Senate Press Corps names Barau Jibrin most outstanding deputy Senate president since 1999
- The Senate Press Corps has named Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin the most outstanding holder of that office since 1999.
- The corps said he sponsored 48 bills in 40 months, five of which became law.
- Jibrin said the award would push him to do more for Kano North and the Senate.
The Senate Press Corps has named Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin as the most outstanding person to hold that office since the Fourth Republic began in 1999.
The corps, the body of journalists who cover the Senate, presented the award at the National Assembly in Abuja. Its chairman, Taye Odewale, said the choice followed an assessment of Jibrin's work in the Senate.
Odewale, who said he has covered the Senate for 22 years, listed the grounds: legislative development, quality lawmaking, how Jibrin presides, his contributions to debates, oversight work, representation, accessibility and commitment to humanity.
48 bills in 40 months
The corps said Jibrin sponsored 48 bills in the 40 months of the 10th National Assembly, and that five of them have been passed into law. It named some of them: the North West Development Commission Bill 2023, the National Identity Management Commission repeal and re-enactment Bill 2024, the Agricultural Research Council amendment Bill 2024, the Federal Medical Centre Gwarzo Bill 2024 and the Federal University of Science and Technology Kabo Bill 2025.
Jibrin is also the First Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament. The corps said his constituency projects and empowerment programmes have reached people in Kano North, Kano State, the North-West and the country at large.
For ordinary Nigerians, the laws cited touch on daily life in different ways. The North West Development Commission is meant to drive development in the zone, the identity commission handles national ID registration, and the two Kano bills create a federal medical centre and a federal university.
Jibrin thanked the corps and said the honour was both recognition and a push to do more.
"This honour is not only an acknowledgement of the work we have done but also a motivation to do even more," he said.
He promised not to let the Senate, the National Assembly, the legislature or the country down, and said he remains committed to strengthening democratic institutions, advancing people-oriented legislation and delivering purposeful representation to his constituents in Kano North.
What happens next
The bills the corps listed are now part of his public record, and the ones not yet law will depend on the Senate and the President to move forward.
