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Patricia Akwashiki

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Patricia Naomi Akwashiki
Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Nasarawa North Senatorial District
In office
29 May 2007 – May 2011
Preceded byJohn Danboyi
Succeeded byYusuf Musa Nagogo
Nigerian Minister of Information
In office
March 2015 – May 2015
Preceded byLabaran Maku
Succeeded byLai Mohammed
Personal details
Born (1953-11-02) 2 November 1953 (age 70)
Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Political partyPeople's Democratic Party, PDP

Patricia Naomi Akwashiki (born 2 November 1953) was elected Senator for the Nasarawa North Senatorial District of Nasarawa State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007. She is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).[1]

Akwashiki earned a BA in Education from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1982. She entered the banking industry, where she became a senior manager.[1] She was elected to the 5th Assembly (2003–2007) of the House of Representatives on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. She failed to win the PDP nomination to run for a second term, and transferred to the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), on which ticket she won election in 2007 as Senator for Nasarawa North.[2]

After taking her seat in the Senate in May 2007, Akwashiki was appointed to committees on States & Local Government, Inter-Parliamentary Affairs, Communications, Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Institutions and Women and Youth.[1] In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that she sponsored a bill to amend the Code of Conduct Bureau and contributed brilliantly to debate in plenary and committee assignments.[3] In January 2010 she returned to the PDP, citing injustice and insensitivity of the ANPP national secretariat and factional infighting in the state chapter of the party as reasons.[4] In March 2015, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Senator Patricia Akwashiki as the Minister of Information.[5]

After taking her seat in the Senate in May 2007, Akwashiki was appointed to committees on States & Local Government, Inter-Parliamentary Affairs, Communications, Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Institutions and Women and Youth. In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that she sponsored a bill to amend the Code of Conduct Bureau and contributed brilliantly to debate in plenary and committee assignments. In January 2010 she returned to the PDP, citing injustice and insensitivity of the ANPP national secretariat and factional infighting in the state chapter of the party as reasons. In March 2015, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Senator Patricia Akwashiki as the Minister of Information. After taking her seat in the Senate in May 2007, Akwashiki was appointed to committees on States & Local Government, Inter-Parliamentary Affairs, Communications, Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Institutions and Women and Youth. In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that she sponsored a bill to amend the Code of Conduct Bureau and contributed brilliantly to debate in plenary and committee assignments. In January 2010 she returned to the PDP, citing injustice and insensitivity of the ANPP national secretariat and factional infighting in the state chapter of the party as reasons.

After taking her seat in the Senate in May 2007, Akwashiki was appointed to committees on States & Local Government, Inter-Parliamentary Affairs, Communications, Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Institutions and Women and Youth. In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that she sponsored a bill to amend the Code of Conduct Bureau and contributed brilliantly to debate in plenary and committee assignments. In January 2010 she returned to the PDP, citing injustice and insensitivity of the ANPP national secretariat and factional infighting in the state chapter of the party as reasons. In March 2015, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Senator Patricia Akwashiki as the Minister of Information.

In 2018 Akwashiki declared interest to run for governor of Nasarawa State predicting that she would be Nigeria's first elected female governor but failed to pick her party's ticket to run in the general election in 2019.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Sen. Patricia N. Akwashiki". National Assembly of Nigeria. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  2. ^ "Akwashiki - Senator Without Constituency?". Daily Independent. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  3. ^ "An Improved Senate, But Some Uninspiring Senators..." ThisDay. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  4. ^ Andrew Oota (23 January 2010). "Why I Dumped ANPP - Senator Akwashiki". Leadership. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  5. ^ "Breaking; Jonathan Appoints Senator Patricia Akwashiki Minister Of Information, Obanikoro Foreign Affairs". 18 March 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  6. ^ "2019: I'll be Nigeria's first female elected governor - Akwashiki". Vanguard News. 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  7. ^ "2019 election: Female candidate can emerge governor –Senator". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
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