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

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representing Jigawa North-East from 2019 to 2023, and as deputy governor of Jigawa State from 2003 to 2007 and from 2015 to 2019.

Education

Hadejia attended Sacred Heart Primary School Kaduna and

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, after which he enrolled in the School of Basic Studies at

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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

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. He also enrolled in diploma course at

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, where he obtained a diploma in

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Career

Hadejia did his mandatory

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in Lagos and worked for a year with Credit and Finance International, a finance house as

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and

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. 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

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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.

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 Jigawa (; 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤮𞤤 𞤶𞤭𞤺𞤢𞤱𞤢) is a state in Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. Jigawa was created on 27 August 1991, under the General Ibrahim Babangida military administration. Jigawa State was ...

on joint serving in that role from 2015 to 2018. He ran for and won a senate seat in 2018 and is the former senator representing the Jigawa North East senatorial zone.

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Jigawa State Living people Senators of the 9th National Assembly (Nigeria) 1965 births {{Jigawa-politician-stub