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His Excellency
Umar Namadi
His Excellency Umar Namadi
Governor of Jigawa State
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 May 2023
Deputy	Aminu Usman
Preceded by	Badaru Abubakar
Deputy Governor of Jigawa State
	In office; 29 May 2019 – 29 May 2023
Governor	Badaru Abubakar
Preceded by	Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia
Succeeded by	Aminu Usman
Personal details
Born	Umar Namadi; 7 April 1963 (age 61)[citation needed]; Kafin Hausa, Northern Region, Nigeria (now in Jigawa State)
Political party	All Progressive Congress
Residence(s)	Dutse, Nigeria
Alma mater	Bayero University Kano
Occupation	Politician; accountant;
Website	umarnamadi.org

Umar Namadi (born 7^{[citation needed]} April 1963)^[1] is a Nigerian accountant and politician who is the governor of Jigawa State. He served as the deputy governor of Jigawa State between May 2019 and May 2023.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Background

Namadi was born on 7 April 1963 in Kafin Hausa, then Northern Region. He became qualified as a chartered accountant in 1993 and holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Bayero University Kano where he earlier obtained his first Degree of Bachelor of Science in Accounting in 1987.^[1]

Career

Alhaji Namadi is the founder of Namadi, Umar & Co Chartered Accountants firm based in Kano was from 1993 an Associate member of the Nigeria Institute of Management, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Taxation until 2010 when he became a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. Alhaji Namadi was also engaged in research works, on Sources and Application of Funds, Auditing a Computerized Information System and Community Banking. As the pioneer Head of Dangote Group Management Accounts Department, the finance expert was responsible for the establishment and foundation laying for the production of monthly management accounts for Dangote Group. Until his appointment, the Governor was a member of the state committee on verification and validation of contracts as well as that of verification and staff audit.^[1]