Emmanuel Ihuoma Okah, commonly known as Emma Okah, is a

lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...

and

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

Rivers State Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa Ib ...

. A member of the People's Democratic Party, he served as Chief Press Secretary under Governor

Odili Peter Otunuya Odili (born 15 August 1948) was the third Governor of Rivers State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. Odili is a member of the former ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Background Peter Odili was born on 15 August 19 ...

, and was also Commissioner of Information under Omehia's government. He has chaired the Media and Publicity Committee of the

Rivers State People's Democratic Party The Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, also referred to as Rivers PDP, is the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is currently chaired by businessman and Philanthropist Felix Obuah. Prominent public ...

Campaign Organisation. After the PDP took over,

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Ezenwo Wike appointed him to his cabinet. He was confirmed by the

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on 5 June 2015 was sworn-in as Housing Commissioner on 12 June 2015.

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Living people Commissioners of ministries of Rivers State Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party politicians Rivers State lawyers First Wike Executive Council People associated with the 2015 Rivers State gubernatorial election Board members of the Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority Office of the Governor of Rivers State Press secretaries Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-law-bio-stub

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