Chukwuemeka Ujam ''mni'' (born March 6, 1974) is a Nigerian politician, and the elected member representing Nkanu East/West Federal Constituency of

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. He is a member of the

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(APC).

Early life and education

Chukwuemeka Ujam ''mni'' was born on 6 March 1974, to the family of Chief & Engr Mrs Nwafor Ujam. He began his secondary education at

Federal Government College Enugu The Federal Government College, Enugu (FGCE), locally known as Fedi, is a secondary or high school in Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria. History The school was created by the Nigerian government in 1973 as one of the federally funded unity schools t ...

, and obtained his Senior School Certificate in 1991. Upon graduation, he proceeded to the

University of Nigeria The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal and public research university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, South-east Nigeria. Founded in 1955 by Nnamdi Azikiwe who was Governor-General of Nigeria between 1960 and 1963 ...

Nsukka for his university education, and obtained a Bachelor's (B.Eng Hons) degree in Electronics Engineering in 1997. He went on to

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, from where he obtained a Master's (M.Sc Hons) degree in Enterprise Information Systems in 2001. He then proceeded to the

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, Canterbury, for his Doctorate (PhD) degree in Biometrics Security. From February to December 2022, he attended the Senior Executive Course at the

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, Kuru. He was conferred the ''mni'' status upon completion.

Career

Dr Ujam has a career background in telecommunications technology. He has held many senior engineering positions in several major UK telecoms and security organizations as well as board level responsibility in IT start up organizations. Positions he has held include Security Technical Architect at Metropolitan Police Service, Head, Technical Solution at Serco Trusted Borders (), Lead Technical Design Authority and Technical Architect at Atos Origin UK and Senior Technical Designer (Design, Security, Strategy and Data) at BT Global Services.

Political career

In 2011, Dr Chukwuemeka Ujam ''mni'' was appointed as Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development Enugu State under the leadership of the then Governor Sullivan Chime. During his tenure, he worked across the public and private sector lines to develop, craft and reform the administration of Land to serve the people and businesses in Enugu effectively. He also reduced the administrative complexities in the Ministry of Lands & Urban Development, Enugu by embracing and instituting the use of Information Technology in land administration. In 2015, Dr. Ujam became the elected member representing Nkanu East/ West Federal Constituency of Enugu State in the 8th National Assembly. He was the deputy chairman House Committee on Telecommunication.

Personal life

Hon Dr. Chukwuemeka Ujam ''mni'' is married to Noyelum Ujam. They have two daughters and two sons.

References

Living people Alumni of King's College London Alumni of the University of Kent Peoples Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria) Place of birth missing (living people) University of Nigeria alumni Federal Government College Enugu alumni 1974 births Members of the 8th National Assembly (Nigeria) {{Enugu-politician-stub