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DOSSIER · SENATORUPDATED JUN 2026

Barau Jibrin

Senator (Deputy President of the Senate, 10th Senate), Kano North (Senatorial) · APC

Assessment Profile06

Barau Jibrin has served as senator for Kano North since 2015 and has been Deputy President of the 10th Senate since June 2023, having previously chaired the Senate Committee on Appropriations and, before that, the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations (1999 to 2003). His legislative output in the 10th Senate is the most voluminous of any private member: 42 bills sponsored in 36 months, of which five have been signed into law, including the North West Development Commission (Establishment) Act signed by President Tinubu in July 2024, the Federal Medical Centre, Gwarzo (Establishment) Act, the Federal University of Science and Technology, Kabo (Establishment) Act, the National Identity Management Commission (Repeal and Enactment) Act, and the Agricultural Research Council (Amendment) Act. Constituency delivery includes reported infrastructure in Kano North and an active scholarship programme through the Barau I Jibrin Foundation that has sent 70 postgraduate students abroad for AI, robotics, and forensic sciences training and awarded 1,000 domestic scholarships. Against this, the record is qualified by an ICPC constituency-tracking exercise (Phase 3) that found over N1 billion in constituency projects between 2015 and 2021 were awarded to Sinti Nigeria Limited, a company in which Jibrin holds a controlling interest with his children on the board, and recommended the firm for blacklist by the Bureau of Public Procurement. A Sahara Reporters investigation in September 2025 also reported alleged shoddy project execution by companies linked to Jibrin and his son. No criminal charge or arraignment has been filed or secured against Jibrin on any of these matters. The record overall is mixed: a strong legislative throughput and demonstrable constituency and foundation activity are offset by serious unresolved conflict-of-interest allegations in project procurement.

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Legal Record07

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Sources17
  1. 1Profile: Barau Jibrin, Who Wanted to Be Kano Governor, Emerges Deputy Senate PresidentPremium Times · 2023-06-13
  2. 2Tinubu Signs N'West Development Commission BillPunch Newspapers · 2024-07-23
  3. 3Sen Barau Hails Tinubu for Signing N/West Devt Commission Bill Into LawDaily Trust · 2024-07-23
  4. 4Sen Barau Awards 1,000 Scholarships, Establishes 7 Study Centres in KanoLeadership Newspaper · 2025-01-01
  5. 5Galore of Gratitude as Senator Barau Offers 70 Kano Students Scholarships to Study AI, Robotics, Forensic Sciences AbroadDaily Trust · 2024-09-09
  6. 6Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin Sponsors 42 Bills in Three Years — SpokespersonTVC News · 2026-06-13
  7. 7Raising the Bar in 10th Senate, Barau Sponsored 42 Bills in 36 MonthsThisDay Live · 2026-06-12
  8. 8Barau Jibrin: 42 Bills Sponsored in Three YearsPunch Newspapers · 2026-06-13
  9. 9Barau Sponsors 42 Bills in 3 YearsDaily Trust · 2026-06-13
  10. 102027: Why Consolidating Senator Barau I. Jibrin's Tested Leadership MattersBlueprint Newspapers · 2026-01-01
  11. 11How Senate Deputy President, Principal Officers Got Multi-Billion Naira Constituency Projects in 2024 BudgetPremium Times · 2024-08-19
  12. 12Kano Senator Barau Awarded Multi-Billion Naira Constituency Projects to His CompanyInternational Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) · 2022-08-01
  13. 13ICPC Uncovers How Senator Barau Jibrin's Company Got Multi-Million Naira ContractsDaily Nigerian · 2022-01-01
  14. 14ICPC Recommends Blacklist of Company Owned by Barau Jibrin for Alleged Diversion of BillionsNigerian Sketch · 2022-01-01
  15. 15Workers Expose Poor Welfare, Irregular Salaries, Shoddy Projects in Companies Linked to Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, SonSahara Reporters · 2025-09-19
  16. 16Group Drags Senator Barau Jibrin to EFCC Over Alleged Multi-Million Naira Projects ScamSolace Base · 2022-01-01
  17. 17Barau Distributes PG Admission Letters to 70 AI, Robotics, Cybersecurity StudentsThe Nation Newspaper · 2024-09-09