CURRENT AFFAIRS: LIST OF PRESENT GOVERNORS, DEPUTY GOVERNORS, THEIR STATES, WHEN THEY CAME INTO POWER AND WHEN THEIR TERM WILL END

CURRENT AFFAIRS

The following table presents a list of Nigeria‘s state governors. Governors are elected for a term of four years (maximum of two terms).

LIST OF PRESENT GOVERNORS, DEPUTIES, THEIR STATES, WHEN THEY CAME INTO POWER AND WHEN THEIR TERM WILL END

S/N	STATE	GOVERNOR	DEPUTY. GOVERNOR	SWORN-IN	TERM END
1	Abia State	Alex Otti	Ikechukwu Emetu	2023	2027
2	Adamawa State	Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri	Kaletapwa Farauta	2019	2027
3	Akwa Ibom State	Umo Eno	Akon Eyakenyi	2023	2027
4	Anambra State	Charles Soludo	Onyeka Ibezim	2022	2026
5	Bauchi State	Bala Muhammed	Auwal Jatau	2019	2027
6	Bayelsa State	Douye Diri	Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo	2020	2024
7	Benue State	Hyacinth Alia	Samuel Ode	2023	2027
8	Borno State	Babagana Zulum	Umar Usman Kadafur	2019	2027
9	Cross River State	Bassey Otu	Peter Odey	2023	2027
10	Delta State	Sheriff Oborevwori	Monday Onyeme	2023	2027
11	Ebonyi State	Francis Nwifuru	Patricia Obila	2023	2027
12	Edo State	Godwin Obaseki	Philip Shaibu	2016	2024
13	Ekiti State	Biodun Oyebanji	Monisade Afuye	2022	2026
14	Enugu State	Peter Mbah	Ifeanyi Ossai	2023	2027
15	Gombe State	Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya	Manasseh Daniel Jatau	2019	2027
16	Imo State	Hope Uzodinma	Placid Njoku	2020	2014
17	Jigawa State	Umar Namadi	Aminu Usman	2023	2027
18	Kaduna State	Uba Sani	Hadiza Balarabe	2023	2027
19	Kano State	Abba Kabir Yusuf	Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo	2023	2027
20	Katsina State	Dikko Umaru Radda	Faruk Lawal Jobe	2023	2027
21	Kebbi State	Nasir Idris	Abubakar Umar Argungu	2023	2027
22	Kogi State	Yahaya Bello	Edward Onoja	2016	2024
23	Kwara State	AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq	Kayode Alabi	2019	2027
24	Lagos State	Babajide Sanwo-Olu	Femi Hamzat	2019	2027
25	Nasarawa State	Abdullahi Sule	Emmanuel Akabe	2019	2027
26	Niger State	Mohammed Umar Bago	Yakubu Garba	2023	2027
27	Ogun State	Dapo Abiodun	Noimot Salako-Oyedele	2019	2027
28	Ondo State	Rotimi Akeredolu	Lucky Aiyedatiwa	2017	2025
29	Osun State	Ademola Adeleke	Kola Adewusi	2022	2026
30	Oyo State	Seyi Makinde	Bayo Lawal	2019	2027
31	Plateau State	Caleb Mutfwang	Josephine Piyo	2023	2027
32	Rivers State	Siminalayi Fubara	Ngozi Odu	2023	2027
33	Sokoto State	Ahmad Aliyu	Idris Muhammad Gobir	2023	2027
34	Taraba State	Agbu Kefas	Aminu Abdullahi Alkali	2023	2027
35	Yobe State	Mai Mala Buni	Idi Barde Gubana	2019	2027
36	Zamfara State	Dauda Lawal	Mani Mallam Mummuni	2023	2027

NOTE

David Lyon of the APC was originally elected Governor; however, a February 2020 Supreme Court judgement disqualified Lyon and awarded the win to the PDP’s Douye Diri.
Godwin Obasekiwas first elected as a member of the APC but switched to the PDP in 2020 prior to his reelection.
Emeka Ihedioha of the PDP was originally elected Governor; however, a January 2020 Supreme Court judgement awarded the win to the APC’s Hope Uzodinma after Ihedioha had governed for over seven months.
Due to Uzodinma’s belated inauguration, the next Imo gubernatorial election will be in November 2023 instead of March 2023, the regularly-scheduled date.
In 2015, APC’s candidate Abubakar Audu won the Kogi gubernatorial election but died shortly afterwards. As runner-up in the APC primary, Yahaya Bello was declared Governor-elect.