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Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume (born 16 December 1958) is a Nigerian politician who was appointed as the country's minister of Petroleum Resources and as the Chairman, Board of Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), in the wake of implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). He was the senator who represented Imo North at the 9th Nigerian National Assembly. He was elected Senator for the Imo North (Okigwe) constituency of
Imo State Imo () is a States of Nigeria, state in the South East (Nigeria), South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by Anambra State, Rivers State to the west and south, and Abia State to the east. It takes its name from the Imo R ...
,
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at the start of the
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, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. He was re-elected in April 2003. After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, Ararume was appointed to committees on Communications, Police Affairs, Federal Character, Finance & Appropriation, Information and Niger Delta (vice chair). Ararume won the PDP primaries in 2007 to run for governor of Imo State. The party chose to run Charles Ugwu in his place. Ararume protested this decision and secured a Supreme Court ruling in his favor. The party expelled him and chose not to field a candidate, leaving the field open for
Ikedi Ohakim Ikedi Ohakim (born 4 August 1957) is a Nigerian businessman who became governor of Imo State in the South Eastern region in May 2007, standing for the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA). He later switched to the People's Democratic Party (Niger ...
of the
Progressive Peoples Alliance The Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) is a political party in Nigeria. The party won gubernatorial elections in 2003 and 2007 in Abia State. The party also won the governorship election in 2007 in Imo State. The Governor of Abia State is Chie ...
(PPA).


Early life

Ararume was born on 16 December 1958 in Isiebu, Umuduru in
Isiala Mbano Isiala Mbano is a Local Government Area in Imo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Umuelemai. It has an area of 166 square km and a population of 198,736 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 471. Isiala Mbano present ...
Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria, to late Marcus Ararume and Adaezi Grace Ararume (Nee Anyiam). He started his formal education at Saint Christopher Primary School, Umuluwe, Ajirija in Isiala Mbano. He completed his secondary education at Dick Tiger Memorial Secondary School, Amaigbo, after previously enrolling at Sapele Technical College, now in Delta State. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
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from
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in
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, and a Master of Science degree (M.Sc.) in
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from the University of Benin.


Career

Senator Araraume is a career politician. His history in politics began in the 1990s. He served as State Treasurer for Liberal Convention in old Imo State between 1988 and 1989. He joined National Finance Committee of the defunct
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(NRC) created by former military dictator General
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from 1990 to 1993, and as Chairman, NRC Presidential Primaries for Kwara and Delta States. He was the pioneer State Chairman of the defunct All People's Party (APP); later
All Nigeria Peoples Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria. The ANPP was a household party in the extreme north of Nigeria, primarily due to its mass appeal among more religious voters. It was the strongest opposition party, controllin ...
(ANPP) in Imo State (1998 – 1999). He was elected to the Senate representing Imo North (Okigwe) constituency of Imo State, Nigeria in 1999 under the platform of People's Democratic Party (PDP) and was re-elected in 2003. During his tenure as a Senator, he served in Senate committees; he was the Chair of the Senate committee on Power and Steel, Vice Chairman of the Senate committee on Culture and Tourism, Vice Chairman of the Senate committee on the
Niger Delta Development Commission The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is a federal government agency established by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo in the year 2000, with the sole mandate of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. In Septemb ...
(NDDC), Chairman Public Hearing committee for South-West zone on amendments to the 1999 Constitution, member of the National Assembly Joint Constitution Review Committee (JCRC) and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. He was Chairman of the Southern Senators' Forum.


Political controversies

Ararume practices non-ideological politics. He jumps from one political party to another frequently. He has belonged to all the major political parties in Nigeria. His political career has been fraught with controversies. After winning PDP governorship primaries for Imo State in 2007, the party ran Charles Ugwu in his place due to disputes with party executives. The party claimed his vote tally fell short of the two-thirds stipulation agreed by the party's Congress and that the election was marred by violence. Ararume protested this decision and secured a Supreme Court ruling in his favor. He was however, expelled from the party for anti-party activities and the party chose not to field a candidate in the governorship election. Prior to his election as a senator in 1999, Ararume was the state chairman of the defunct All Peoples Party (APP). He decamped from the APP to PDP a few days before PDP's national assembly primaries where he won the nomination under controversial circumstances. He later joined the
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(ACN) where he contested the gubernatorial election in 2011 but lost to
Rochas Okorocha Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha (born 22 September 1962) is a Nigerian politician of Igbo extraction, from Imo State. He was the senator representing Imo West senatorial district at the 9th Nigerian Senate. From 2011 to 2019 he served as Governor ...
of
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(APGA). In 2014, Ararume rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party and contested for its gubernatorial nomination in 2015, which he lost to Chukwuemeka Ihedioha. He later decamped again from PDP to
All Progressives Congress The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, t ...
(APC) and joined with the incumbent governor Okorocha during the 2015 governorship election. On 5 September 2018, Senator Ararume left the ruling party APC and joined APGA where he is currently contesting the gubernatorial nomination.


References

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