Uche Nwosu (born August 8, 1975), is a Nigerian politician and former Deputy Chief of Staff to the Imo State Government from 2011 to 2013, Commissioner for Lands from 2013 to 2015 and was the Chief of Staff from 2015 to 2019.

Early life

Nwaou, a son of Umunwokwe, Eziama-Obaire in Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State, was born on 8 August 1975 into the family of late Rev. Daniel Nwaobi and Mrs. Jemaimah Nwaou from Umunwokwe, Eziama-Obaire in Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State. In 1995, Uchwen secured admission into the

Imo State University The Imo State University (IMSU) in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria was established in 1981 through law No. 4 passed by the Imo State House of Assembly. The university admitted the first intake of 392 pioneer students on 23 October, 1981. After th ...

, Owerri where he read Urban and Regional Planning. He graduated with a B.Sc second class honours degree.

Personal life

He is married to Uloma, the first daughter of his principal,

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in January 2013, and they have three sons.

Political life

On 9 March 2019, Nwosu contested for the gubernatorial seat for Imo State under the political platform of

Action Alliance This is list of political parties in Nigeria. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has a multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). There are also a numbe ...

Party (AA). On 11 March 2019, Uche Nwosu lost the contest to

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who ran under the political platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He polled a total of 190,364 votes as against a total of 273,404 votes by Chukwuemeka Ihedioha who was declared the Governor-elect by the

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(INEC).

References

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