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Sunday Kelly Enemchukwu Udeh-Okoye, also known as Rt. Hon. S.K.E Udeh-Okoye (born 28 May 1978), is a Nigerian agriculturist, businessman, and politician, and is currently the National Youth Leader of the PDP National Working Committee since December 2017. Udeh-Okoye was a legislator in the Enugu State House of Assembly from 2011 to 2018 when he contested and won the position of Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Leader. He was the Majority Leader of Enugu State House of Assembly from 2011 to 2015 before being reelected to the House in 2015 for a second tenure where he served as Chairman, House Committee on Works, Lands, and Housing and Urban Development.

Early life and education

S. K. E. Udeh-Okoye was born on 28 May 1978 in Ohumagu Agbogugu in Awgu local government area of Enugu State. His started his academic quest in central school Akegbe-Ugwu before heading to community secondary school Obuoffia and later, he got admission into the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers state, where he earned a degree in Political Science and Administrative Studies.[1]

Political career

Udeh-Okoye lost his father when he was still an 11-year-old, but his desire to succeed in life drove him on and he went into the business realm where he became successful as an oil and gas magnate at a young age. His love for his people and a desire to improve their lives led to his joining the political sphere, starting from his village where he was the youth leader in 2001 at the age of 23. By the time he was 28 in 2006, Udeh-Okoye was the Chairman of the Enugu State Youth Coalition. Three years later, in 2009, Udeh-Okoye contested and won the National President's slot of the Southeast youth movement.[2]

In 2011, at the age of 33, S.K.E Udeh-Okoye was elected to represent his constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly. Being an articulate assemblyman, his colleagues in the House of Assembly, not minding that he was a first-time legislator, elected him to be the majority leader of the House.[3]

S.K.E. Udeh-Okoye was reelected into the Enugu State House of Assembly in 2015 for a second term, which he served until his election by PDP national delegates to become the party’s National Youth Leader in December 2017.[4] During his second term as a state legislator, he was made the Chairman, House Committee on Works, Lands, Housing, and Urban Development.[5]

Presently, Rt. Hon. S.K.E. Udeh-Okoye is the National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following his success at the December 2017 National Convention.[6] As an agriculturist, Rt. Hon. S.K.E Udeh-Okoye established the second-largest farm in Enugu to help the advancement of agriculture in Southeastern Nigeria. As the PDP youth leader, Rt. Hon. Udeh-Okoye led a delegation of party faithful in 2018 to petition Diplomatic Missions in Abuja like the US Embassy, UK Consulate, French Embassy, and the German Embassy Nigeria over fears regarding the conduct of credible elections in the country in 2019.[7]

On 2 September 2019, the Special Adviser to the PDP National Youth Leader released a statement that Rt. Hon. S.K.E Udeh-Okoye has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.[8] No one knew if his abduction was politically motivated, but he was later released by the kidnappers.

See also

• PDP National Working Committee

References

  1. ^ "PDP National Working Committee", Wikipedia, 2020-03-06, retrieved 2020-05-05
  2. ^ "PDP Youth Leader: Rt. Hon. Ude-Okoye, best man for the job". Vanguard News. 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  3. ^ "Enugu Assembly orders arrest of state accountant-general - Premium Times Nigeria". 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  4. ^ "Full list of elected officers at the PDP Elective National Convention". Vanguard News. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  5. ^ "Enugu State House of Assembly – Channels Television". Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  6. ^ "Here are the new executives of opposition party". Pulse Nigeria. 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  7. ^ . (2018-10-25). "PDP Youth leader petitions US, UK, Germany, accuses APC of political intimidation". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-05-05. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
  8. ^ "PDP youths confirm kidnap of national youth leader". AIT LIVE. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
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