Stephen Orise Oru is a Nigerian politician. He is a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs of the Federal Republic of

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Early life and education

Stephen Oru was born in Delta State, Ughelli North L.G.A. He attended Government College,

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. He obtained a

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in 1974 and a

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in Education in 1976 from

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. He furthered his studies in the United States where he obtained a

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from

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, Columbus, Ohio in 1978

Career

Oru began his political career in 1982 with the

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(NPN) as the Secretary of Youth Wing, Ughelli LGA,

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. Since then, he has held various positions within Nigeria's political scene; some of which include: * State Youth Leader, National Party of Nigeria, Bendel State - 1983 * State Financial Secretary, National Party of Nigeria, Bendel State - 1983 * Member of Transition Committee, Bendel State - 1983 * Founding Member of the People's Democratic Party of Nigeria - 1998 * Deputy National Secretary, People's Democratic Party of Nigeria - 2005-2008 * Secretary, PDP Disciplinary Committee - 2005-2008 * Member, Delta State PDP Caucus - 2005-2008 * Coordinator PDP Foreign Chapters - 2005-2008 * Acting National Secretary, PDP - 2007 * Member and Secretary, PDP National Reconciliation Committee under the Chairmanship of His Excellency, Dr.

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, GCON - 2007 * Delta State Coordinator, Goodluck/

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Presidential Campaign Organization - 2010-2011 * Member, South-South Goodluck-Sambo Presidential Campaign Council - 2010-2011 * Member, Delta State Gubernatorial Campaign Council- 2010-2011 * Member, Delta State People's Democratic Party's Reconciliation Committee - 2011 * PDP National Vice Chairman( South-South) 2012-2014 Other notable non-political capacities held by Oru in the past: * Member of Senate, University of Benin - 1982-1983 * Director, Integrated Development Services Limited (IDSL), a Subsidiary of the

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- 2001-2004 * Chairman, National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) - 2005-2007 * Chairman, Governing Board of Delta State College of Education - 2007-2009 * Chairman, Governing Board of Delta State Polytechnic. 2009-2014 * Member,

Council - 2009-2011 * Chairman, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital,

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- 2013-2014

References

Living people Urhobo people People from Delta State Ahmadu Bello University alumni Ohio State University alumni Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-politician-stub