This post provides information on the present governors for all 36 states in Nigeria. In addition, you’ll discover who their deputies are, and on what political parties they got elected into power.

A bonus inclusion to this post is the name of the present minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

If you’re interested in knowing more about the 36 states in Nigeria, read the following posts:

• History of the Creation of Nigerian States
  
• List of Nigerian States & Capitals along with their slogans
  

Officially, General elections are conducted every 4 years, and through it Governors are elected into power in the various states that make up the federation.

However, due to certain disruptions, elections are not conducted in unison for all 36 states in Nigeria. Regardless, we have been able to come up with a list of the governors of all the states in Nigeria along with the year they were sworn into office.

Current governors of the 36 states in Nigeria

Observation and Final Thoughts

As can be observed from the table above, all the states are dominated by the two major political parties in Nigeria namely All Progressive Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

The exceptions, however, are Anambra, Abia, and Kano States where the present government was elected in via the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), and New Nigerian People Party (NNPP) respectively.

In summary:

The current party affiliation of the 36 state governors is:

• 20 All Progressive Congress (APC)
• 13 People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
• 1 All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
• 1 Labour Party (LP)
• 1 New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)

Also noticeable is the fact that APC is predominant in the North Eastern and North Western regions of Nigeria while PDP is predominant in the Southern regions.

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