Ayogu Eze
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Ayogu Eze was elected Senator for the Enugu North constituency of Enugu State
, Nigeria
, taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party
(PDP).
Eze obtained a Master's Degree in Public Administration and started work as a journalist.
He became an Enugu State Commissioner, Special Adviser to the Governor, and Special Assistant to the Governor.
After being elected to the Senate he was appointed to committees on Police Affairs, National Planning, Information and Media and Federal Character & Inter-Government Affairs.
In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay said that he effectively manned the information machinery of the Senate, and he was articulate in debates in plenary motions, particularly on the collapse of the road infrastructure.
He has been described as one of the most powerful of the senators.
Ayogu Eze competed successfully to be reelected Senator for Enugu North on the PDP platform in the April 2011 elections. He polled 86,220 votes, beating Mike Ajogwu of the Labour Party
who won 27,139 votes.
Enugu State
Enugu State is a mainland state in southeastern Nigeria. Its capital is Enugu, from which the state - created in 1991 from the old Anambra State - derives its name. The principal cities in the state are Enugu, Agbani, Awgu, Udi, Oji, and Nsukka....
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
, taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
(PDP).
Eze obtained a Master's Degree in Public Administration and started work as a journalist.
He became an Enugu State Commissioner, Special Adviser to the Governor, and Special Assistant to the Governor.
After being elected to the Senate he was appointed to committees on Police Affairs, National Planning, Information and Media and Federal Character & Inter-Government Affairs.
In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay said that he effectively manned the information machinery of the Senate, and he was articulate in debates in plenary motions, particularly on the collapse of the road infrastructure.
He has been described as one of the most powerful of the senators.
Ayogu Eze competed successfully to be reelected Senator for Enugu North on the PDP platform in the April 2011 elections. He polled 86,220 votes, beating Mike Ajogwu of the Labour Party
Labour Party (Nigeria)
The Labour Party is a socialist/social democratic political party in Nigeria. In the 21 April 2007 Nigerian National Assembly election, the party won 1 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and no seats in the Senate. The Party's flagbearer in Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, emerged the...
who won 27,139 votes.