos and Sokoto. The campaign is for federal representation that reaches both LGAs — schools, farms, water and equal projects — working with Governor Ahmad Aliyu, Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba Dambuwa and City Boy Movement desks in the wards.
Education
- • Ph.D., Universiti Sains Malaysia (1999) — Islamic moral values consciousness among Hausa and Yoruba adolescent students
- • Professor
Experience
- • Academic and Islamic scholar (Maitafsir)
- • APC candidate, Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency, 2027
- • Works with CBM and APC structures in Sokoto South
Achievements
- • Completed doctoral research on Islamic moral education (USM, 1999)
- • Public teaching and tafsir work under the name Mai Tafsir
- • Selected to fly the APC ticket for Yabo/Shagari in 2027
- • Campaign anchored on two-LGA delivery and education
- • Aligned with Governor Ahmad Aliyu, Senator Danbaba and Renewed Hope
A Yabo/Shagari seat that teaches and delivers — from Yabo A and Kilgori to Shagari town, Kajiji and Dandin Mahe.
Constituency overview
Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency
House of Representatives · Sokoto South
Electorate: 2 LGAs
Local governments
- Yabo
- Shagari
Wards
Yabo — Fakka · Yabo — Bingaje · Yabo — Binji · Yabo — Torankawa · Yabo — Ruggar Iya · Yabo — Yabo A · Yabo — Yabo B · Yabo — Kilgori · Yabo — Birniruwa · Yabo — Bakale · Shagari — Horo Birni · Shagari — Dandin Mahe · Shagari — Kambama · Shagari — Gangam · Shagari — Lambara · Shagari — Shagari · Shagari — Sanyinnawal · Shagari — Kajiji · Shagari — Mandera · Shagari — Jaredi
Member, House of Representatives — 2 LGAs. Local governments: Yabo, Shagari.
Vision & agenda
Key priorities
- • Ward-by-ward voter mobilisation and PVC drive
- • Youth employment, skills and startup support
- • Women's empowerment with reserved quotas
- • Community security and grassroots dialogue
Policy commitments
- • Keep a working desk in Yabo and a working desk in Shagari
- • Run a PVC drive in all wards of both LGAs
- • Reserve published empowerment slots for women and youth
- • Site projects in both LGAs — from Fakka and Kilgori to Kajiji, Gangam and Dandin Mahe
- • Use a scholar’s brief to lift schools and Islamic and Western learning together
- • Support farmers across Yabo and Shagari
- • Align House work with Governor Ahmad Aliyu’s SMART Agenda
- • Work with Senator Danbaba Dambuwa and Renewed Hope
- • Stay reachable to CBM ward and polling-unit desks
- • Publish a two-LGA project list each year
Campaign events
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Party & official materials
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Renewed Hope • Greater Sokoto · Sabuwar Fata • Sokoto Mai Girma
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