The Clerk to the Gombe State House of Assembly, Barr. Rukaiya Adamu Jalo, is a lawyer by profession. She is a Graduate of the University of Maiduguri. She also holds a PGD in Legislative Drafting from Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal studies, University of Lagos. Before her university education, Rukayya Adamu Jalo attended Federal Government Girls College Bauchi State and Saádu Zungur Primary School Bauchi State.

She worked with Afribank for over 8 years before joining the State Civil Service as State Counsel, Ministry of Justice in 2002. She rose to the position of Director Legal Service, estate and works Department, Gombe State House of Assembly in 2018.