Stephen Orise Oru is a Nigerian politician. He is a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs of the Federal Republic of

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Early life and education

Stephen Oru was born in

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, Ughelli North L.G.A. He attended Government College,

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. He obtained a

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in 1974 and a Masters of Arts in Education in 1976 from

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. He furthered his studies in the United States where he obtained a

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from

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, Columbus, Ohio in 1978

Career

Oru began his political career in 1982 with the

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(NPN) as the Secretary of Youth Wing, Ughelli LGA,

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. Since then, he has held various positions within Nigeria's political scene; some of which include: *State Youth Leader, National Party of Nigeria, Bendel State - 1983 *State Financial Secretary, National Party of Nigeria, Bendel State - 1983 *Member of Transition Committee, Bendel State - 1983 *Founding Member of the People's Democratic Party of Nigeria - 1998 *Deputy National Secretary, People's Democratic Party of Nigeria - 2005-2008 *Secretary,

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Disciplinary Committee - 2005-2008 *Member, Delta State PDP Caucus - 2005-2008 *Coordinator PDP Foreign Chapters - 2005-2008 *Acting National Secretary,

- 2007 *Member and Secretary, PDP National Reconciliation Committee under the Chairmanship of His Excellency, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, GCON - 2007 *

Coordinator, Goodluck/ Sambo Presidential Campaign Organization - 2010-2011 *Member, South-South Goodluck-Sambo Presidential Campaign Council - 2010-2011 *Member, Delta State Gubernatorial Campaign Council- 2010-2011 *Member, Delta State People's Democratic Party's Reconciliation Committee - 2011 *PDP National Vice Chairman( South-South) 2012-2014 Other notable non-political capacities held by Oru in the past: *Member of Senate, University of Benin - 1982-1983 *Director, Integrated Development Services Limited (IDSL), a Subsidiary of the

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- 2001-2004 *Chairman, National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) - 2005-2007 *Chairman, Governing Board of Delta State College of Education - 2007-2009 *Chairman, Governing Board of Delta State Polytechnic. 2009-2014 *Member,

Council - 2009-2011 *Chairman, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital,

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- 2013-2014

References

Living people Urhobo people People from Delta State Ahmadu Bello University alumni Ohio State University alumni Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{DeltaNG-politician-stub