Barau Jibrin
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Portrait of Barau Jibrin
Jibrin in 2023
Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate
Assumed office
13 June 2023
PresidentGodswill Akpabio
Preceded byOvie Omo-Agege
Senator for Kano North
Assumed office
9 June 2015
Preceded byBello Hayatu Gwarzo
Member of the
House of Representatives of Nigeria
from Kano
In office
3 June 1999 – 3 June 2003
ConstituencyTarauni
Personal details
Born (1959-06-19) 19 June 1959
NationalityNigerian
Political partyAll Progressive Congress
Residence(s)Abuja, Nigeria
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessman

Barau I. Jibrin CON (born 19 June 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][2]

On 13 June 2023, he emerged deputy president of the newly inaugurated 10th Senate after his nomination for the position was unopposed.[3]

Early life and education

Barau Jibrin was born on 19 June 1959 in Kabo, the headquarters of Kabo Local Government Area of Kano State.[4]

He holds a bachelors degree in accounting, masters degree in financial management and pricing, masters degree in management and masters of business administration (MBA).[5]

After his higher education, Jibrin worked briefly in the accounting department of the Kano State Foundation, before he resigned in 1992 to begin his private business with vast interests in manufacturing, insurance and the construction sectors of the Nigerian economy.

Political career

Jibrin began his journey to the legislative arm of government in 1999, when the country returned to civil rule. [6]

In appreciation of his contributions to the development of the community, especially in the areas of health and education, the people of Tarauni Federal Constituency of Kano Central Senatorial District elected him to represent them in 1999.[7]

Between 1999 and 2003, when he served at the Green Chamber, he chaired the Committee on Appropriations and other committees while in the House of Representatives, including the Committee on Power.[8] In recognition of his legislative dexterity, the then president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, appointed him as a member of the committee he set up to review Nigeria's budgetary process.[9]

On completion of his term at the House of Representatives, Jibrin returned to private practice. At the state level, he was appointed by the Kano State Government as a member of the Kano State Business Incentive Committee in 2009.[10] He served as the Chairman of the Kano State Investment and Properties Ltd. He was a one-time Commissioner of Science and Technology in the state.

In 2013, when the All Progressives Congress (APC) was formed, he was one of the frontline members of the party in Kano State, the centre of commerce. In 2015, he contested and won the election for the Kano North Senatorial District on the platform of the APC, thus returning to parliament.[11]

After the inauguration of the Senate in June 2015, Jibrin was named Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream). Months later, he was elevated to chair the same committee.

In the later part of 2016, he was reassigned to the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETfund as its chairman, a position he held until the end of the 8th National Assembly.[12] He was a member of the Committee on Niger Delta, Industries, Land Transportation and Appropriations from 2015 to 2019.

He was re-elected in 2019 during the general election for a second term. Because of his background as an accountant, he was appointed Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. [13]

Aside from the appropriation committee, he was a member of the Senate Committees on Police Affairs, Industries, Environment, and Inter-Parliamentary Affairs during the 9th Senate. For five years, he was the secretary of the Northern Senators’ Forum, from 2016 to 2021. [14]

In 2023, he was reelected for a third term to represent the people of Kano North Senatorial District.[15]

On 13 June 2023, when the parliament was inaugurated following the proclamation by President Bola Tinubu, Jibrin emerged deputy senate president unopposed following his endorsement by all his colleagues.[16][17][18][19]

Personal life

He is married and has children.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Assembly, Nigerian National. "National Assembly | Federal Republic of Nigeria". www.nassnig.org. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Ogundapo, Abdulqudus (13 June 2023). "UPDATED: Akpabio elected as senate president, Jibrin as deputy senate president". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Newsroom (13 June 2023). "JUST IN: Senator Jibrin Barau is Deputy President of the Senate". OrderPaper. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Feta, Idris Umar (19 March 2023). "Nigeria: 10th Senate Presidency - Who Succeeds Ahmad Lawan?". Daily Trust. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Biography of Barau Jibrin". www.nigerianbiography.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Maishanu, Abubakar Ahmadu (14 June 2023). "PROFILE: Barau Jibrin, who wanted to be Kano governor, emerges deputy senate president". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Members Tarauni House of Representatives, National Assembly from 1999 - 2023| Citizen Science Nigeria". citizensciencenigeria.org. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Isuwa, Sunday (23 March 2023). "I'm Most Qualified To Be Next Senate President – Barau Jibrin". Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Babarinsa, Olusola (26 April 2023). "Senate Presidency: A case for the North-West in 10th National Assembly". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Akpabio, Abbas - Di men wey go lead Nigeria 10th National Assembly". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Headliners (30 March 2015). "APC ends Hayatu's 16-year stay in Senate | Nigeria News Headlines Today". Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  12. ↑ www.premiumtimesng.com https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/207293-breaking-saraki-reshuffles-senate-committees-gives-marafa-tinubu-juicy-posts.html. Retrieved 8 December 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ www.premiumtimesng.com https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/343900-breaking-lawan-names-chairpersons-for-69-senate-committees.html. Retrieved 8 December 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ "Adamu heads Northern Senators forum - Daily Trust". dailytrust.com. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  15. ↑ Maishanu, Abubakar Ahmadu (26 February 2023). "Kano North senator, Barau Jibrin of APC, re-elected". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Jibrin Barau Emerges Deputy Senate President Unopposed - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Jibrin Barau Emerges Deputy Senate President Unopposed - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  18. ↑ Olufemi, Damilola (13 June 2023). "BREAKING: Jibrin emerges Deputy Senate President". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  19. ↑ "Five things to know about Barau, Deputy Senate President - Daily Trust". dailytrust.com. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  20. ↑ "FULL LIST: 2022 National Honours Award Recipients The Nation Newspaper". 9 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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