Chief John Nnia Nwodo | |
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9th President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo | |
Assumed office January 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Igboetiti, Enugu State, Nigeria | 11 December 1952
Residence | Enugu state |
Education | University of London, University of Ibadan |
Occupation | Lawyer, economist, politician |
Known for | President-General Of The
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Former Minister of Information and Culture Former Minister Of Civil Aviation. |
Chief John Nnia Nwodo is a Nigerian lawyer, economist, and minister. He serves as 9th President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. [1] [2]
Nwodo, the third-born male child of his family, was born in 1952 in Enugu State, Nigeria. [3] He completed his primary and secondary school education in Enugu State. In 1971, he gained admission to the University of Ibadan. [4]
He attended the London School of Economics and returned to Nigeria in 1988. [5]
During the second republic, under the government and administration of Shehu Shagari, Nwodo served as Minister of Civil Aviation. [6] Under the government of Abdulsalami Abubakar, Nwodo served as Minister of Information and Culture. [7]
In 2017, Nwodo won an election that decided the 9th President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a socio-cultural organization that represents every Igbo speaking community, and protects the rights and interests of the Igbo people around the world. [8] He won with a total of 242 votes whilst his opponent, an ex-Vice Chancellor of the former Anambra State University of Technology, Prof. Chiweyete Ejike, had 13 votes. [9] [10]
Nwodo was married to Regina Nwodo, who was a Justice in the Court of Appeals of Enugu State until her death in 2013. [11] [12]
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