Barau Kano I Jibril Biography, Career, Controversies, And Net Worth

Barau I Jibrin CON is a Nigerian politician and member of the 9th National Assembly, from Kano State, Nigeria. He represents Kano North Senatorial District and he is the Chairman, of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND in the 8th Senate. He was born on January 01 in 1959, and he is a native of Kabo Township, Kabo Local Government Area, Kano State. He is married and has children, presently he was re-elected to the Senate for the third time in the recent 2023 election.

Barau Kano I Jibril Profile

Name	Barau Kano I Jibril
Real Name	Barau Jibril
Date of Birth	01 January 1959
Age	64 years
State of Origin	Kano State
Tribe	Hausa
Nationality	Nigerian
Religion	Islam
Political Party	All Progressives Congress (APC)
Occupation	Politician
Marital Status	Married
Net Worth	$4 Million
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Educational Background

Barau Kano I Jibril holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting, he also has a master’s certificate in Financial Management and pricing, with one in Management, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA). He also has a certificate in Financial Management for business decisions from Cornell University, United States.

Career

Barau I Jibril CON is a Nigerian politician and member of the 9th National Assembly, from Kano State, Nigeria. After his studies, he worked briefly in the accounting department of the Kano State Foundation, before he resigned in 1992 to begin his private flourishing business with vast interests in the manufacturing, insurance and, construction sectors of the Nigerian economy.

Barau I Jibril’s success in the private sector prepared him adequately to begin a process of championing the cause of his people through the instrumentality of politics. He contested for election in 1999 to the House of Representatives to represent Tarauni Federal Constituency of Kano State which he won. While in the House of Representatives, he served as the Chairman of, the House Committee on Appropriations. 

Barau Jibril was also a member of the House of Representatives Committee on Power during that period. After his tour of duty in the House of Representatives, he promptly went back to his private business, but not without sustaining his interest in the political engineering of his native Kano State. In later years, he served as the Chairman of the Kano State Investment and Properties Ltd; a Company wholly owned by the Kano State Government.

Barau Jibril was one time Commissioner of Science and Technology in Kano State. He was appointed in 2001 to serve as a member of a committee set up by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to review Nigeria’s Budgetary process. In 2009, he was appointed by the Kano State Government as a member of the Kano State Business Incentive Committee; a position in which he acquainted himself credibly.

On his return to the electoral contest in 2015, Senator Barau contested and won the election to the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, representing the Kano North Senatorial District under the platform of the All Progressives Congress. He was appointed the same yearViceVice-Chairmanan Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) of the Senate and subsequently became the Chairman of the same Committee. In the latter part of 2016, he was reassigned to the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETfund as the Chairman of the Committee.

Additionally to this Senate Portfolio, he is a member of the Committee on Niger Delta, Industries, Land Transportation, and Appropriations. He is also the Secretary of the Northern Senators Forum. On the 3rd of October, 2019; he sponsored a bill – Federal Polytechnic Kabo. He represents Kano North Senatorial District. Senator Barau is the Chairman, of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND in the 8th Senate.

Barau Jibril has received nominations and awards for his good works, ranging from Northern Senator of the year 2017 by Nigerian Senate Press CorpsIn October 2022, to Nigerian national honor of Commander Of The Order Of The Niger (CON) was conferred on him by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Controversies

Barau Jibril was alleged to have been involved in money laundering, budget fraud, and unlawful enrichment of his family. He was also accused of using companies registered in the names of his children and cronies for the execution of many constituency projects, without regard to due process.

These allegations are contained in a petition submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN. Barau Kano, I Jibril was also exposed by the ICPC in 2023 to have been awarding government contracts to Sinti Nig. Ltd, which is owned by him.

Barau Kano I Jibril Facebook Handle

Barau Kano I Jibril is on Facebook @Sen Barau Jibrin.

Personal Life

Senator Jibrin Barau was born on January 01 1959 in the Kabo Area of Kano State, where he is from. Not a lot is known about his life but he is married and blessed with children.

Barau Kano I Jibril Net Worth

Barau Kano I Jibril is estimated to worth over $4 Million.