Anthony Akhakon "Tony" Anenih was a Nigerian politician who was Minister of Works and Housing in 1999.
19 Facts About Anthony Anenih
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Anthony Anenih joined the Nigeria Police Force in Benin City.
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Anthony Anenih attended the police college in Ikeja, and was selected for further training in the Bramshill Police College, Basingstoke, England in 1966 and the International Police Academy, Washington DC in 1970.
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Anthony Anenih later served as a police orderly to the first Governor General of Nigeria, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe.
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Anthony Anenih worked as an instructor in various police colleges, and in 1975 was assigned to the Administrative Staff College, Lagos.
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Anthony Anenih retired from the police as a Commissioner of police.
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Anthony Anenih was National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 1992 to 1993, when he assisted in the election of Chief M K O Abiola as president.
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Anthony Anenih was a member of the Constitutional Conference in 1994.
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Anthony Anenih was a member of the Peoples Democratic Movement, United Nigeria Congress Party and People's Democratic Party.
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Anthony Anenih was said to have masterminded the 26 April 2002 declaration of President Obasanjo at the International Conference center Abuja.
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Anthony Anenih was deputy national coordinator of Olusegun Obasanjo's campaign Organisation in the 1999 and 2003 elections.
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Chief Anthony Anenih was appointed Minister of Works and Housing in 1999.
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Anthony Anenih subsequently became Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PDP.
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The committee recommended prosecution of thirteen former Ministers, including Anthony Anenih, saying he had awarded contracts without budgetary provision.
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Anthony Anenih said he had nothing to do with Mettle Energy and Gas Limited, and said he had written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Chairman, Farida Waziri, urging the commission to investigate the matter.
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Anthony Anenih was married to Josephine Anthony Anenih, a lawyer, who was the chairperson of the Federation of Women Lawyers from 1994 to 2000.
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Anthony Anenih was appointed minister of Women Affairs on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.
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Anthony Anenih died on 28 October 2018 at age 85, and was buried in his hometown in Uromi.
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Anthony Anenih's burial was attended by many influential people in the country.