Ibrahim Hadejia Explained

Ibrahim Hadejia
Office:Deputy Chief of Staff to the President
President:Bola Tinubu
Term Start:14 June 2023
Predecessor:Ade Ipaye
Office1:Senator for Jigawa North-East
Term Start1:11 June 2019
Term End1:11 June 2023
Predecessor1:Ubali Shittu
Successor1:Ahmad Abdulhamid Malam Madori
Office2:Deputy Governor of Jigawa State
Term Start2:29 May 2015
Term End2:29 May 2019
Governor2:Badaru Abubakar
Predecessor2:Ahmad Mahmud
Successor2:Umar Namadi
Term Start3:22 January 2003
Term End3:29 May 2007
Governor3:Saminu Turaki
Predecessor3:Ubali Shittu
Successor3:Ahmad Mahmud
Office4:Attorney General of Jigawa State
Term Start4:1999
Term End4:2003
Governor4:Saminu Turaki
Party:All Progressives Congress (2013–present)
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Children:10
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Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia (born 1965) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who has served as the deputy chief of staff to the president of Nigeria (office of the vice president) since 2023. He previously served as the Senator representing Jigawa North-East from 2019 to 2023,[1] [2] and as deputy governor of Jigawa State from 2003 to 2007 and from 2015 to 2019.[3]

Education

Hadejia attended Sacred Heart Primary School Kaduna and Barewa College Zaria, after which he enrolled in the School of Basic Studies at Ahmadu Bello University for a year, passing the IJMB, which gave him the opportunity for direct admission in a degree course in law at the same institution in 1983. He graduated with a law degree in 1986 and went to the Law School Lagos for his B.L. qualification and subsequent call to Nigerian Bar. He also enrolled in diploma course at Oxford University, where he obtained a diploma in computing.[4]

Career

Hadejia did his mandatory Youth Service in Lagos and worked for a year with Credit and Finance International, a finance house as in-house counsel and company secretary.

Two years later, he joined Liberty Merchant Bank Lagos, where he worked in credit administration, banking operations and international treasury for eight years.

He was appointed Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General in Jigawa State in 1999 and promoted to secretary to the state government two years later.

He was appointed the Deputy Governor before the elections in 2003 and ran again as a Deputy Governor on the ANPP tickets a few months later and continued in that position till 2007.

From 2007 to 2014, he was engaged in private business in the insurance, construction and security consultancy sector and was also a partner in the law form of Hassan,Iman & co.[5]

Politics

In 2014, he was involved in the formation of the All Progressive Congress APC as a state leader of the ANPP, one of the three political parties that formed alliance and was elected Deputy Governor of Jigawa State on joint serving in that role from 2015 to 2018. He ran for and won a senate seat in 2018 and is currently the senator representing the Jigawa North East senatorial zone.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 25 February 2019. Jigawa deputy governor wins senatorial seat. 7 February 2021. en-GB.
  2. Web site: Dailytrust News, Sports and Business, Politics Dailytrust. 7 February 2021. Daily Trust. en.
  3. Web site: 2020-11-15. How I survived as deputy to two governors — Senator Hadeija. 2022-02-21. Vanguard News. en-US.
  4. Web site: Lead. Bureau. 6 March 2019. NEWBIES: Ex deputy governor, Hadejia, joins team Jigawa in Senate. 6 February 2021. ORDER PAPER. en-US.
  5. Web site: 2019: Jigawa Dep Gov declares for Senate. 8 February 2021. Daily Trust. en.
  6. Web site: 26 April 2020. Party managers must change perception about internal democracy. 8 February 2021. Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. en-US.
  7. Web site: 2019-02-25. Jigawa deputy governor wins senatorial seat. 2021-08-07. en-GB.