Justina Eze is a Nigerian diplomat and politician who was the member of the House of Representative for

Uzo Uwani Uzo-Uwani is a Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria bordering Kogi State and Anambra State. Its headquarters is in the town of Umulokpa. It has an area of 855 km and a population of 124,480 at the 2006 census. The postal code of th ...

during Nigeria's Second Republic. Eze was a former Nigerian ambassador to Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde and a former Presidential Liaison Officer to the House of Representatives during Olusgeun Obasanjo's democratic rule. She was the first woman from the

Eastern Region, Nigeria The Eastern Region was an administrative region in Nigeria, dating back originally from the division of the colony Southern Nigeria in 1954. Its first capital was Calabar. The capital was later moved to Enugu and the second capital was Umuahia. ...

to get into the House of Representatives in 1979. She joined Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Chief Jim Nwobodo to build the National peoples party (NPP) and was one of the three women that made it to the Federal House of Representatives in 1979. She is also one of th
founding mothers
of People Democratic Party(Nigeria). She has always encourage women and paved way for them in politics. She was born in Nimbo/Uzuwani Local Government Area of Nsukka senatorial zone of

Enugu State Enugu State ( ig, Ȯra Enugu) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by the states of Benue and Kogi, Ebonyi State to the east and southeast, Abia State to the south, and Anambra State to the west. ...

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Nigerian women ambassadors Members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria) Ambassadors of Nigeria to Cape Verde Ambassadors of Nigeria to Guinea-Bissau {{Nigeria-bio-stub