Halliru Dauda Jika
2023 Gubernatorial Elections (2023)
Halliru Dauda Jika is a Bauchi politician, former lawmaker and senator who ran for governor on the NNPP ticket in 2023 and lost.
Born: 1 January 1976 (age 50)
State: Bauchi
Party: New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)
Gender: Male
Qualifications: FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SSCE HND
Running Mate: Mohammed Dahuwa Gadauji
Bio
Halliru Dauda Jika, also known as Dokaji, is a Nigerian businessman and politician born in 1976 in Bauchi State. He attended Sardauna Memorial College, Kaduna, graduating in 1999, and later studied Civil Engineering at Kaduna Polytechnic, graduating in 2003.
He has served at multiple levels of elected office, including as a member and briefly speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, a two-term member of the House of Representatives for Darazo/Ganjuwa (2007-2011 and 2011-2015), and senator for Bauchi Central elected in 2019 under the APC. In the 2023 Bauchi State governorship election, he contested under the NNPP with Mohammed Dahuwa Gadauji as running mate and lost.