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Nkechi Nwaogu

Politician, former Senator 

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Legislation, management

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Education & Certifications

Nkechi Nwaogu obtained a diploma in Printing Management from the London College of Printing, London and in 1981; got a Post Graduate Degree in Management Studies from the Polytechnic of South Bank London, Now University of South London.

She then proceeded to the Brunel University in Oxbridge Middlesex, England where she obtained a Master’s degree in Management in 1984 and in 2018, obtained a doctorate degree in Political Science from the University of Nigeria Nsukka.

Career & Expertise

She represented Osisioma Ngwa, Ugwunagbo and Obi Ngwa Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. In 2007, she won election to represent Abia Central Senatorial District and was re-elected in 2011.

Nwaogu was the Chairperson Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions and chairman, Senate Committee on Gas Resources.

She has been a member of the ECOWAS Parliament from 2005 to date and was also the Executive Director for West African Region, African Parliamentarian’s Network Against Corruption, APNAC

Nwaogu was appointed the Pro Chancellor and Chairman Governing Board, University of Calabar. Her achievements in her tenure included the election of the first female Vice Chancellor, Professor Florence Obi.

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