{"id":8693,"date":"2017-01-24T15:22:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T14:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=8693"},"modified":"2019-10-22T15:06:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:06:10","slug":"ekweremadu-sen-ike","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekweremadu-sen-ike\/","title":{"rendered":"EKWEREMADU, Sen. Ike"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CFR, LL.B., BL, LL.M.; legal practitioner, politician, lawmaker, administrator, b:May12,1962; hfcAninri; Iga: Aninri; so: Enugu; m: Married with four children; ed: St Dominic’sSecondary School, Ugiri, Imo State, 1975-78; Boy’s Secondary School, Umueze, Awkunanaw, EnuguState,1978-80; UniversityofNigeria,Nsukka, 1982-86, . 1991-94;Nigerian LawSchool, Lagos, 1986-87; en assoc Lecturer, University ofNigeria,Nsukka, 1991-97;exec ch.AninriLocal GovernmentCouncil, on \/theplatform of United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP), 1997-98; Principal Partner, Ekweremadu&Co. (Ugal Practitioners), since 1998;ChiefofStaff, Enugu State Government House, Enugu, 1999-2001; Secretary to State Government EnuguState,2001-02;electedSenatorofthe Federal Republic ofNigeria, representing Enugu-WestSenatorial Districtonthe platform of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP),2003-07,since2007;electeddep. presd. Senateofthe Federal RepublicofNigeria, since2007;electeddep. Speaker, Parliament, EconomicCommunityofWestAfricanStates(ECOWAS),since 2007;mm: ECOWAS Parliament; SenateCommitteeson Selection,Judiciary – &HumanRights, Internal Affairs, Independent Electoral Commission;ch: \u2022 SenateCommitteeson Housingand UrbanDevelopment BoardofTrustees, Ikeoha Foundation, Aninri LGA, since 1997; award: Best LocalGovernment Chairmanofthe Year, 1997;Certificate ofRecognition, by the City ofUs Angeles, USA, 2004; Commendation, City of Inglewood, USA, 2004; Certificate of Receptionintothe 33ri Congressional DistrictUSA, 2004;Dr. KwameNkrumahAfrica LeadershipAward,2005; DevelopmentExcellence Award, by Institute of Development Administration ofNigeria, 2005; h: Knight ofthe Order ofthe Good Shepherd, Diocese of Enugu, Anglican Communion; HonoraryCitizen ofthe City ofCarson,California,USA; nh: CommanderoftheOrderofthe Federal Republic(CFR);tt: OchiaghaNdigbo, by Eze-Nri; Ikeoha ofAninriLGA, EnuguState;Ikeoha ofEbonyi State; Dike di OhaMmaofUmuozi, Enugu-Ezike; pp: UnitedNigeriaCongressParty (UNCP); Peoples Democratic Party(PDP); off:The Senate, National Assembly, Three Arms Zone, Abuja; tel: 09-5234915; const add: Amachara Mpu, AninriLQEnuguState; tel:08033029024; e-m: ikeekweremadu@yahoo.com; ws:senatorikeekweremadu@ senatorikeekweremadu.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8693","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8694,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8693\/revisions\/8694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8693"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}