Udoma Udo Udoma is Nigeria's Former Minister of Budget and National Planning and the son of Late Sir Egbert Udo Udoma. He is also the founding partner of Udo Udoma & Belo Osagie - one of Nigeria's oldest and largest commercial law firm

Education

Udoma attended Corona School, Ikoyi, Lagos from 1962 to 1964 and Nakasoro Primary School, Kampala, Uganda from 1964 to 1965. He attended King's College, Lagos, King's College, Lagos for his secondary education from 1966 to 1972 and after his

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proceeded to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, England where he obtained a

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(Law) degree in 1976 and a

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degree in

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in 1977. He was called to the

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in 1978, after obtaining a B.L. degree at the

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Senate career

He was elected Senator for the Akwa-Ibom South constituency of

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at the start of the

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, running on the

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(PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. He was reelected in April 2003, again running on the PDP platform. After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Public Accounts, Judiciary, Banking & Currency, Science & technology, Privatization and Drug & Narcotics (vice chairman).

Federal cabinet minister

On 11 November 2015, Udoma was appointed the Minister of Budget and Planning by President

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. He served in this role until 2019.

References

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