David Edevbie is a Nigerian politician and a former candidate of the

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, (PDP) for

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in Delta stateOmon-Julius Onabu, Ikechukwu Nnochiri, He lost to Sheriff Oborevwori. Edevbie was the Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning under the

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-led Administration between June 1999 to September 2005.Allison Abanum, He also served as the Commissioner of Finance under Governor Ifeanyi Okowa from 2015 to 2019. Edevbie served as the Finance Director of the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Campaign Organization in 2006–2007 and later as Principal Secretary to President

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from 2008 to 2010. His most recent role in the public life was as Chief of Staff to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, which he left to pursue his aspiration to become the next governor of Delta State.

Education

Edevbie studied

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at the University of Lagos and graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons.) in 1985. He studied for a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in International Corporate Finance from

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of The University of Wales –

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, UK between 1987 and 1988.Uzoalu Odili, Edevbie did the Advanced Management Program at

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, 2003. Onyeka Ibe,

Career

Project finance and administration

Edevbie worked with

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Bank Plc, UK as a trainee through the bank's Management Development Programme.Amos Oweifighe, Between 1988 and 1992, he rose to the position of Manager's Assistant, Corporate Lending. In 1992, he worked with Hill Samuel, a U.K. merchant bank, as an Investment Banking Executive. In 1995, he worked with the

Commonwealth Development Corporation British International Investment, (formerly CDC Group plc, Commonwealth Development Corporation, and Colonial Development Corporation) is the development finance institution of the UK government. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ...

(CDC), UK (CDC Group), as an Investment Officer responsible for Asia & Pacific Regions.Fred Edoreh, In 1996, he was promoted to Deputy Country Head, and was responsible for establishing the CDC Philippines Office. In March 1998, he returned to the London Office and was promoted to Investment Manager. Edevbie worked as a Principal Consultant for ''Avantgarde Project Finance Advisory & Monitoring Consultancy'',

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, from 2010 to 2015.

Delta State politics

In June 1999, Edevbie was appointed Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning, Delta State.Allison Abanum, In 2006, he was invited by one of the then PDP Presidential Aspirants,

to join his small campaign team as Director of Finance and Strategy. In 2008, President Yar’Adua appointed him as Principal Secretary to the President (PSP) to take over the responsibilities of the out-going Chief of Staff. He remained in the Presidency until shortly after President Yar’Adua's death in April 2010. In 2015, Edevbie was appointed Commissioner of Finance, Delta State until May 2019. He also served as the Chief of Staff to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa from June 2019 to May 2021. In 2021, Edevbie began pursuing his aspiration to become the next governor of Delta State under the platform of the

for the oncoming 2023 gubernatorial elections in Delta State, Nigeria.Emma Amaize, Ephraim Oseji & Ochuko Akuopha,Emma Amaize, Ephraim Oseji & Ochuko Akuopha,

References

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Education

Career

Project finance and administration

Delta State politics

See also

References