# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yusuf-barnabas-bala
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:38:59.367Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yusuf-barnabas-bala"
name: "Yusuf Barnabas Bala"
slug: "yusuf-barnabas-bala"
description: "Barnabas Yusuf Bala, popularly known as Bala Bantex, was a Nigerian architect and politician. He served as Deputy Governor of Kaduna State from May 2015 to May 2019 under Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Prior to that, he was Kaduna State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from October 2014 to May 2015."
tagline: "Nigerian politician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956"
deathDate: "2021-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.91
  momentum:             0.25
  historical:           5.072570666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabas_Bala"
    title: "Barnabas Bala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabas_Bala"
    title: "Barnabas Bala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabas_Bala"
    title: "Barnabas Bala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Barnabas_Bala"
    title: "Yusuf Barnabas Bala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Barnabas_Bala"
    title: "Yusuf Barnabas Bala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabas_Bala"
    title: "Barnabas Bala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60800545"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump