List of governors of Kaduna State


This is a list of administrators and governors of Kaduna State. Kaduna State was created on 27 May 1967 as North Central State and on 17 Mar 1976 was renamed Kaduna State.
North Central GovernorTitleTook officeLeft officePartyNotes-
Abba KyariGovernor28 May 1967Jul 1975Military-
Usman JibrinGovernorJuly 19751977Military-
Kaduna Governor-
Muktar MuhammedGovernor1977July 1978Military-
Ibrahim Mahmud AlfaGovernorJuly 1978October 1979Military-
Abdulkadir Balarabe MusaGovernorOctober 197923 June 1981PRP-
Abba Musa RimiGovernor6 July 1981October 1983PRPActing to Oct 1981-
Lawal KaitaGovernorOctober 1983December 1983NPN-
Usman Mu'azuGovernorJanuary 1984August 1985Military-
Dangiwa UmarGovernorAugust 1985June 1988Military-
Abdullahi Sarki MukhtarGovernorJuly 1988August 1990Military-
Abubakar Tanko AyubaGovernorAugust 19902 January 1992Military-
Mohammed Dabo LereGovernor2 January 1992November 1993NRC-
Lawal Jafaru IsaAdministrator9 December 199322 August 1996Military-
Hammed AliAdministrator22 August 1996August 1998Military-
Umar Farouk AhmedAdministratorAugust 199829 May 1999Military-
Ahmed MakarfiGovernor29 May 199929 May 2007PDP-
Mohammed Namadi SamboGovernor29 May 200719 May 2010PDPleft to become VP of the Federal Republic of Nigeria-
Patrick Ibrahim YakowaGovernor20 May 201015 December 2012PDPdied in a helicopter crash-
Mukhtar Ramalan YeroGovernor15 December 201229 May 2015PDP-
Nasiru Ahmed El-RufaiGovernor29 May 201529 May 2023APC-
Uba SaniGovernor29 May 2023IncumbentAPC