PROFILE OF GOVERNOR ROTIMI CHIBUIKE AMAECHI Personal details: Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi Governor of Rivers State Incumbent Assumed office: October 2007 Constituency: Rivers State Born: 27 May 1965 Ubima Town, Ikwerre LGA, Rivers State, Nigeria Nationality: Nigerian Political party: All Progressive Congress (APC) Residence: Port Harcourt Alma mater: University of Port Harcourt 1983–87 (BA, English) Occupation: Politician Profession: Politician Religion: Christianity Rotimi Amaechi was born in Ubima, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State to the family of late Elder Fidelis Amaechi and Mrs Mary Amaechi. He was raised in Diobu, a densely populated neighbourhood in Port Harcourt, and had his early education at St Theresas Primary School from 1970 to 1976. He earned his West African School Certificate in 1982 after attending Government Secondary School Okolobiri. Chibuike received a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours) in English Studies and Literature from the University of Port Harcourt in 1987, where he was the President of the National Association of Rivers State Students (NURSS). He completed the mandatory National Youth Service in 1988. He thereafter joined the Services of Pamo Clinics and Hospitals Limited owned by Dr. Peter Odili, the former Governor of Rivers State where he worked until 1992.He is married to Judith Amaechi and they have three boys. Rotimi Amaechi cut his early teeth in politics as secretary of the now defunct National Republican Convention in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Between 1992 and 1994, he was Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor of Rivers State and also a member of the Board of West Africa Glass industry as well as Risonpalm Nigeria Limited. He was the Rivers States Secretary of the Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN) caretaker committee after in 1996 during the transition programme of General Sanni Abacha junta. In 1999,he contested and won a seat to become a member of the Rivers State house of assembly to represent his constituency. He was subsequently elected as the Speaker of the house of assembly. Amaechi was elected the Chairman of Nigerias Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies.He was reelected back into the State house of Assembly in May 2003 and was also re-elected as the Speaker. In 2003 when the National Assembly moved to hijack the legislative functions of the State house of Assembly as enshrined in the constitution, he and his colleagues took the matter to Nigerias supreme court and the court gave a judgment that the control and supervision of local government is the prerogative of the State house of Assembly. He contested and won the PDPs primaries for Rivers State Gubernatorial race in 2007.His name was substituted and he took the case to highest court in the land, the Supreme court. He became Governor on 26 October 2007, after the Supreme Court pronounced him the rightful candidate of the PDP and winner of the April 2007 Governorship election in Rivers State. He was reelected for a second term of four years in April 2011. In addition, he has an ongoing refinery project in Ghana. His administration invested in infrastructure development, construction of roads and bridges sticking to the vision of connecting all parts of the state by road. The governor is also committed to urban renewal and modernization of transportation services as his administration is building a monorail to provide mass transportation within the city of Port Harcourt. Some power plants projects (Afam, Trans Amadi, Onne) are also ongoing or nearing completion to improve power supply in the State.
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:52:26 +0000
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