Innocent Bariate Barikor is a Nigerian academic and politician of the
All Progressives Congress
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, the ...
. He represented the
constituency of Gokana as a Member of the
Rivers State House of Assembly
Rivers State House of Assembly is the legislative branch of the Government of Rivers State inaugurated in 1979. It is a unicameral body with 32 members elected into 32 state constituencies. The current Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly ...
from 2011 to 2015.
Education
Barikor received his doctoral degree in Political Science with emphasis on development studies from the
University of Port Harcourt
The University of Port Harcourt is located in Choba in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria. It was established in 1975 as University College, Port Harcourt and was given university status in 1977. The University of Port Harcourt was rank ...
, Nigeria.
Career
Barikor lectured at the Rivers State College of Education and served as a supervisor at the Gokana local government council from 1992 to 1995.
He moved to the University of Port Harcourt continuing his academic career until 2010 and achieved the rank of Senior Lecturer in Political Science. He has researched and published extensively on the Nigerian State and Minority Agitations, Poverty and Democratization, Debt and Debt Management, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development. He was chairman of the
Ogoni
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academics.
In 2004, he was appointed Rivers State Coordinator of the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) by the
President of Nigeria.
During his tenure, he developed and supervised innovative poverty reduction programmes such as COPE, Village Economic Development Solutions, Promise Keeper programme and others which have impacted on the Nigeria's rural poor. In 2007, Barikor led the Grassroots Empowerment Network (GEN) delegation to the South Africa Investment Summit held in
Durban
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.
As a development consultant, he has worked for numerous organizations including the
Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA), where he consulted on the Agency's Cassava Project between 2007 and 2008. He also has served as Chairman of the Board of the Grassroots Empowerment Network. In 2011, he won the assembly election on
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ticket and represented
Gokana until 2015.
See also
*
List of people from Rivers State
The following is a list of notable people who were born in Rivers State, lived in Rivers State, or for whom Rivers State is a significant part of their identity.
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* George Abbey (born 1978), soccer player
* Magnus Ngei Abe (born 1965), po ...
References
External links
Barikor's profile
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Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party politicians
University of Port Harcourt alumni
Academic staff of the University of Port Harcourt
Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly
Ogoni people
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)