Halliru Dauda Jika
Date of Birth: 1 January 1976
State of Origin: Bauchi
Gender: Male
Qualifications: FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SSCE HND
Elections Contested: 1
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.