James Manager is a Nigerian senator of the

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representing

Delta South Senatorial District Delta South Senatorial District in Delta State, Nigeria, covers 8 local governments which comprise Bomadi, Burutu, Isoko North, Isoko South, Patani, Warri North, Warri South and Warri South West Warri South West is a Local Government Area ...

of Delta State in the Nigerian Senate. He became a Senator in 2003.

Background

Manager attended Epiekiri Primary School Ogbeinama in 1974. He had his secondary school education at FSLC School of Basic Studies, Port Harcourt in 1983. Manager has an LLB Hons in Law from

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Al ...

in 1986, then he graduated from the

Nigerian Law School The Nigerian Law School is an educational institution set up by the Government of Nigeria in 1962 to provide a Nigerian legal education to foreign-trained lawyers, and to provide practical training for aspiring Legal Practitioners in Nigeria. ...

in 1987 and he got LLM in Law from the

University of Lagos The University of Lagos, popularly known as UNILAG, is a public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria and was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in th ...

in 1989.

Political career

Manager was elected to the Senate on the

ticket for the Delta South Senatorial District in 2003. He was appointed to the Works committee, Niger Delta committee and Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters committee. In May 2009, he raised the issue of the damage caused by the continued military bombardment of communities in the oil-rich Gbaramatu clan, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, leading to a senate resolution urging the Committee on Defence and Army to take action. He was joined in his protest against the violence by former Senator

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, who called it "an unequal battle that is drastically de-populating several parts of the region. In September 2009, Senator Manager urged President

Umaru Yar'Adua Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (16 August 19515 May 2010) was a Nigerian politician who, was the President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. He was declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 20 ...

to appoint someone familiar with the region as Minister of the newly created Ministry of Niger Delta. Manager supported finding a diplomatic solution to the Joint Task Force attacks on Ijaw villages, saying war was not the right approach. Manager successfully ran for re-election as Delta South Senator on the PDP platform in the April 2011 elections.

References

Muhammed Alhaji Goni Algoni Adam Gudusu Elected senator of 8th national assembly for a record 4th time, no other senator from the south has ever achieved. (( Muhammed Alhaji Goni People from Delta State Living people Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria) Nigerian Law School alumni Ahmadu Bello University alumni University of Lagos alumni 21st-century Nigerian politicians Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-politician-stub