Salihu Yakubu-Danladi (born 31 May 1985) is a Nigerian engineer and politician who was elected speaker of the 9th Kwara State House of Assembly in 2019.
Yakubu Danladi-Salihu was born into the family of the late sage and renowned educationist; Alhaji Aliyu Salihu Gwanara in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State.
Danladi-Salihu whose father was the cradle of Western Education in the then Old Borgu Kingdom which informed his passion that led to the establishment of BLGEA Primary School in Gwanara, later attended Kaduna State Polytechnic in pursuit of National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) between 2003 -2008, both in the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, (Elect-Elect).
Having successfully established himself in the much touted Engineering profession and not wanting to be caught unaware in the HND vs University Degree dichotomy, the young Danladi went further to obtain a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering in the same field of Elect-Elect from the Federal University of Technology, Minna in the year 2016.
Yinusa Yahaya (Bulldozer) Campaign Organisation under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the 2015 general election.
Hon Danladi-Salihu worked as a staff of FUT Minna between 2010-2018 before he voluntarily resigned having demonstrated competence, astuteness, and shrewd leadership skills to answer the call of his people to represent them.
Many motions have equally been critically debated and resolved, while a plethora of Matters of General Public Importance have been considerably discussed.
In addition, in his attempt to ease water scarcity among his people, he was able to provide over three hundred boreholes and many classrooms and health centers were renovated.