Kwara Central senatorial district explained

Kwara Central senatorial district covering mainly the city of Ilorin is a metropolitan senatorial district in Kwara State. Kwara Central senatorial districts covers four local governments, which include: Asa, Ilorin East, Ilorin South and Ilorin West. Bukola Saraki, the President of the 8th National Assembly is from this district.[1] The current representative of Kwara Central senatorial district is Saliu Mustapha of the All Progressives Congress, APC.[2] [3]

List of senators representing Kwara Central

!Senator!Party!Year!Assembly!Electoral history
Adebayo Salman Is'haqPDP1999 - 20034th
Gbemisola Ruqayyah SarakiPDP2003 - 20115th

6th

Bukola SarakiPDP (2011- 2014)

APC (2014 - 2018)

PDP (2018 - 2019)

2011 - 20197thPresident of the 8th National Assembly.
Ibrahim OloriegbeAPC2019–2023 9th
Saliu MustaphaAPC2023-present10th

References

  1. News: 2018-03-13. Saraki, others, no go get pension again. BBC News Pidgin. 2020-05-21.
  2. Web site: 2019 Election: Oloriegbe leads Saraki by over 19,000 votes in Kwara Central. Punch Newspapers. en-US. 2020-05-21.
  3. Web site: 2023 KWARA state senatorial election results - eduweb . 2024-04-18 . en-US.