John Kadiya

John Jatau Kadiya was a Nigerian politician, administrator and former minister. He was a senatorial candidate for the Plateau North senatorial election in 1979, and the gubernatorial candidate in the Plateau State elections of 1983, representing the National Party of Nigeria.{{Cite book |last=Bello |first=Emmanuel G. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Essays_in_Honour_of_Judge_Taslim_Olawale/rMb7EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Essays in Honour of Judge Taslim Olawale Elias: Volume I Contemporary International Law and Human Rights / Volume II African Law and Comparative Public Law |last2=Ajibola (SAN) |first2=Prince Bola A. |date=2023-07-17 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |isbn=978-90-04-63784-9 |pages=784 |language=en}} He was a minister for aviation and the minister for the federal capital territory between 1979 and 1983.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Africa_Research_Bulletin/LHwEAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%22John%20Kadiya%22%20-wikipedia |title=Africa Research Bulletin |date=1982 |publisher=Blackwell |pages=6618 |language=en}} He was detained under the Administration of General Buhari in 1984 and was not released until 1985, when a new government was in place. He is from Plateau State.

He was a prominent figure during the Shehu Shagari regime.

John Kadiya died on January 5, 1997.