Barau Jibrin
Barau Jibrin | |
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 Jibrin in 2023 | |
| Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2023 | |
| President | Godswill Akpabio |
| Preceded by | Ovie Omo-Agege |
| Senator for Kano North | |
| Assumed office 9 June 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Bello Hayatu Gwarzo |
| Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from Kano | |
| In office 3 June 1999 – 3 June 2003 | |
| Constituency | Tarauni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Political party | All Progressive Congress |
| Residence(s) | Abuja, Nigeria |
| Occupation |
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Barau Jibrin CON (born 1959) is a Nigerian politician who is the current deputy president of the Nigerian Senate since 2023. He is the senator representing Kano North since 2015.[1]
On 13 June 2023, he emerged deputy senate president of the newly inaugurated 10th Senate after his nomination for the position was unopposed.
He represents Kano North Senatorial District. Senator Barau was the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations and former Chairman of Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND in the 9th and 8th Senate respectively.[2]
Early life and education
Barau I Jibrin, was born in 1959, and he is a native of Kabo Township, Kabo Local Government Area, Kano State.
He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting, master's certificate in Financial Management and pricing, master's certificate in Management and Masters of business Administration (MBA).[3] He also holds a certificate in Financial Management for business decisions from the prestigious Cornell University, United States.
After his initial higher studies, the Senator worked briefly in the accounting department of the Kano State Foundation, before he resigned in 1992 to begin his private flourishing business with vast interests in the manufacturing, insurance and the construction sectors of the Nigerian economy. His success in the private sector prepared him adequately to begin a process of championing the cause of his people through the instrumentality of politics.
Political life
Barau's journey began when he contested in elections in 1999 to the House of Representatives to represent Tarauni Federal Constituency of Kano State which he won. While in the House of Representatives, he served as the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations.[4] He was also a member of the House of Representative's Committee on Power during that period.
After his tour of duty in the House of Representatives, he promptly went back to his private business, but not without displaying his supposed interest in the political engineering of his native Kano State.
In later years, he served as the Chairman of the Kano State Investment and Properties Ltd; a Company owned by the Kano State Government.
He was one-time Commissioner of Science and Technology in Kano State.[5] He was appointed in 2001 to serve as a member of a committee set up by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to review the Nigeria's Budgetary process. In 2009, he was appointed by the Kano State Government as a member of the Kano State Business Incentive Committee; a position in which he acquainted himself credibly.
On his return to electoral contest in 2015, Senator Barau contested and won election to the Senate of Federal Republic of Nigeria, representing Kano North Senatorial District under the platform of All Progressives Congress.[6] He was appointed same year as the Vice - Chairman Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) of the Senate, and subsequently became the Chairman of the same Committee.[5]
In the later part of 2016, he was reassigned to the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETfund as the Chairman of the Committee.
Additionally to this Senate Portfolio, he was a member of the Committee on Niger Delta, Industries, Land Transportation and Appropriations. He was also the Secretary of Northern Senators Forum.
On 3 October 2019; he sponsored a bill - Federal Polytechnic Kabo.[7]
On 13 July 2023, he was elected deputy president of the 10th Senate.[8][9][10]
Personal life
He is married and has children.
Awards
- Northern Senator of the year 2017 by Nigerian Senate Press Corps
- In October 2022, a Nigerian national honour of Commander Of The Order Of The Niger (CON) was conferred on him by President Muhammadu Buhari.[11]
References
- ^ Assembly, Nigerian National. "National Assembly | Federal Republic of Nigeria". www.nassnig.org. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Senate Reshuffles Committee Chairmen • Channels Television". Channels Television. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Biography of Barau Jibrin". www.nigerianbiography.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "The Challenges of Representing Kano North". DailyTrust. 21 January 2017. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ a b "How Senator Jibrin Barau is giving back to his constituents". www.peoplesdailyng.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Jonathan Roundly Defeated In Kano As APC Wins All Senatorial, House Of Reps Seats - Abusidiqu". Abusidiqu. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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- ^ "Jibrin Barau Emerges Deputy Senate President Unopposed - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Olufemi, Damilola (13 June 2023). "BREAKING: Jibrin emerges Deputy Senate President". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Five things to know about Barau, Deputy Senate President - Daily Trust". dailytrust.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "FULL LIST: 2022 National Honours Award Recipients The Nation Newspaper". 9 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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