Hafiz Bayero

Muhammad Hafiz Bayero (born May 14, 1987) is the senior advisor counsellorhttps://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/05/kaduna-gov-uba-sani-makes-new-appointments-in-govt/to the Governor of Kaduna state, Uba Sani. He was appointed 31st May 2023. He is a former administrator of the Kaduna City metropolitan authority, known as the Kaduna Capital Territory Authority, Kaduna state, Nigeria from 2021 to 2023.
Hafiz, a council member of the All Progressives Congress, was the youngest administrator to head a metropolitan authority in Kaduna state. He is the chairman of the board of metropolitan authorities in Kaduna state. He was a member of a 65-man committee handing over to the next administration in Kaduna state.
==Early Life and Education==
Hafiz was born in Kaduna State, Nigeria. He had his primary and secondary education at Essence International School, Kaduna. He is a graduate of the University of Aston, Birmingham, England, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, and a master's degree in process engineering and business management from the University of Warwick, Coventry, England.
==Career==
Hafiz served as a special assistant to the Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai on job creation from 2015; afterwards, he was made director investor-relations at the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency from 2016 to 2018 . In 2018, he was appointed special adviser on intergovernmental relations, and in 2019, he became the managing director of Kaduna Markets Development and Management Company, a state owned enterprise. 
He was appointed administrator of the Kaduna Capital Territory Authority from 2021 to 2023. In 2023, he was appointed special advisor counsellor to the governor of Kaduna state, Uba Sani. 
==Achievements==
In 2022, as administrator of Kaduna Capital Territory Authority, Hafiz mitigated flooding in Kaduna city by embarking on a river dredging project that saved residents lives and properties.
As managing director of Kaduna markets, he set up operational teams to overhaul faulty business processes, which led to an increase in the company's assets by over 270%, from 8.6 billion Naira in 2019 to over 33.1 billion Naira in 2021.
He led the development of over a dozen commercial hubs in Kaduna, including the Damu household milk farm, a grazing ranch with support from the Federal Government, the Central Bank of Nigeria, and Denmark’s Arla Foods Limited. In addition, Kaduna Galaxy Mall, the first-ever shopping mall in Kaduna, rehabilitation of Murtala Muhammad Square and several specialized markets across Kaduna.
He also supervised a 26.27 billion Naira socio-economic project that involved the transfer of commercial real estate to over 16,000 traders in Kaduna.
As head of investor relations at Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency, he championed the ease of doing business process reforms, making Kaduna the most improved state on the 2018 World Bank Ease of Doing Business Ranking.
Hafiz coordinated the investment promotion drive that led to the state attracting foreign direct investments upwards of $1.5 billion in 2 years, including the Olam Feed Mill and Hatchery, the largest in sub-Saharan Africa. 
As special assistant on job creation, Hafiz steered the development and implementation of skills acquisition programs like the Kaduna Start-up and Entrepreneurship Program, a tripartite partnership with the Kaduna Business School and Bank of Industry, and the Kaduna Electrical, Electronics, and Renewable Energy Academy in partnership with the Kaduna State University and Indian Power Conglomerate, SkipperSeil Group. He also championed the establishment of the Kaduna Artisans Training Initiative in collaboration with the National Open University of Nigeria.
He coordinated the creation of the Kaduna ICT Hub in partnership with Coders4Africa and DraperDarkFlow Fund to offer support to start-ups in emerging technology sectors. 
Category:1987 births
Category:People from Kaduna State
Category:Nigerian people
Category:Alumni of Aston University
Category:Alumni of the University of Warwick
Category:Counseling