Ibrahim Usman Jibril
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Ibrahim Usman Jibril | |
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.jpg) Ibrahim Jibril in 2018 | |
| Nigeria Minister of State for Environment | |
| In office November 11, 2015 – December 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Sharon Ikeazor |
| Emir of Nasarawa Emirate | |
| Assumed office December 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Alhaji Hassan Ahmad II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 27, 1958 |
| Alma mater | Bayero University Kano |
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Ibrahim Usman Jibril CON (born January 27, 1958) is a Nigerian traditional ruler and administrator. He is the 12th emir of Nasarawa Emirate[1] and was the minister of state for environment between 2015 and 2018 in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.[2]
Ibrahim Jibril was born on January 27, 1958, in Nasarawa town to Alhaji Usman Maikwato Jibril and Hajiya Fatima Ibrahim. His grandfather, Malan Jibril, was the eldest son of the 8th emir of Nasarawa, Umaru Maje Haji. He is the great grandson of Sarki Umaru Maje Haji and thus a direct descendant of Umaru Makama Dogo who founded the Nasarawa Emirate.[3]
Education
His education followed the Muslim traditional pattern of Koranic studies which he began at the palace's Koranic school under the tutelage of Mallam Baba and later Mallam Jibril Jatau of Bakin Kogi quarters. He completed primary education at the Nasarawa Central Primary School before proceeding to the Government Secondary School in Nasarawa. From 1976 to 1978, he went to the School of Preliminary Studies at Yola in Adamawa State. Between 1980 and 1983, he studied at Bayero University Kano where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in education and geography. His brilliance and insatiable quest for education[citation needed] spurred him to obtain a master's degree in land resource and administration from Bayero University Kano in 1990.[2]