Hadiza Balarabe

{{Short description|Nigerian politician (born 1966)}}

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| name = Hadiza Balarabe

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| office1 = Deputy Governor of Kaduna State

| term_start1 = 29 May 2019

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| governor1 = {{ubl|Nasir el-Rufai
(2019–2023)|Uba Sani
(since 2023)}}

| predecessor1 = Barnabas Bala

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| birth_name = Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe

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| birth_place = Sanga, Northern Region (now in Kaduna State), Nigeria

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| party = All Progressive Congress

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| alma_mater = University of Maiduguri

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Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe (born 26 August 1966) into Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed family {{Cite web |date=2023-06-07 |title=Ngozi Odu, Hadiza Balarabe, Patricia Obila and oda women wey be Deputy govnors for Nigeria |url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/c519336n1wdo |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=BBC News Pidgin}} is a Nigerian politician and medical doctor who has served as the deputy governor of Kaduna State since 2019.{{Cite web |title=El-Rufai pays May salaries ahead of Sallah celebration |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/el-rufai-pays-may-salaries-ahead-of-sallah-celebration/amp/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=thenationonlineng.net|date=19 May 2020 }} 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.[https://www.blueprint.ng/2019-which-way-southern-kaduna "2019, Which way Southern Kaduna?"] Blueprint Retrieved 28 February 2019.Aza MSUE. [https://www.leadership.ng/2019/03/12/deputy-governor-elect-hadiza-balarabe-chairs-kaduna-transition-commitee "Deputy Governor-elect Hadiza Balarabe Chairs Transition Committee 2019"] Leadership Kaduna State. Retrieved 12 March 2019

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.{{Cite web|last=Premium Times|date=15 October 2019|title=FOR THE RECORD: Full Speech by Kaduna Acting Governor on Presentation of 2020 budget|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/features-and-interviews/357818-for-the-record-full-speech-by-kaduna-acting-governor-on-presentation-of-2020-budget.html|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Premium Times|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|last=Gabriel|first=John|date=2020-04-23|title=Kaduna Deputy Governor, Hadiza Balarabe warns public against internet scammers|url=https://dailypost.ng/2020/04/23/kaduna-deputy-governor-hadiza-balarabe-warns-public-against-internet-scammers/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Daily Post Nigeria|language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-04 |title=Kaduna guber: Uba Sani announces Hadiza Balarabe, deputy governor, as running mate |url=https://www.thecable.ng/kaduna-guber-uba-sani-announces-hadiza-balarabe-deputy-governor-as-running-mate |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=TheCable |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Abubakar |first=Shehu |date=2022-04-15 |title=The making of Nigeria's first female governor |url=https://www.blueprint.ng/the-making-of-nigerias-first-female-governor/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Blueprint Newspapers |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-07 |title=Top 5 influential female politicians in Nigeria you may not know |url=https://newswirengr.com/2022/04/07/top-5-influential-female-politicians-in-nigeria-you-may-not-know/ |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=NewsWireNGR |language=en-US}}

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