Halliru Dauda Jika was born in 1976 in Bauchi State,

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. He is a businessman and a

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. He was once a member and shortly the speaker of Bauchi state house of assembly, member house of representatives and currently a senate member representing Bauchi Central. He is also known as Dokaji.

Education

Jika went to Sardauna Memorial College in Kaduna,

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he graduate In 1999. He then moved to

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to study Civil Engineering and graduate in 2003.

Political career

Jika was elected as a representative of Darazo and Ganjuwa Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives and served two term as a representative, first term between 2007 and 2011 and second term between 2011 and 2015. In the 2019 general election, he was elected senator for Bauchi Central under the flag of the APC.

Personal life

Jika is a Muslim. He is married with children.

References

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