UKEJE, Rose Nonyem

LL.B, BL; jurist; b: January 5, 1943;p: Zaria; m: Captain Elendu Ukeje; nc:two s, three d; ed: Ibo Union School, Kano, 1950-57; Queen's School, Enugu, 1957-61; University ofNigeria, Nsukka, 1962-66; Nigerian Law School, 1970-71; Commonwealth Institute of Legislative Drafting, Accra, Ghana, 1976-77. cr: State Advocate, Ministry of Legal Affairs, Lusaka, Zambia, 1972; Assistant Legislative Draftsman, Lusaka, Zambia, 1973; Deputy Legal Draftsman, Federal Ministry of Justice, 1973-86; Judge, Federal High Court, 1986; Chief Judge , Federal High Court; mm. Board of Film Censorship, Zambia, 1972-73; legal adviser, 2nd World Black and African Festival of the Arts and Culture, 1975-77; legal adviser, National Committee on the Implementation of the National Identity Card System; Nigeria's representative, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Vienna, Austria, 1986-90; v-presd. ( EDAN) 1994-95;ch. Panel that probed the Executive Airline Services crash in Kano , May 2002; nh. Nigerian Women Award ( Judiciary)1998; tt Omeudo ofNekede, Owerri; hob. reading, movies, cartons, humour, horticulture, off.…