Jamila Bio Ibrahim

Jamila Bio Ibrahim
Minister of Youth
Incumbent
Assumed office September 2023
President	Bola Tinubu
Minister of State	Ayodele Olawande
Preceded by	Sunday Dare
Personal details
Born	(1986-02-07) February 7, 1986
Occupation	Medical doctor, politician

Jamila Bio Ibrahim is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician who is currently serving as Nigeria’s Minister of Youth. She was appointed to the position by President Bola Tinubu in September 2023. Prior to her appointment, she served as the President of the Progressive Young Women Forum (PYWF). She has also served as the Senior Special Assistant to the Kwara State Governor on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Early life and education

Jamila Jummai Bio Ibrahim was born on February 7, 1986. Her father is Ibrahim Isa Bio, a former minister of transportation in Nigeria, who hailed from Baruten LGA, Kwara state. She attended NEPA Staff School in New-Busse, Borgu LGA, Niger state, for her primary education. She proceeded to Federal Government Girls’ College, Bwari, Abuja where she had her secondary education, and graduated in 2002. She obtained a bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (M.B.B.S) from the University of Lorin in 2010, and later pursued a six-month course on health management and leadership at the University of Washington.

Career

After her brief study stint in the US in 2017, Jamila Ibrahim established a non-governmental organisation (NGO) named Yon Seno Foundation in November of that same year. She was then named a member of the think-tank of the national policy summit in 2017. She volunteered on the presidential committee on the north-east initiative (PCNI) established by former President Muhammadu Buhari to serve as the primary national strategy, coordination and advisory body for all humanitarian interventions, and transformational and developmental efforts in the region. She worked with the PCNI for two years, conducting assessments of major health facilities in Maiduguri to identify gaps in manpower and mass casualty response.

In 2019, she served as the secretary of the subcommittee on health, women’s affairs, population, and environment of the transition committee of AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, governor of Kwara state. After completing her assignment in AbdulRasaq’s transition committee, she was appointed the senior special assistant to the governor on sustainable development goals (SDGs). She became Kwara’s focal person for both the National Human Capital Development Programme and the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD). She was also the secretary of the Kwara state “tractorisation” programme and was named the national vice president of the All Progressives Congress Young Women Forum (APC-PYWF) in June 2021. In preparation for the 2023 elections, she was appointed a member of the APC presidential campaign committee on sustainable development.

Honours and Awards

Jamila Ibrahim has received several honors and awards for her contributions to various fields. These include:

• Clean Nigeria Ambassador award for contributions to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. • Recognition as a UN Peace Ambassador by the International Association of World Peace Advocates. • Distinguished Honorary Award for contributions to Education and SDGs, supported by UNESCO Nigeria. • Representation of Nigeria and Kwara State as a Speaker on international platforms like the United Nations and the African Union (AU).

Personal life

Jamila Ibrahim is the daughter of Ibrahim Bio, a former minister of transportation in Nigeria. She is an avid fan of Polo and serves as a non-executive director of the Emirates Equestrian Club in Ilorin.