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An economist and two-term former member of the House of Representatives (2011–2019), now the PDP’s consensus candidate for Governor of Nasarawa State in 2027.

Born in Kaduna on 10 January 1978 to an Eggon family from Nasarawa Eggon, he studied economics at the University of Jos and holds a Ph.D. in development economics from Rivers State University.

He represented Akwanga/Nasarawa Eggon/Wamba in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019, and was the PDP’s candidate for governor in 2019 and 2023.

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It is a name supporters use for him because of his philanthropy, usually rendered in English as “the benefactor”.

The name grew out of his giving, best known through the health insurance he paid for: 33,000+ people enrolled, including 13,000 in February 2024 with ₦195m of his own money. He is also known as “Davematics”.

He joined the APC in early 2026 citing a leadership crisis in the PDP, left within weeks citing internal friction and alleged manipulation of the APC’s registration process, and returned to the PDP.

On his return, the Nasarawa State PDP affirmed him as its consensus candidate for governor, with Hon. Yahaya Usman Ohinoyi as his running mate.

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As the PDP candidate he won 283,016 votes (43.3%) against the incumbent, Governor Abdullahi Sule, and challenged the result in court.

He took the petition through the election tribunal, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled against him.

After the case ended, in February 2024, he paid ₦195m to the NHIA to enrol 13,000 vulnerable residents in health insurance.

Hon. Yahaya Usman Ohinoyi, a two-term former member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly for Toto/Gadabuke (2007–2015).

He is from Ugya in Toto LGA, Nasarawa West, and runs Usyama Ventures Ltd. The ticket brings together the North and West senatorial districts.

Water, power, health care, education and youth jobs: among them 1,500+ boreholes, a 15MVA substation in Nasarawa Eggon and 1,270+ young people trained in a trade.

The projects were delivered through his two terms in the House (2011–2019) and his community foundation. The Record page lists them sector by sector.

By him: 20,000 people while he was in the House, and 13,000 more in February 2024 with a ₦195m cheque to the NHIA.

The 2024 places were shared equally: 1,000 in each of the state’s 13 LGAs, mostly for rural women, widows and orphans. Together that is 33,000+ people, toward his pledge of 50,000.

Agriculture first: turning Nasarawa into an agro-industrial hub that feeds the state and employs its young people.

The agriculture pillar covers technology and agribusiness hubs, mechanisation and processing, inputs and farm support, youth and women in agribusiness, and security for farming communities. The other pillars will be published as the campaign releases them.

The governorship election is on Saturday 6 February 2027. You need your Permanent Voter Card (PVC) and must vote at your own polling unit.^[1]

Check your registration on INEC’s portal, collect your PVC before the deadline, and know your polling unit. Polls open at 8:30 a.m.

From the campaign’s records of projects delivered; each figure is being checked against a published source.

Until a figure has a source attached, treat it as provisional. Every number on the site comes from one list, so the same fact always shows the same value.

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