Ukel Oyaghiri (born 1964) is a

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and

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who has served as the Rivers State Commissioner of Women Affairs since 2015. She replaced Joeba West who had served in the Executive Council under former governor

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Education

Oyaghiri attended Rivers State School of Basic Studies in Port Harcourt where she obtained her West African Senior School Certificate. She earned a B.A.ED. Hons. degree from the

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in 1989. Her LL.B. and B.L. qualifications were obtained from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology and the

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respectively.

Career

She worked as public relations assistant in Rivbank Insurance Company from 1989 to 1990, public administrative officer in Pamo Clinics & Hospitals Limited from 1990 to 1997, personal assistant to Bayelsa State Commissioner of Education from 1997 to 1998 and legal officer in Adedipe & Adedipe Legal Practitioners from 2004 to 2007. She was the managing solicitor of A.S. Oyaghiri & Associates Legal Practitioners from 2011, until her appointment in December 2015 as Commissioner of Women Affairs.

Other positions held

* Chairman, Rivers State Taekwondo Association (1996–1998) * Vice Chairman, Taekwondo Association of Nigeria (1993–1996) * President of Orashi Women Association and Secretary Elder`s Forum, Voice of Orashi.

Memberships

* Member,

Nigerian Bar Association The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is a non-profit, umbrella professional association of all lawyers admitted to the bar in Nigeria. It is engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and good governance in Nigeria. T ...

* Member,

International Federation of Women Lawyers The International Federation of Women Lawyers (IFWL), in Spanish ''Federación Internacional de Abogadas'' (FIDA), is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that enhances the status of women and children by providing legal aid, legal ...

* Member,

International Bar Association The International Bar Association (IBA), founded in 1947, is a bar association of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The IBA currently has a membership of more than 80,000 individual lawyers and 190 bar associat ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oyaghiri, Ukel 1964 births Living people People from Abua–Odual Rivers State lawyers First Wike Executive Council University of Port Harcourt alumni Commissioners of ministries of Rivers State Rivers State University alumni Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party politicians Women's ministers Nigerian Christians 21st-century Nigerian politicians 21st-century Nigerian women politicians Women government ministers of Nigeria