Salihu Yakubu-Danladi


Salihu Yakubu-Danladi is a Nigerian engineer and politician elected speaker of the 9th Kwara State House of Assembly in 2019. Yakubu-Danladi is a first-time member of the state assembly elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress to represent Ilesha-Gwanara in Baruten state constituency. He was nominated by vSaheed Popoola and was seconded by Haliru Danbaba.

Early life and education

Yakubu-Danladi was born in Gwanara, Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara state. His early education began in 1988 at BLGEA Primary School where he earned First School Leaving Certificate 1993. Yakubu-Danladi attended St  Anthony Secondary School, Ilorin finishing with a Senior Secondary Certificate Examination in 2001. He proceeded to Kaduna polytechnic where he National Diploma and Higher National Diploma in Electrical/Electronic Engineering between 2003 and 2008. In 2016, Y akubu-Danladi earned B.Eng in Electrical/Electronic Engineering  from Federal University of Technology, Minna.