INTRODUCTION
Jibrin Isah is Nigerian politician and banker, who is the senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District of Kogi State at the 9th National Assembly.
PROFILE
D.O.B – 28 February 1960
EDUCATION
School | Degree | Year |
LGEA Primary School, Ajiolo-Ojaji | Primary Education | 1967 to 1972 |
Our Lady of School, Anyigba | Secondary Education | 1973 and 1977 |
Bayero University Kano | B.sc degree in Economics | 1983. |
University of Lagos | Masters in Economics | 1991 |
University of Ibadan | Masters in Petroleum and Energy | 2002 |
University of Nigeria | MBA | 2003 |
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
In 1988, he joined Chase Merchant Bank Plc as an analyst. He moved to Afribank International Limited (Merchant Bankers) in 1991 as the head of Project Finance/Leasing Department. He was made the head of Capital Market group in 1993. In 1998, he was the Managing Director/Chief Executive of AIL Securities Limited.
POLITICS
Jibrin Isah contested for the Governorship ticket of the People’s Democratic Party in 2011, he lost to Idris Wada. In the 2019 general election, He was elected as the senator representing Kogi East after a supplementary election.