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The Lion and the Jewel

Between October 26, 2007 and May 28th 2011, Chief Wike was Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt and thereafter, appointed the Director – General of Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s re-election Campaign Organization.  He strutted to the national stage on the 14th of July, 2011 when he was appointed and sworn-in as Honourble Minister of State for Education.

Subsequently, he became the nation’s Supervising Minister of Education on September 12, 2013.

As the Minister of State for Education, Wike commenced the creation of access to quality education for Almajiri children in Northern Nigeria through the construction of dedicated schools in affected states, construction of basic education vocational training schools for out-of-school children in Southern Nigeria and Special Girl-Education Schools for less privileged girls in 16 states of the country. He also initiated the training of about 500,000 basic education teachers and school administrators.

Under his watch, the Federal Government established four new Federal Polytechnics, with one sited at Bonny, Rivers State.  His Excellency facilitated the N1.3trillion Intervention fund for public universities in Nigeria, the very first of its kind aimed at reviving university education in Nigeria. He facilitated the revival of infrastructure in 51 State and Federal Polytechnics and ensured the construction of micro-teaching laboratories in Colleges of Education in Nigeria.

On Friday, 29th May 2015, Chief Nyesom Wike whose efforts have been recognized by stakeholders within and beyond the shores of Nigeria, was sworn in as the executive governor of Rivers State.

Earlier this year, three Nigerian Newspapers awarded him with the title – “Governor of the Year 2016.”

The family of Dr. Ikechukwu Amadi Obuzor of Odiokwu in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State welcomed the birth of Hon. Justice Eberechi Nyesom-Wike on Wednesday, the 24th day of May, 1972.

Her lordship studied law the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria and obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (Hons.) in 1996.  A 2005/2006 Chevening Scholar, she gained a Master of Laws degree (LL.M), from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

Between 1998 and 2001, she was a Legal Counsel (Litigation) with E. C. Ukala & Co. (Efe Chambers) and was later appointed as a Magistrate Grade I in the Rivers State Magistracy. Her lordship rose to the position of Chief Magistrate Grade II in 2009 and was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Rivers State on 14th February, 2012.

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