Her father Ibrahim Bio is a former Minister of Transportation and Minister for the National Sports Commission during former President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's and former President Goodluck Jonathan's administrations respectively.[7][8][1]
In May 2024, Bio Ibrahim announced the approval for the allocation of N110 billion in capital for the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund, through a collaboration with the Bank of Industry to provide access to loans and support services for startups and early growth stage businesses for the youth demographic.[9][10]
Jamila Ibrahim completed her primary education at NEPA Staff School in New-Bussa, Borgu LGA, Niger State and attended Federal Government Girls’ College, Bwari, Abuja for her secondary education, graduating in 2002. She earned an M.B.B.S from the University of Ilorin in 2010 and later completed a six-month course on health management and leadership at the University of Washington in 2017.[1]
In November 2017, Ibrahim founded the Yon Seno Foundation, an NGO. She was also a member of the national policy summit think-tank that year. She volunteered on the Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative (PCNI) under former President Muhammadu Buhari and was the secretary for the subcommittee on health, women’s affairs, population and environment of the transition committee of Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in 2019.[1]