Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

politician and a medical doctor by profession. She is the deputy governor of

Kaduna State Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...

, Nigeria. Being the first female deputy-governor of the state. She was elected during the

2019 Nigerian general elections General elections were held in Nigeria on 23 February 2019 to elect the President, Vice President, House of Representatives and the Senate. The elections had initially been scheduled for 16 February, but the Electoral Commission postponed the ...

in February under the ruling political party in Nigeria APC. 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 in Northern Nigeria to do so.

Biography

Balarabe was born into the family of Alhaji Abubakar Balarabe in Sanga local government area of Kaduna state, She attended Girls College Soba for her secondary education, she then got admission into the prestigious

University of Maiduguri The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) is a Federal higher institution located in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State in northeast Nigeria. The university was created by the federal government of Nigeria in 1975, with the intention of its b ...

to study medicine and graduated with

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

in 1986.

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