SaharaReporters Publishes Direct Phone Lines To Nigerian Governors

SharaReporters on Monday published the phone numbers of Nigeria’s State governors on Facebook and Twitter as part of its efforts to enhance governmental transparency and accountability in the country....

By arming Nigerians with those contact numbers, SaharaReporters hopes to foster greater interaction and communication between voters and their State chief executives.

Governors in Nigeria enjoy some of the highest salaries in the country while their constituents and civil servants often struggle to make ends meet. It was recently revealed, for example, that 26 States owe workers’ salaries, despite bailout funds received from the federal government just a few months ago.

Nigeria governorship aspirants have often campaigned on promises to improve infrastructure, education, and livelihoods of their constituents, but rarely deliver on those promises once they are in office.

In April, SaharaReporters published the direct lines of members of Nigeria's National Assembly.

Name	State	Party
Akinwunmi Ambode	Lagos	APC
234 809 201 5444 Ayo Fayose	Ekiti	PDP
234 703 000 0393 Adams Oshiomhole	Edo	APC
234 815 991 1111 Ibikunle Amosun	Ogun	APC
234 803 321 3993  234 806 896 5500 Ibrahim Geidam	Yobe	APC
234 802 065 5557 Nasir El-Rufai	Kaduna	APC
234 818 222 2226 Udom Emmanuel	Akwa Ibom	PDP
234 802 224 3064 Rauf Aregbesola	Osun	APC
234 802 453 7105  234 802 778 9181
Ifeanyi Okowa	Delta	PDP
234 805 605 6056 234 703 408 1144 Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi	Enugu	PDP
234 803 312 9554 Rochas Okorocha	Imo	APC
234 706 777 7077 Kashim Shettima	Borno	APC
234 706 572 3266 Serike Dickson	Bayelsa	PDP
234 803 342 2268 Abdulfatah Ahmed	Kwara	APC
234 803 361 9883 Mohammed Abubakar	Jigawa	APC
234 809 224 1417 Abubakar Sani Bello	Niger	APC
234 803 200 0008 Abdulaziz Yari	Zamfara	APC
234 803 341 2454 Simon Lalong	Plateau	APC
234 803 703 6108
Abdullahi Ganduje	Kano	APC
234 803 786 2149
Abiola Ajimobi	Oyo	APC
234 810 000 0004 Aminu Masari	Katsina	APC
234 803 555 5888 Aminu Waziri Tambuwal	Sokoto	APC
234 803 315 5496 Abubakar Atiku Bagudu	Kebbi	APC
234 803 587 9790 Nyesom Wike 234 803 960 0009	Rivers	PDP