Boma Iyaye (born 24 September 1969) is a Rivers State

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, politician and the incumbent Commissioner of Sports.

Education

He was educated at State School II Port Harcourt between 1974 and 1980. He attended

Baptist High School Baptist High School, often abbreviated as BHS, is a prominent Single-sex education, all-boys secondary school in Nigeria. The school is located in the Borokiri neighbourhood of Port Harcourt, Rivers State and was founded in the late 1940s. BHS w ...

for his

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from 1981 to 1986. A year later, he enrolled at the

Rivers State University of Science and Technology Rivers State University (RVSU or RSU), formerly Rivers State University of Science and Technology (UST or RSUST), is a university located in the Diobu (Mile III) area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. As of 2021, the vice chancello ...

and studied

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. He thereafter completed the one-year mandatory

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program.

Career

Iyaye began his career in the private sector as an

. He worked with several multinational companies between 1992 and 2003. Later he entered into politics and successfully ran for a seat in the

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, where he served until 2007 representing Ogu–Bolo. He was the Chairman of the House Committee on Sports as well as member of other sub-committees at the Assembly. In December 2015, he was inducted into the Wike Executive Council as the Commissioner of Sports. Iyaye had previously served in the same office from 4 April 2008 to 4 June 2009, and again from July 2009 to June 2011. 28 December 2021, the honourable commissioner was installed as the chief of Chiri War Canoe House of Loko Group of Houses in Ogu Kingdom of Ogu-Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iyaye, Boma 1969 births Living people People from Ogu–Bolo Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly Commissioners of ministries of Rivers State First Wike Executive Council Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party politicians Rivers State University alumni Sports ministers Nigerian accountants