The Right Honorable Princess Miriam Odinaka Onuoha | |
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Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria | |
In office 2015–2019 | |
Assumed office 2020 | |
Preceded by | Obinna Onwubuariri |
Constituency | Okigwe North |
Personal details | |
Born | Nigeria |
Political party | APC |
Alma mater | University of Lagos,University of Abuja |
Profession | Politician |
Miriam Odinaka Onuoha is a politician of the All Progressives Congress from Imo State,Nigeria. She is a member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from Okigwe North federal constituency. [1] She won re-election into the federal house of representatives in January 2020. [2] Obinna Onwubuariri of the PDP was declared winner for the 2019 election,but the national assembly election petition tribunal in Owerri in September 2019,sacked Obinna Onwubuariri,and ordered a fresh election for January 2020. [3] She won re-election after an election petition tribunal sitting in August 2020 upheld her victory in the January 2020 elections. [4] [5]
Onuoha is a native of Umunachi Osu-Ama in Insiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. She started her childhood education at Central School Umunachi Osu-Ama and then Tilley Gyado College Markudi in Benue State. She attended Aquinas Model Secondary School Osu-Ama and that was where she got her senior secondary certificate. She proceeded to study at the University of Lagos and graduated with a degree in Estate Management. She went to the University of Abuja and graduated with a master's degree in Environmental Planning and Protection. [6]
Before she got into the Federal house of representatives,Onuoha served as a Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Bayelsa State on International Development Cooperation amongst other previous political engagement. [7]
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