Ngozi Lawrence Okolie is a Nigerian politician and member representing Aniocha/Oshimili federal constituency of Delta State in the Nigerian National Assembly. [1]
A member of the Labour Party, LP Okolie defeated incumbent Minority Leader of the Federal House of Representatives Ndudi Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Okolie polled 53,879 votes to beat Elumelu who scored 33,466 votes in the February 25, 2023 National Assembly elections. [2] Prior to the election, Ngozi was considered a political underdog and a no match to Elumelu who has been the lawmaker representing the constituency in the House of Reps. His win over Elumelu was one of the major political upsets in the 2023 general elections attributed to the effect of the popularity of LP presidential Candidate Peter Obi. [3] [4]
He was once Director General of the Direct Labour Agency, and later Commissioner-Special Duties (Direct Labour Agency). [5]
The 2015 Delta State gubernatorial election was the 7th gubernatorial election of Delta State. Held on April 11, 2015, the People's Democratic Party nominee Ifeanyi Okowa won the election, defeating Great Ogboru of the LP.
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The 2023 Nigerian House of Representatives elections were held on 25 February 2023 where voters elected members of the House of Representatives using first-past-the-post voting in all 360 federal constituencies. The last regular House elections for all districts were in 2019.
The 2019 Nigerian House of Representatives election was held in all 360 constituencies where voters elected members of the House of Representatives using first-past-the-post voting. Most elections were held on February 23, 2019 with some elections running into February 24 while others had supplementary or rerun elections that took place at a later date. The last regular House elections for all districts were in 2015.
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