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The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Abia State will be held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Abia State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide with the 2023 presidential election, as well as other elections to the Senate, and elections to the House of Representatives; with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.
The 2023 Abia State House of Assembly election was take place on 18 March 2023, to elect members of the Abia State House of Assembly. The election was held concurrent with the state gubernatorial election as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. It was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.
Christopher Kalu Okoro is a Nigerian doctor of Electrical Power and Machines. In March 2024, he became the 11th Substantive Rector, Abia State Polytechnic, Aba.
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- ↑ "How Uchenna Kalu Okoro emerged ASHA member elect". Aro News. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ↑ Olu, Tayo (30 June 2023). "JUST IN: THE WHISTLER Ex-Staff Uche Kalu, Youngest Abia Assembly Member, Elected Majority Leader". The Whistler.
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