Ned Nwoko was re-elected to represent the people of Delta North senatorial district in 2023 in the Senate of Nigeria representing Oshimili North Federal Constituency, Delta State, Nigeria.
21 Facts About Ned Nwoko
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Prince Chinedu Munir Nwoko was born on 21 December 1960 into the Nwoko Royal Family, Idumuje Ugboko Kingdom in Aniocha North Local Government Area.
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Ned Nwoko moved on to the United Kingdom, got his first degree in Law and History at the University of Keele, Staffordshire UK.
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Ned Nwoko attended King's College London, where he obtained an LLM in maritime and commercial law.
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Ned Nwoko began his legal career with a brief start at the Crown Prosecution Service and qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales.
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Ned Nwoko was secretary general, Nigerian legal practitioners UK, Member of the Law Society, England and Wales and was visiting adviser, citizens' advice bureau, based in London.
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Ned Nwoko was instrumental to the initiation of the London and Paris Club Loans refund into Nigeria.
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Ned Nwoko authored the reports that led to Nigeria government's discontinuation of monthly deductions from states' allocations and commencement of refunds to States.
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Ned Nwoko charged the Federal government to court on behalf of 774 Local governments for the refund of illegal deductions and obtained judgment of $3.2billion for the local governments.
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Ned Nwoko served on the Vision 2010 Committee and is a member of the capital market.
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Ned Nwoko served as Chairman of the External Committee of Vision 2010.
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In 2023, Ned Nwoko was elected as the senator representing Delta North senatorial district in the Nigerian Senate.
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Ned Nwoko's election was upheld by the Court of Appeal in Asaba.
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On January 30,2025, Ned Nwoko announced his resignation from the PDP with plans to join Nigeria's ruling All Progressive Congress.
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Ned Nwoko is a strong advocate of Malaria eradication in Africa.
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Ned Nwoko is the initiator of the Ned Nwoko Malaria Eradication Project.
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Ned Nwoko flagged off the Ned Nwoko Malaria Eradication campaign via a symbolic expedition to the Antarctica in January 2020.
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In January 2020, Ned Nwoko flagged off the malaria eradication campaign via a symbolic expedition to Antarctica.
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Ned Nwoko made history as the first black African to ever visit the South Pole, Antarctica.
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Ned Nwoko is the founder of Sports University, located at Idumuje ugboko, the first sports University in sub Saharan Africa.
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Ned Nwoko has several wives and many children, Nollywood actress Regina Daniels is his latest wife.