Peace Uzoamaka Nnaji (born 28 December 1952 in

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) is a Nigerian politician. She was first elected on the platform of the People's Democratic Party in 2007 and had her second sojourn in 2011 in the

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Education

She had Diploma in Social Work from

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Political career

Nnaji was first elected to the Nigerian

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in 2007 and was re-elected in 2011. She represented Nkanu East/Nkanu West in House of Representatives from 29 May 2011 - 29 May 2015 Nnaji was mentioned by ''

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'' as one of the "Women who will shape the Seventh National Assembly". In the article, she discussed wanting to "exploit her legislative experience to attract more projects to her constituency and

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events in the House". She was one of 11 women who were elected in 2007 who were re-elected in 2011 when the lower house was nearly 95% male. Other women elected included Mulikat Adeola-Akande, Abike Dabiri, Nkiru Onyeagocha,

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, Nnena Elendu-Ukeje, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, Beni Lar, Khadija Bukar Abba-Ibrahim,

Elizabeth Ogbaga Elizabeth Ogbaga is a Nigerian lawyer, registered nurse and politician. She was elected into the House of Representatives of Nigeria in 2007 to represent Ebonyi/Ohaukwu federal constituency. She was elected on the platform of the People's Democra ...

and Juliet Akano. She was appointed Commissioner for Gender Affairs and Social Development for Enugu State in 2015.

References

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