Hon. Bede Uchenna Eke | |
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Member of the House of Representative | |
Assumed office June 2015 | |
Preceded by | Emeka Ihedioha |
Succeeded by | Albert Chibuzo Agulanna |
Constituency | Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 March 1972 |
Political party | People's Democratic Party |
Alma mater | Imo State University |
Occupation | Politician |
Bede Uchenna Eke (born in 1972 in Nguru Umuaro,Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State,Nigeria) is a politician and lawmaker in the House of Representatives at the National Assembly,representing Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala Federal Constituency. [1] [2] He was succeeded by Albert Chibuzo Agulanna.
In 1985,Hon. Bede Eke began his education at Umuaro Community Primary School and graduated with a First School Leaving Certificate. He attended Nguru Umuaro Community College and acquired West African Examinations Council in 1991. He attended Imo State University and obtained a bachelor's degree. [3]
In 2015,Eke was elected under the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 Nigerian general election to represent Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala Constituency at the House of Representatives (Nigeria). In 2019,he was re-elected by the people of Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala for a second term. [4] [5] [6]
In 2009,no fewer than ten indigent undergraduates from Ngor-Okpala began studying in various tertiary institutions in Nigeria courtesy of his scholarship programme.
In 2017,Eke proposed stiffer penalties for contravention of the Copyright Act, [7] He also proposed creation of a law that disqualifies Nigerians older than 70 from contesting in the presidential election. [8]
Eke is happily married and blessed with children.