Nasir Idris is the Governor of Kebbi State. A teacher and labour leader who rose to lead the Nigeria Union of Teachers nationally, he won the APC ticket in 2022 and succeeded Abubakar Atiku Bagudu in 2023.1

Career

Idris was born in Birnin Kebbi on 6 August 1965. He qualified as a teacher and took an MBA at Usmanu Danfodiyo University. He chaired the Kebbi State branches of the Nigeria Union of Teachers and the Nigeria Labour Congress, became national treasurer and, in 2018, National President of the NUT, and served as a deputy national president of the NLC.1

Governor (2023–present)

Idris won the APC primary in May 2022, and INEC declared him the winner of the 2023 governorship election in April 2023, after a supplementary poll. He took office on 29 May 2023.1 His administration says it has kept most of its campaign promises; a ThisDay assessment in 2025 described his approach as mixed, and parts of the state continue to suffer attacks by bandits.12

Personal life

He is married to Zainab Nasare Idris.1

References

  1. Nasir Idris. Wikipedia, accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩

  2. Governor Idris’ mixed approach to governance. AllAfrica (from ThisDay), August 2025. ↩