The Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije,
is dead. The lawmaker, a three-time senator representing Abia North,
lost his fight to live after a long illness.
He died Sunday at 75.
Uche Chukwumerije was elected a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in April 2003.
In the Fourth Republic, Chukwumerije was elected to the Senate on the
PDP's platform, but he fell out of favor with the party's leadership
when he opposed the 3rd term agenda Chukwumerije eventually decamped to
the PPA in 2006, and was reelected to the Senate on April 28, 2007.
Chukwumerije is divorced with 7 children.Chukwumerije studied economics at the University of Ibadan.
He also served as minister of information in the later days of the military regime of Ibrahim Babangida.
source:elombah.com
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