Dumnamene Robinson Dekor (born 1968) also known as Rt. Hon. Dum Dekor is a Nigerian politician who was Deputy Speaker of the

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from 2007 to 2011. He represented Khana II in the 6th Rivers State House of Assembly. On 15 September 2017, he was sworn in as a commissioner-designee by

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and on 20 September, he was assigned to the

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. Rt. Hon. Dum Dekor was elected to the

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as member representing Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency of Rivers State since 2019. He is a member of

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(PDP).

Early life and education

Dekor attended the

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and graduated in 1991, obtaining a bachelor's degree in

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Political career

Dumnamene Deekor was one time Deputy speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, and was later (on 15 September 2017) sworn in as Commissioner of works under Gov. Nyesom Wike regime and later ran for the Rivers State House of Representative of which the result is still pending. He is from beeri community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State in Nigeria. He is the second son of the family.

Deputy Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly

Commissioner for Works

Member House of Representatives

References

1968 births Living people Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly University of Port Harcourt alumni Rivers State commissioners of works Members of the 9th National Assembly (Nigeria) {{RiversState-politician-stub