Hadiza Balarabe

Hadiza Balarabe
Hadiza Balarabe
Deputy Governor of Kaduna State
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 May 2019
Governor	Nasir el-Rufai; (2019–2023); Uba Sani; (since 2023);
Preceded by	Barnabas Bala
Personal details
Born	Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe; 26 August 1966; Sanga, Northern Region (now in Kaduna State), Nigeria
Political party	All Progressive Congress
Alma mater	University of Maiduguri
Occupation	Politician; medical doctor;

Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe (born 26 August 1966) is a Nigerian politician and medical doctor who has served as deputy governor of Kaduna State since 2019. She is the first female deputy governor of the state and was elected during the 2019 Nigerian gubernatorial elections held in March, under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress and re-elected in 2023.

On 15 October 2019, as acting governor, she presented the Kaduna State Government's 2020 Budget of Renewal to the Kaduna State House of Assembly, thereby becoming the first woman to do so in Northern Nigeria.

In 2022, she nursed the ambition of contesting for the position of governor during the 2023 general election but withdrew and was picked as a running mate to the APC consensus candidate, Senator Uba Sani.

In March 2023, she was re-elected deputy governor.

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