Sadiya Umar Farouq (born 5 November 1974) is a Nigerian politician who served as the Pioneer Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.

She attended Federal Government Girls College Gusau, Zamfara State, and later proceed to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where she graduated with a BSc in business administration in 1998 and also successfully completed her master's degree MSc in the same university in international affairs and diplomacy in 2008 and another master's in business administration MBA in 2009.

[6] On 26 September 2016, Saadiya Umar Farouq was appointed as the Honourable Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons.

In early July 2022 the Saadiya Umar Farouq flagged of the cash grant for vulnerable group in Oshogbo, Osun State.

Before her appointment as a minister Saadiya Umar Farouq has a track record as the honourable federal commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMIDP).

[9] Sadiya Umar Farouq take on some of the stand-out areas of impact the ministry has made under her watch, as it sought to institutionalise the ongoing social investment programme.

The ministry working with the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) to coordinating and providing humanitarian relief under Sadiya Umar Farouq 21-bed medical facility, each close to a large IDP camp in Maiduguri using pre-fabrication technology to serve as Covid-19 isolation centres in the North - East.

Tradermoni, Markermoni, and Farmersmoni Sadiya Umar Farouq leadership implemented it's flagship loan product of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) under the NSIP.