Hadiza Balarabe

Hadiza Balarabe
Deputy Governor of Kaduna State
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 May 2019
Governor
Preceded byBarnabas Bala
Personal details
Born
Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe

(1966-08-26) 26 August 1966 (age 58)[1]
Sanga, Northern Region (now in Kaduna State), Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressive Congress
Alma materUniversity of Maiduguri
Occupation
  • Politician
  • medical doctor

Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe (born 26 August 1966) into Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed family [2][1] is a Nigerian politician and medical doctor who has served as the deputy governor of Kaduna State since 2019.[3] She is the first female deputy governor of the state and was elected during the 2019 Nigerian gubernatorial elections held in March, under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress and re-elected in 2023.[4][5]

On 15 October 2019, as acting governor, she presented the Kaduna State Government's 2020 Budget of Renewal to the Kaduna State House of Assembly, thereby becoming the first woman to do so in Northern Nigeria.[6][7]

In 2022, she nursed the ambition of contesting for the position of governor during the 2023 general election but withdrew and was picked as a running mate to the APC consensus candidate, Senator Uba Sani.[8][9][10]

In March 2023, she was re-elected deputy governor.

Biography

Balarabe was born into the family of Alhaji Abubakar Balarabe in Sanga local government area of Kaduna state. She attended Girls College Soba for her secondary education and obtain her General Certificate of Education (GCE) in 1982,[2] she then got admission into the prestigious University of Maiduguri to study medicine and graduated with MBBS in 1986.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Deputy Governor's Office – KDSG". Kaduna State Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Ngozi Odu, Hadiza Balarabe, Patricia Obila and oda women wey be Deputy govnors for Nigeria". BBC News Pidgin. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ "El-Rufai pays May salaries ahead of Sallah celebration". thenationonlineng.net. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  4. ^ "2019, Which way Southern Kaduna?" Blueprint Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ^ Aza MSUE. "Deputy Governor-elect Hadiza Balarabe Chairs Transition Committee 2019" Leadership Kaduna State. Retrieved 12 March 2019
  6. ^ Premium Times (15 October 2019). "FOR THE RECORD: Full Speech by Kaduna Acting Governor on Presentation of 2020 budget". Premium Times. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  7. ^ Gabriel, John (23 April 2020). "Kaduna Deputy Governor, Hadiza Balarabe warns public against internet scammers". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Kaduna guber: Uba Sani announces Hadiza Balarabe, deputy governor, as running mate". TheCable. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  9. ^ Abubakar, Shehu (15 April 2022). "The making of Nigeria's first female governor". Blueprint Newspapers. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  10. ^ Sub-editor (7 April 2022). "Top 5 influential female politicians in Nigeria you may not know". NewsWireNGR. Retrieved 21 February 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "Deputy Governor – Kaduna State Government". Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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