In the election to substitute Late Prince Audu Bello, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Kogi State governorship election, Mr Yahaya Bello, defeated the incumbent Governor, Captain Idris Wada, of the Peoples Democratic Party who was seeking a second term in office.
Here are 7 key things about Mr. Bello you may not know:
1. Yahaya Bello was born in Okene local government area of Kogi state, on June 18, 1975 to the family of Alhaji Bello Ipemida Ochi and Hajia Hawa Bello Oziohu. He is the last of six siblings.
2. He has a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he also got his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting in 1999.
3. After his one-year National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) programme at Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) in Abuja, he continued there till he got promoted to the position of assistant chief accountant.
4. With not so much experience in politics, Yahaya Bello is more of businessman than a politician. Many have praised him for his humility and humanitarian service.
5. Starting with an 18-seater bus bought with a bank-loan, he began Fair Plus Transport. But within a short period of time, the funding bank discovered Bello was a great manager of resources and someone who it could bank on. Now Fair Plus is one of Nigeria’s most successful transport businesses.
6. He came second in the APC primaries that got Late Audu Abubakar as his candidate.
7. Alhaji Bello, whose hobbies include reading, travelling, driving and football and boxing, will be sworn in on on January 27, 2016 making him the youngest governor in the history of Nigeria.
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