Education & Certifications

Chris Anyanwu obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from University of Missouri and a Master’s degree in Mass Communication from Florida State University.

Career & Expertise

Upon graduation, she returned to Nigeria, and worked for the NTA and the Imo Broadcasting Corporation as a reporter and in 1987, she was appointed Imo State Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sports, Culture and Social Welfare.

Following her tenure as commissioner, Anyanwu became publisher/editor-in-chief of TSM (The Sunday Magazine), a weekly publication which focused on political issues as they affected the country.

During the 2007 and 2011 elections, she contested to represent Imo East District in the National Assembly and won.

In the Senate, she was appointed to committees on Women and Youth, States and Local Government, Millennium Development Goals, Health, Environment and Defence and Army. She sponsored bills on Occupational Health and Safety and to Criminalise and Punish Discrimination and Segregation against Nigerians.

Skills Utilisation

She can be called on for media development issues and political bill sponsoring.