Uche Nwosu (born August 8, 1975), is a Nigerian politician and former Deputy Chief of Staff to the

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 ...

Government from 2011 to 2013, Commissioner for Lands from 2013 to 2015 and was the Chief of Staff from 2015 to 2019.

Early life

Nwosu, a son of Umunwokwe, Eziama-Obaire in

Nkwerre Nkwerre is one of the Local Government Areas in Imo State, South-East, Nigeria. It is situated in Nkwerre town where the name of the local government area was derived. Its population was placed at 80,270 from the 2006 population census with an are ...

Local Government Area of

, was born on 8 August 1975 into the family of late Rev. Daniel Nwaobi and Mrs. Jemaimah Nwaou from Umunwokwe, Eziama-Obaire in Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State. In 1995, Uchwen secured admission into the

Imo State University The Imo State University (IMSU) in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria was established in 1981 through law No. 4 passed by the Imo State House of Assembly. The university admitted the first intake of 392 pioneer students on 23 October 1981. After the ...

, Owerri where he read Urban and Regional Planning. He graduated with a B.Sc. second class honours degree.

Personal life

He is married to Uloma, the first daughter of his principal,

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 ...

in January 2013, and they have three sons.

Political life

On 9 March 2019, Nwosu contested for the gubernatorial seat for Imo State under the political platform of Action Alliance Party (AA). On 11 March 2019, Uche Nwosu lost the contest to Chukwuemeka Ihedioha who ran under the political platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He polled a total of 190,364 votes as against a total of 273,404 votes by Chukwuemeka Ihedioha who was declared the Governor-elect by the

Independent National Electoral Commission Independent National Electoral Commission may refer to: *Independent National Electoral Commission (Burundi) *Independent National Electoral Commission (Democratic Republic of the Congo) *Independent National Electoral Commission (Guinea) The Inde ...

(INEC).

References

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