Deputy Governor of Kaduna State | |
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since 29 May 2019 | |
Executive Branch of the Kaduna State Government | |
Style |
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Status | Second highest executive branch officer |
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Seat | Kaduna |
Nominator | Gubernatorial candidate |
Appointer | Direct popular election or, if vacant, Governor via House of Assembly confirmation |
Term length | Four years renewable once |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Nigeria |
Inaugural holder | Stephen Shekari (Fourth Republic) |
Succession | First |
Website | kdsg |
The deputy governor of Kaduna State is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Kaduna State, Nigeria, after the governor of Kaduna State, and ranks first in line of succession. The deputy governor is directly elected together with the governor to a four-year term of office.
Hadiza Balarabe is the current deputy governor, having assumed office on 29 May 2019.[1]