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| name = Sadiya Umar Farouq
| office = Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management & Social Development
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| office1 = Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons
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'''Sadiya Umar Farouq''' (born 5 November 1974), is a Nigerian politician and the current minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development.<ref name=BBC>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-50003638|title=Hajiya "Sadiya Umar Farouq" biography: Buhari youngest cabinet minister profile|date=2019-10-10|work=BBC News Pidgin|access-date=2021-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/10/12/sadiya-umar-farouq-the-new-super-minister/|title=Sadiya Umar-Farouq: The New Super Minister|last=editor|date=2019-10-12|website=THISDAYLIVE|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>

Appointed by President [[Muhammadu Buhari]] in July 2019, Farouq is by age the youngest minister in the current federal cabinet. She served as Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugee, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) from October 2016 to August 2019.

Her work with President Buhari dates back to Buhari's days as the leader and presidential candidate of the defunct [[Congress for Progressive Change]] when Farouq was the national treasurer of CPC and later national treasurer of the [[All Progressives Congress]].<ref name="BBC" />

In December 2019, Farouq was queried by the office of the president for exercising powers beyond her official briefs by employing more aides than officially approved and delaying the monthly stipend of N-Power volunteers, a social intervention program of the federal government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://saharareporters.com/2019/12/25/exclusive-presidency-chides-humanitarian-minister-excessive-use-power-ministry-placed|title=EXCLUSIVE: Presidency Chides Humanitarian Minister For Excessive Use Of Power, Ministry Placed Under Strict Monitoring|date=2019-12-25|website=Sahara Reporters|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>

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