Hon. Nnenna Ukeje Elendu was born on the 24th October 1969. She had her early education at Federal Government Girls College Owerri where she obtained Senior School Certificate. She bagged a degree in English Language at the University of Benin and a Post Graduate Degree in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos.
Prior to her political career, Ukeje enjoyed a successful career in the hotel management industry. She distinguished herself as a Business Development Manager with HUDSON PETROLEUM. She then moved to PROTEA HOTEL Victoria Island as a Hotel Representative and later as a Director between 2002-2005. Ukeje has stated that her passion for public service comes from her father, late Captain Elendu-Ukeje, who was a decorated pilot with the Nigerian Air Force and Nigerian Airways prior to his retirement. Her mother, Rosaline Elendu-Ukeje, served as Chief Judge of the Federal High Court prior to her retirement.
Ukeje's initial foray into politics garnered her first election in office in 2007 as the Representative for Bende Federal Constituency, Abia State under the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria). She was re-elected to this position on May 29, 2011 and also served as the Chairman house committee on foreign affairs. In the 2015 general elections she was also re-elected to the house of representative & once again appointed as the house committee chairman on foreign affairs.
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