Nenadi Esther Usman (born 12 November 1966) is a Nigerian politician and former federal Minister of Finance.
She was also the executive adviser in 1993 and then the principal personnel officer FCDA from 1994 to 1998[3] Usman has played a major role in women's empowerment as she had a pivotal role in the formation of an NGO called "Education and Empowerment for Women" with its headquarters at Jere in Kaduna State and she is the present chairperson of the Coalition of N.G.O's for Women Development in Kaduna State.
[4] She has served as a member Kaduna State caucus of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC).
[2] As a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, she has pushed for the government to give more attention to women and children, whom she calls the most vulnerable members of society.
[7] Nenadi was married to HRH Dr. Sa’ad Usman, the Emir of Jere in Kaduna state who died in March 2020 at the age of 70, after suffering from a spinal cord problem.