Isaiah Balat

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name = Isaiah Balat


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title=Nigerian state Minister of Works and Housing
term_start=May, 1999
term_end=December, 2000
president=Olusegun Obasanjo
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jr/sr2 = Senator
state2 = Kaduna State
term_start2 = May, 2003
term_end2 = May, 2007
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office3 = Chairman of the Senate sub-Committee on Finance and appropriation
term_start3 = May, 2003
term_end3 = May, 2004
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office4 = Chairman of the Senate Committee on Privatisation
term_start4 = May, 2004
term_end4 = December, 2005
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office5 = Chairman of the Senate Committee on Anti-corruption
term_start5 = December, 2005
term_end5 = May, 2007
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1952|10|23
birth_place = Kaduna, Nigeria
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party = People's Democratic Party
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residence = Abuja, Nigeria
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religion = Christianity


website = http://www.isaiahbalat.com
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Isaiah Chawai Balat (born October 23, 1952) is a Nigerian politician and business man from the state of Kaduna.

Early life and education

Isaiah Chawai Balat was born in Gora, a village in Zangon Kataf local government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Losing his mother as an infant, he had to live with his grandmother until he was mature enough to fend for himself. He later left the village and moved to the city to make a living. After his primary and post-primary education, he attended a sandwich programme in Marketing at the Kaduna Polytechnic between 1976 and 1978. Seeking to further his education, he attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School and the college of Petroleum and Energy Studies at Oxford, United Kingdom.

[ cite web|url=http://www.isaiahbalat.com/about.php |title=About Balat |accessdate=2007-12-25 ] [ cite web|url=http://www.nassnig.org/senate/Personal%20data/Balat/Home.htm |title=Senator Balat |accessdate=2007-12-26 |date=2005 |publisher=Nigerian Senate ]

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