22 Facts About Chimaroke Nnamani

Chimaroke Nnamani is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician from Enugu State.

Chimaroke Nnamani was elected Governor of Enugu State in the 1999 Enugu State gubernatorial election from 1999 to 2007.

Chimaroke Nnamani subsequently served as a Peoples Democratic Party Senator for Enugu East Senatorial District from 2007 to 2011 and was re-elected in 2019.

Chimaroke Nnamani attended the Methodist Primary School, Enugu, and the College of the Immaculate Conception, in Enugu.

Chimaroke Nnamani is a graduate of the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria.

Chimaroke Nnamani has had research publications and abstract presentations in major scientific journals and meetings.

Chimaroke Nnamani was a maternal and fetal medicine specialist with the Maternal and Fetal Medicine Associates, Principal Practicing Group, Orlando, Florida.

Chimaroke Nnamani was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Nigerian Medical Association, Enugu State.

Chimaroke Nnamani was elected Governor of Enugu State of Nigeria and re-elected for a second term in the 2003 Enugu State gubernatorial election.

Chimaroke Nnamani was first elected to the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing the Enugu East Senatorial District and served from 2007 to 2011.

Chimaroke Nnamani re-contested for the seat in the April 2011 elections, this time on the platform of the People for Democratic Change, but lost in controversial circumstances.

Chimaroke Nnamani vied for the same seat again in the 2015 elections and was widely projected to win when, to the consternation of the populace, his main challenger was surprisingly declared as the winner, this time provoking spontaneous mass protests that rocked the capital city of Enugu for days.

Chimaroke Nnamani soon embarked on a vigorous street-to-street campaign that enlivened Enugu metropolis as the people surged out to cheer him up.

Chimaroke Nnamani took his campaign to all the development centers in the 6 local government councils of the senatorial district as well as the major markets, reconfirming his reputation as a crowd puller.

Chimaroke Nnamani scored a total of 128,843 votes to trounce his closest rival, Prince Lawrence Ozoemeka Ezeh, who garnered 14,225 votes while Uchenna Agbo of APGA came third with 1,586 votes.

Chimaroke Nnamani has repeatedly credited his smooth return journey to the Senate to the strong backing he received from the Governor of his state, Rt.

Chimaroke Nnamani received his certificate of return as a senator-elect from the Independent National Electoral Commission on 14 March 2019 and assumed office on 11 June 2019 following the inauguration of the 9th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Chimaroke Nnamani's administration established new special science schools in different parts of the state, carried out the renovation of public primary and secondary schools and provided them with school desks and teachers' tables and chairs.

Chimaroke Nnamani's administration established four district hospitals and 19 cottage hospitals in the state.

Governor Chimaroke Nnamani carried out far-reaching reforms in locality administration which have continued to define the structure of grassroots politics and governance in Enugu State.

Chimaroke Nnamani is a Visiting Professor of Physiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology.

Governor Chimaroke Nnamani was well known for his intellectual engagements on the travails and prospects of an emerging democracy like Nigeria.