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Onyesoh Alwell
Allwell Heacho Onyesoh (born 26 December 1960) is a Nigerian politician from Rivers State, Nigeria. He is a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, representing Rivers East Senatorial District. He served as former Commissioner for Education and later Commissioner for Sports under former Governor Peter Odili. Career He was appointed in 2008 as Chairman of Senior Secondary School Management Board where he employed about thirteen thousand One Hundred and Fifty-Five, (13,155) graduate Teachers in Rivers state during the administration of Rt. Honourable Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. Senate Involvement On February 25, 2023, Allwell Heacho Onyesoh was elected as the Senator representing Rivers East, making him the first person from Etche to be elected to the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He succeeded Senator George Thompson Sekibo. Upon joining the 10th National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Nigeria
The Senate is the upper house, upper chamber of Nigeria's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly (Nigeria), National Assembly. The National Assembly (popularly referred to as NASS) is the nation's legislature and has the power to make laws, as summarized in chapter one, section four of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria. The lower house, lower chamber is the House of Representatives (Nigeria), House of Representatives. The President of the Nigerian Senate, President of the Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate, whose chief function is to guide and regulate the proceedings in the Senate. The Senate President is second in the Nigerian presidential line of succession. He is assisted by the Deputy President of the Senate. The current President is Sen. Godswill Akpabio while the current Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Deputy President is Sen. Barau Jibrin, both members of the All Progressive Congress (Nigeria), APC. The Senate President and his deputy are assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers East Senatorial District
Rivers East senatorial district is one of the three senatorial districts in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is currently represented by Allwell Heacho Onyesoh (from the People's Democratic Party). District profile The Rivers East senatorial district has a projected population of 2,670,903. It covers the following local government areas A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a state, province, division, or territory. The ph ...: Election results 2015 2023 List of senators * John Azuta-Mbata (1999 – 2007) * George Sekibo (2007 – 2017) * Andrew Uchendu (2017 – 2018) References External linksLGA health authorities Rivers State senatorial districts Senatorial districts in Nigeria {{Nigeria-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers State
Rivers is a states of Nigeria, state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed on 27 May 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Nigeria, Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include Imo State, Imo and Anambra State, Anambra to the north, Abia State, Abia and Akwa Ibom State, Akwa Ibom to the east, and Bayelsa State, Bayelsa and Delta State, Delta to the west. The State capital, Port Harcourt, is a metropolis that is considered to be the commercial center of the Petroleum industry in Nigeria, Nigerian oil industry. With a population of 5,198,716 as of the 2006 census and an estimated population of 9,898,470 in 2024, Rivers State is the List of Nigerian states by population, 4th most populous state in Nigeria. Rivers State is a diverse state that is home to many ethnic groups including: Ikwerre people, Ikwerre, Degema, Nigeria, Degema, Ijaw people, Ijaw, Ogoni people, Ogoni, Ogba people, Ogba, Ekpeye, and Kalabari tribe, Kalabari. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers East Senatorial District
Rivers East senatorial district is one of the three senatorial districts in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is currently represented by Allwell Heacho Onyesoh (from the People's Democratic Party). District profile The Rivers East senatorial district has a projected population of 2,670,903. It covers the following local government areas A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a state, province, division, or territory. The ph ...: Election results 2015 2023 List of senators * John Azuta-Mbata (1999 – 2007) * George Sekibo (2007 – 2017) * Andrew Uchendu (2017 – 2018) References External linksLGA health authorities Rivers State senatorial districts Senatorial districts in Nigeria {{Nigeria-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Odili
Peter Otunuya Odili (born 15 August 1948) is a Nigerian politician who was the third elected Governor of Rivers State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. Odili is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Background Peter Odili was born on 15 August 1948 in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Southern Nigeria. Odili graduated from the Medical School of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and pursued post-graduate work in Tropical Medicine at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Dr. Peter Odili is married to Justice Mary Ukaego Odili (b. 12 May 1952). In 1988/89, Dr. Odili was elected member and leader of Rivers State Delegates to the Constituent Assembly. In 1992, he was elected as the Deputy Governor of Rivers State. After the Nigerian Third Republic ended, he was again elected to the National Constitutional Conference and became the Conference Committee Chairman on State Creation. Odili thereafter became the National S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (born 27 May 1965) is a Nigerian politician, who served as the federal minister of transportation of Nigeria from 2015 to 2022 under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He resigned to contest for Nigeria's presidency under the governing All Progressive Congress (APC). He had previously served as governor of oil-rich Rivers State, from 2007 to 2015 and earlier, as speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 1999 to 2007. On 9 April 2022, Amaechi declared interest to contest in the presidential election in 2023. He polled second position in the APC presidential primaries held in June 2022 behind eventual president Bola Tinubu with 316 delegate votes against Tinubu's 1271 votes. Background Amaechi was born in Ubima Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State to the family of the late Elder Fidelis Amaechi and Mary Amaechi. His first and last names are Igbo meaning “God is strength or power” and “who knows tomorrow” ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive (government), executive and judiciary, and for local government, regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary association and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient History of Athens , Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchy , oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senator For Life
A senator for life is a member of the senate or equivalent upper chamber of a legislature who has life tenure. , five Italian senators out of 205, two out of the 41 Burundian senators, one Congolese senator out of 109, and all members of the British House of Lords (apart from the 26 Lords Spiritual who are expected to retire at the age of 70) have lifetime tenure (although Lords can choose to resign or retire or can be expelled in cases of misconduct). Several South American countries once granted lifetime membership to former presidents but have since abolished the practice. Democratic Republic of the Congo The 2006 constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo grants lifetime membership in the Senate to former presidents of the Republic. As of 2019, Joseph Kabila is the only senator for life after serving as president from 2001 to 2019. The 1964 Congolese constitution also provided for life membership in the Senate for former presidents. Italy In Italy, a sena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etche
The Etche Tribe are indigenous people found in Rivers State. Presently, its people make up Etche and Omuma, two of the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State. They are part of the 13 federal constituencies representing River State in Nigeria's National Assembly and part of the Rivers East Senatorial District. Its people are mostly farmers and businessmen, and they speak the Etche language. Okehi is the LGA Council Headquarters and political capital of Etche, while Eberi is the political capital of Omuma. There are 19 political wards in Etche and 10 in Omuma local government areas. There are several communities and towns in Etche, some of which include: Akwu/Obuor, Eberi, Amaji, Opiro, Chokocho, Umuakuru, Igboh, Egwi, Afara, Mba, Igbodo, Ofeh, Ohimogho, Obiohia, Umuogba, Umuajuloke Okehi, Obibi, Ozuzu, Isu, Odufor, Nihi, Okomoko, Ulakwo Umuselem, Umuakonu, Umuanyagu, Okoroagu, Obite, Umuoye, Igboh, Umuechem, Egbeke, Ndashi, Akwa, Akwukabi, Elelem, Owu, Umuaturu, Ogida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Republic Of Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, a population of more than 230 million, it is the List of African countries by population, most populous country in Africa, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in Niger–Nigeria border, the north, Chad in Chad–Nigeria border, the northeast, Cameroon in Cameroon–Nigeria border, the east, and Benin in Benin–Nigeria border, the west. Nigeria is a Federation, federal republic comprising 36 States of Nigeria, states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest List of largest cities, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is one of the Multi-party system, two Major party, major contemporary List of political parties in Nigeria, political parties in Nigeria, along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Congress (APC). Its policies generally lie towards the centre-center-right of the political spectrum. It won every presidential election between 1999 and 2011. Until the Nigerian presidential election, 2015, 2015 elections, it was the governing party in the Nigerian Fourth Republic, Fourth Republic, although sometimes amid a few controversial electoral circumstances. History In 1998, the PDP in its first presidential primary election held in Jos, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria nominated former military leader Olusegun Obasanjo who had just been released from detention as political prisoner as the presidential candidate in the elections of February 1999, with Atiku Abubakar (Governor-Elect of Adamawa State and a former leading me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thompson Sekibo
Senator George Thompson Sekibo CON is a Nigerian senator who represents the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State. He became a member of the Nigerian Senate in 2007. Background George Thompson Sekibo was born on 1 April 1957 in Ogu Town, Rivers State. He obtained a B. Tech Architecture from Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, and a M. Eng. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Port Harcourt, Choba. He was Chairman/Prefect in some Local Governments in the Rivers State area from 1988 – 1989. He was the organizing secretary of the Democratic Party of Nigeria in Rivers State in 1997 – 1998, Special Adviser on Projects and Special Adviser on works to the Governor of Rivers State 1999 – 2002. George Thompson Sekibo was elected to the National House of Representatives for the Ogu/Bolo/Okrika constituency of Rivers State for the 2003 – 2007 term. Senate career George Thompson Sekibo was elected to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
