Balogun Yakub Abiodun (an haife shi a ranar 5 ga watan Mayu shekarar 1951) masanin tattalin arziki ne na Najeriya, mai kula da harkokin gwamnati, dan majalisa a majalisar wakilan Nijeriya, yana wakiltar mazabar Lagos Island ta Tarayya II, Jihar Legas, Kudu maso Yammacin Najeriya kuma tsohon Shugaban Ma’aikata na Jihar Legas. Balogun Yakub an haife shi ne a ranar 5 ga watan Mayu shekarar 1951 a cikin Tsibirin Lagos, shugaba da kuma karamar hukumar tsakiyar yankin Lagos da ke kudu maso yammacin Najeriya . Ya halarci makarantar firamare ta Fazil-Omar Ahmadiyya, Legas kafin ya zarce zuwa makarantar Ansar-Ud-Deen Grammar da ke Surulere amma ya sami Takaddar Makarantar Afirka ta Yamma a Kwalejin Ahmadiyya da ke Agege.[ana buƙatar hujja] Ya samu tuzuru da ubangijinsa digiri a fannin tattalin arziki daga Jami'ar Ibadan a shekarar 1976 da kuma shekarar 1983 bi da bi kafin ya tafi zuwa ga Royal Institute of Public Administration inda ya samu takardar shaidar a Public Administration a 1996.[ana buƙatar hujja] Ya shiga aikin farar hula na jihar Legas a shekarar 1977 a matsayin mataimakin sakatare a ma’aikatar bunkasa tattalin arziki da kafa ta.