Goodluck Nanah Opiah

Rt. Hon. Chief Goodluck Nanah Opiah (born 2 February 1964) also known as Ugwumba Ikeoha is a Nigerian Politician, ex-Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Nigeria.[1] and member representing Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta, Oru West in the Federal House of Representative. He represented Ohaji/Egbema constituency in the Imo House of Assembly from year 2003 to 2011. He is of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).

Education

Goodluck Nanah Opiah is from Abacheke Egbema of the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State in Nigeria.[1] He started his primary school at Abacheke Primary School Egbema. In 1977, he was admitted into Egbema Secondary School, where he obtained the West African School Certificate and later proceeded to the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) in Port Harcourt, wherein he received a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) degree in Business Administration in 1987.

Business career

Opiah worked in the private sector from 1991 to 2003, including as a Senior Sales Executive with UTC Nigeria Plc, Port Harcourt-Rivers State, and then as General Manager, Bewac Auto products Plc, Port Harcourt.

Political career

In 2003, Opiah was elected to the Imo State House of Assembly on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) ticket to represent the Ohaji/Egbema Constituency of Imo State.[1] He sponsored the bill prohibiting discrimination against persons infected with HIV/AIDS at work places and institutions. He also helped the establishment of Imo Oil Producing Areas Development (ISOPADEC) through the sponsoring of a bill to that effect.[2] Today, ISOPADEC is fully operational. Between 2003 and 2007, he was Chairman and member of various House Committees and Ad-hoc Committees in the House. He was Chairman, House Committee on Commerce, Industry and Tourism; Chairman, Transport Committee; Chairman, Petroleum Committee. In 2015 Opiah got elected as a Member House of Representatives of the National Assembly in Nigeria.

Speakership

Opiah was overwhelming elected to represent Ohaji/Egbema Constituency in Imo State Legislature for second term in the year 2007. His colleagues in the legislature unanimously elected him the 8th Honourable Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly without a dissenting voice on June 5, 2007.[3] He is married to Mrs. Florence Opiah, and they have four children.

House Of Representative

He won the March 28th 2015 House of Representative election for Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta, Oru West Constituency.

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.imostate.gov.ng/info/Speaker
  2. ↑ http://www.announcerexpressonline.com/?p=1078
  3. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/200906010707.html

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