# Ibrahim Hadejia
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{{Short description|Nigerian politician and lawyer (born 1965)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ibrahim Hadejia
| image = File:Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia1.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| office = [Deputy Chief of Staff to the President](/source/Chief_of_Staff_to_the_President_(Nigeria))
| president = [Bola Tinubu](/source/Bola_Tinubu)
| term_start = 14 June 2023
| predecessor = [Ade Ipaye](/source/Ade_Ipaye)
| successor =
| office1 = [Senator](/source/Senate_of_Nigeria) for [Jigawa North-East](/source/Jigawa_State)
| term_start1 = 11 June 2019
| term_end1 = 11 June 2023
| predecessor1 = [Ubali Shittu](/source/Ubali_Shittu)
| successor1 = [Ahmad Abdulhamid Malam Maori](/source/Ahmad_Abdulhamid_Malam_Maori)
| office2 = [Deputy Governor of Jigawa State](/source/Deputy_Governor_of_Jigawa_State)
| term_start2 = 29 May 2015
| term_end2 = 29 May 2019
| governor2 = [Badaru Abubakar](/source/Badaru_Abubakar)
| predecessor2 = Ahmad Mahmud
| successor2 = [Umar Namadi](/source/Umar_Namadi)
| term_start3 = 22 January 2003
| term_end3 = 29 May 2007
| governor3 = [Saminu Turaki](/source/Saminu_Turaki)
| predecessor3 = Ubali Shittu
| successor3 = [Ahmad Mahmud](/source/Ahmad_Mahmud)
| office4 = Attorney General of Jigawa State
| term_start4 = 1999
| term_end4 = 2003
| governor4 = [Saminu Turaki](/source/Saminu_Turaki)
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1965}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [All Progressives Congress](/source/All_Progressives_Congress) (2013–present)
| other_party = {{plainlist|
* [All People's Party](/source/All_People's_Party_(Nigeria)) (1998–2002)
* [All Nigeria Peoples Party](/source/All_Nigeria_Peoples_Party) (2002–2013)
}}
| children = 6
| parents =
| relations =
| education =
| occupation = {{hlist|[Politician](/source/Politician)|[lawyer](/source/lawyer)}}
| alma_mater = {{plainlist|
* [Ahmadu Bello University](/source/Ahmadu_Bello_University)
* [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University)
}}
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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](/source/Chief_of_Staff_to_the_President_(Nigeria)) ([office of the vice president](/source/Vice_President_of_Nigeria)) since 2023. He previously served as the [Senator](/source/Senate_of_Nigeria) representing Jigawa North-East from 2019 to 2023,[{{Cite news|date=25 February 2019|title=Jigawa deputy governor wins senatorial seat|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/315943-jigawa-deputy-governor-wins-senatorial-seat.html|access-date=7 February 2021|language=en-GB|newspaper=[Premium Times](/source/Premium_Times)}}][{{Cite news|title=Homepage|url=https://dailytrust.com/|access-date=7 February 2021|newspaper=[Daily Trust](/source/Daily_Trust)|language=en}}{{nonspecific|date=November 2024}}] and as [deputy governor of Jigawa State](/source/Deputy_Governor_of_Jigawa_State) from 2003 to 2007 and from 2015 to 2019.[{{Cite news|date=2020-11-15|title=How I survived as deputy to two governors — Senator Hadeija|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/11/how-i-survived-as-deputy-to-two-governors-senator-hadeija/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2022-02-21|newspaper=[Vanguard](/source/Vanguard_(Nigeria))|language=en-US}}]
== Education ==
Hadejia attended Sacred Heart Primary School Kaduna and [Barewa College](/source/Barewa_College) [Zaria](/source/Zaria), after which he enrolled in the School of Basic Studies at [Ahmadu Bello University](/source/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](/source/Law_school) for his B.L. qualification and subsequent call to [Nigerian Bar](/source/Nigerian_Bar_Association). He also enrolled in diploma course at [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University), where he obtained a diploma in [computing](/source/computing).[{{Cite news|author=|date=6 March 2019|title=NEWBIES: Ex deputy governor, Hadejia, joins team Jigawa in Senate|url=https://www.orderpaper.ng/newbies-ex-deputy-governor-hadejia-joins-team-jigawa-in-senate/|access-date=6 February 2021|website=ORDER PAPER|language=en-US|archive-date=8 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208112737/https://www.orderpaper.ng/newbies-ex-deputy-governor-hadejia-joins-team-jigawa-in-senate/|url-status=dead}}]
== Career ==
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Hadejia did his mandatory [Youth Service](/source/National_Youth_Service_Corps) in Lagos and worked for a year with Credit and Finance International, a finance house as [in-house counsel](/source/In_house_counsel) and [company secretary](/source/company_secretary).{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
Two years later, he joined Liberty Merchant Bank Lagos, where he worked in credit administration, banking operations and international treasury for eight years.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
He was appointed [Commissioner for Justice](/source/Commissioner_for_Justice) and [Attorney General](/source/Attorney_general) in Jigawa State in 1999 and promoted to secretary to the state government two years later.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
He was appointed the Deputy Governor before the elections in 2003 and ran again as a Deputy Governor on the [ANPP](/source/All_Nigeria_Peoples_Party) tickets a few months later and continued in that position till 2007.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
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.[{{Cite news|title=2019: Jigawa Dep Gov declares for Senate|url=https://dailytrust.com/2019-jigawa-dep-gov-declares-for-senate-264684|access-date=8 February 2021|newspaper=[Daily Trust](/source/Daily_Trust)|date=8 August 2018 |language=en}}]
== Politics ==
In 2014, he was involved in the formation of the [All Progressive Congress APC](/source/All_Progressives_Congress) as a state leader of the [ANPP](/source/All_Nigeria_Peoples_Party), one of the three political parties that formed alliance and was elected Deputy Governor of [Jigawa State](/source/Jigawa_State) 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.[{{Cite news|date=26 April 2020|title=Party managers must change perception about internal democracy|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/party-managers-must-change-perception-about-internal-democracy-hadejia/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=8 February 2021|newspaper=[The Nation](/source/The_Nation_(Nigeria))|language=en-US}}][{{Cite news|date=2019-02-25|title=Jigawa deputy governor wins senatorial seat|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/315943-jigawa-deputy-governor-wins-senatorial-seat.html|access-date=2021-08-07|language=en-GB|newspaper=[Premium Times](/source/Premium_Times)}}]
== References ==
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{{Nigerian Senators of the 8th National Assembly}}
{{Nigerian Senators of the 9th National Assembly}}
== Notes ==
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Category:Jigawa State
Category:Living people
Category:Senators of the 9th National Assembly (Nigeria)
Category:1965 births
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