Onyesoh Alwell
Allwell Onyesoh | |
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| Senator for Rivers east | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Allwell Heacho Onyesoh 26 December 1960 Rivers State, Nigeria. |
| Occupation | Politician |
Allwell Heacho Onyesoh (born 26 December[citation needed] 1960) is a Nigerian politician from Rivers State, Nigeria. He is a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, representing Rivers East Senatorial District. He served as former Commissioner for Education and later Commissioner for Sports under former Governor Peter Odili.
Career
He was appointed in 2008 as Chairman of Senior Secondary School Management Board where he employed about thirteen thousand One Hundred and Fifty-Five, (13,155) graduate Teachers in Rivers state during the administration of Rt. Honourable Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.[citation needed]
On February 25, 2023, Allwell Heacho Onyesoh was elected as the Senator representing Rivers East making him the first Etche born to be elected as Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,[citation needed] under the platform of People's Democratic Party, he succeeded Senator George Thompson Sekibo.
Senator Allwell was appointed by the president of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio as Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs.
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