Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya is a Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

n politician and architect who was elected to the Nigerian National Senate

Senate of Nigeria

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 in 2007, representing the Kano South constituency of Kano State

Kano State

Kano State is a state located in North-Western Nigeria. Created on May 27, 1967 from part of the Northern Region, Kano state borders Katsina State to the north-west, Jigawa State to the north-east, Bauchi State to the south-east and Kaduna State to the south-west...

 for the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).

Background

Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya was born on 16 June 1952. He obtained an Master of Science

Master of Science

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 degree in Architecture

Architecture

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 from the Ahmadu Bello University

Ahmadu Bello University

Ahmadu Bello University is the largest university in Nigeria and second largest in Africa, second only to Cairo University, Egypt. It is situated in Zaria. It was founded on October 4, 1962 as the University of Northern Nigeria....

. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate Degree by the University Of Science And Applied Management, Porto-Novo, Benin.

He was a Board Member of KASEPPA in 1985, and a member of the National Caucus Committee for the United Nigeria Congress Party

United Nigeria Congress Party

The United Nigeria Congress Party was a Nigerian political party that was one of the five state-sanctioned political parties allowed by the government of General Sani Abacha to participate in state assembly elections held in December 1997, in which it won many elections, and in parliamentary...

 (UNCP). He was Executive Governor, Kano State (1992–1993). In 2003, Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya ran for the National Democratic Party

National Democratic Party (Nigeria)

The National Democratic Party is a progressive political party in Nigeria which was founded on 23 July 2001.At the last legislative elections, 12 April 2003, the party won 1.9 % of popular votes and 1 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and no seats in the Senate....

 (NDP) in the 2003 gubernatorial election in Kano State.

Senate career

Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya was elected to the Senate for Kano South in 2007. He was appointed to committees on Gas, Local and Foreign Debts, States & Local Government, and Upstream Petroleum Resources and Works.
In a mid-term assessment of the performance of Senators, ThisDay

Thisday

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newspaper noted that he sponsored the Finance Management and Accountability Bill, 2009, and the Millennium Development Agency Bill, 2009

Millennium Development Agency Bill, 2009

The Millennium Development Agency Bill, 2009 is a bill proposed in the National Assembly of Nigeria to establish a Millennium Development Agency.The bill was sponsored by Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya....

. He co-sponsored five motions and contributed well to debates in plenary.
In May 2008, as chairman of the Senate committee on works, Kabiru Gaya lamented that some projects were going very slowly, but said the Senate would never subscribe to the idea of privatising Nigerian roads.

In November 2009 he supported a motion by the Kano chapter of the ANPP to allow the state governor, Ibrahim Shekarau

Ibrahim Shekarau

thumb|right|200px|[[Kano State]] in [[Nigeria]]Ibrahim Shekarau was elected Governor of Kano State in Nigeria April 2003, and reelected in April 2007. He is a member of the All Nigeria People's Party...

, to nominate the ANPP candidate for the 2011 governorship elections. The presumptive nominee was Sheikh Ibrahim Khaleel

Sheikh Ibrahim Khaleel

Sheikh Malam Ibrahim Khaleel is an Islamic scholar based in Kano State, Nigeria, who has expressed interest in running for governor of the state in the 2011 elections....

.
Kabiru Gaya ran for election as Senator for Kano South on the ANPP platform in April 2011, and was reelected.